Heloniopsis Explained

Heloniopsis, also called swamppink,^[1] is a genus of plants in the Melanthiaceae, first described as a genus in 1859.^{[2] [3]} It is native to east Asia (Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Sakhalin Island in Russia).^[4]

Species

• Heloniopsis kawanoi (Koidz.) Honda – Nansei-shoto
• Heloniopsis koreana Fuse, N.S.Lee & M.N.Tamura – Korean swamppink – Korea
• Heloniopsis leucantha (Koidz.) Honda – Nansei-shoto
• Heloniopsis orientalis (Thunb.) Tanaka – Korea, Sakhalin, Japan
  • Heloniopsis orientalis var. flavida (Nakai) Ohwi – white oriental swamppink – Korea
• Heloniopsis tubiflora Fuse, N.S.Lee & M.N.Tamura – tubular-flower swamppink – Korea
• Heloniopsis umbellata Baker – Taiwan

External links

• Flora of China treatment

Notes and References

1. Book: English Names for Korean Native Plants. Korea National Arboretum. 2015. 978-89-97450-98-5. Pocheon. 487. 24 December 2016. Korea Forest Service. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170525105020/http://www.forest.go.kr/kna/special/download/English_Names_for_Korean_Native_Plants.pdf. 25 May 2017.
2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/49960*page/450/mode/1up Gray, Asa. 1858. Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Science, new series 6: 416
3. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40023157 Tropicos, Heloniopsis A. Gray
4. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=114957 Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 87 胡麻花属 hu ma hua shu Heloniopsis A. Gray, Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, ser. 2. 6: 416. 1858.