Biology:Hosta ventricosa

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Short description: Species of plant in the genus Hosta

Hosta ventricosa
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Close-up of flowers
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In the wild in China
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Agavoideae
Genus: Hosta
Species:
H. ventricosa
Binomial name
Hosta ventricosa
Stearn
Synonyms[1]

Hosta ventricosa, the blue plantain lily, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to southeast and south-central China, and introduced to the eastern United States.[2][1] It reproduces by pseudogamous apomixis.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Hosta ventricosa Stearn". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:536648-1. 
  2. "Hosta ventricosa blue plantain lily". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2021. https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/8838/hosta-ventricosa/details. "Other common names; ... murasaki-giboshi, Savannah wood. Synonyms; Hosta coerulea var. latifolia, Hosta coerulea" 
  3. Cao, G.-X.; Xie, T.; Wu, B.-X.; Yang, C.-P. (2015). "Floral sex allocation and reproductive success within inflorescences of Hosta ventricosa, a pseudogamous apomict". Journal of Plant Ecology 8 (2): 142–153. doi:10.1093/jpe/rtv010. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1531834 entry