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Taxon:  Ophiopogon japonicus (Thunb.) Ker Gawl.



Summary
Genus:
Ophiopogon
Family:
Asparagaceae
Subfamily:
Nolinoideae
Nomen number:
25788
Place of publication:
Bot. Mag. 27: t. 1063. 1807
Comment:
non Ophiopogon japonicus auct. (= O. intermedius D. Don)
Verified:
07/10/2006 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Convallaria japonica Thunb.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Ophiopogon chekiangensis K. Kimura & Migo
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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009 Note:
    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
  2. American Herbal Products Association. Herbs of commerce. 1992
  3. Encke, F. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. 1984
  4. Erhardt, W. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage. 2002 Note: lists as O. japonicus (L. f.) Ker Gawl.
  5. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 Note: American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, MD
  6. Ohwi, J. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.). 1965
  7. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
  8. Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. Flora malesiana. 1948- Note: lists as O. japonicus (L. f.) Ker Gawl.
  9. Terrell, E. E. et al. Agric. Handb. no. 505. 1986
  10. Walker, E. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands. 1976
  11. Walters, S. M. et al., eds. European garden flora. 1986- Note: lists as O. japonicus (L.) Ker Gawl.
  12. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994- Note: lists as O. japonicus (L. f.) Ker Gawl.
Common names
English
dwarf lilyturf –
mondo-grass –
ophiopogon –
snake's-beard –
French
muguet du Japon –
German
japanischer Schlangenbart –
Portuguese
pêlo-de-urso –
Swedish
ormskägg –
Transcribed Chinese
mai dong –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaAnhui 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaFujian 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangdong 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuangxi 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGuizhou 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHebei 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHenan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHubei 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHunan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaJiangsu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaJiangxi 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShaanxi 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShandong 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaSichuan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaZhejiang 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanHokkaido 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanHonshu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanKyushu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapanShikoku 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaKorea  
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippinesLuzonBenguet Prov.
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippinesMindanaoMt. Apo
2Cultivated    also cult.
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang]
  • EASTERN ASIA: Korea, Japan [Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku], Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
  • MALESIA: Philippines [Luzon (Benguet Prov.), Mindanao (Mt. Apo)]
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
Environmental
Medicines
folklore (fide Herbs Commerce ed2; F ChinaEng; Ill Chin Mat Med, as O. chekiangensis) –


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