Metanarthecium

Metanarthecium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Dioscoreales
Family: Nartheciaceae
Genus: Metanarthecium
Maxim.
Binomial name
Metanarthecium luteoviride
Maxim.
Synonyms[1]
  • Aletris luteoviridis (Maxim.) Franch
  • Metanarthecium yakumontanum Masam.
  • Metanarthecium luteoviride f. yakusimensis Masam.

Metanarthecium is a genus of monocotyledonous flowering plants native to eastern Asia. Its only known species is Metanarthecium luteoviride, known from Japan, Korea, and the Kuril Islands.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Two varieties are recognized:[1]

  1. Metanarthecium luteoviride var. luteoviride - Japan, Korea, and the Kuril Islands
  2. Metanarthecium luteoviride var. nutans Masam. - Yakushima

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant families
  2. ↑ Ohwi, J. (1984). Flora of Japan (in English): 1-1067. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C..
  3. ↑ Kharkevich, S.S. (ed.) (1987). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 2: 1-448. Nauka, Leningrad.
  4. ↑ Czerepanov, S.K. (1995). Vascular Plants of Russia and Adjacent States (The Former USSR): 1-516. Cambridge University Press.
  5. ↑ Lee, W.T. (1996). Lineamenta Florae Koreae: 1-1688. Soul T'ukpyolsi: Ak'ademi Sojok.
  6. ↑ Govaerts, R., Wilkin, P. & Saunders, R.M.K. (2007). World Checklist of Dioscoreales. Yams and their allies: 1-65. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.