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081.0000 Family Saururaceae F.Voigt; Analyse Frucht Saamenkorn 45, 67 (1811), nom. cons.
4 genera, 6 spp.
Species listed in database: 6
= Saurureae Dumort.; Anal. Fam. Pl. 66 (1829)
= Saururoideae Arn.; Botany [Arnott] 130 (1832)
081.0002 Genus Houttuynia Thunb.; Fl. Jap. [Thunberg] 12 (1784), nom. cons.
Distribution: Himalayas from Punjab to Assam, Thailand, S-China, Taiwan, Japan, Java
Species listed in database: 1
= Polypara Lour.; Fl. Cochinch. 61 (1790)
species :
Houttuynia cordata Thunb.; Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Nya Handl. 4: 149, 151 (1783)
Name: Chameleon-flower (EN)
Distribution: Germany [I]; Mauritius [I]; Georgia [Caucasus] [I]; China (Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang); Tibet; South Korea; Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu); Ryukyu Isl. [I]; Bonin Isl. (Chichijima); Taiwan; Nepal; Bhutan; India (Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Tripura, Mizorum, Sikkim, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal); Bangladesh; Myanmar (Kachin, Mandalay, Shan); Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; Java; USA [I] (Louisiana [I], Pennsylvania [I]); Costa Rica [I]
11 ger 29 mau 33 geo 36 CHI TIB 38 JAP KOR nns OGA TAI 40 BAN BHU IND NEP 41 CBD LAO MYA THA VIE 42 JAW 75 usa 78 usa 80 cos
Synonyms: hidden
= Houttuynia chinensis (Decne.) Gérome; Dict. Hort. [Bois] 2: 675 (1897)
= Houttuynia cordata f. polypetaloidea T.Yamaz.; J. Jap. Bot. 61: 310 (1986)
= Houttuynia cordata f. viridis J.Ohara; J. Phytogeogr. Taxon. 33(2): 72 (1985)
= Houttuynia cordata var. variegata Makino; J. Jap. Bot. 6: 38 (1929)
= Houttuynia emeiensis Z.Y.Zhu & S.L.Zhang; Bull. Bot. Lab. N. E. Forest. Inst., Harbin 21(1): 1 (2001)
= Houttuynia foetida G.Don; Hort. Brit. [Loudon] 37 (1830)
= Polypara cochinchinensis Lour.; Fl. Cochinch. 61 (1790)
= Polypara cordata (Thunb.) H.Buek; Gen. Sp. Synon. Cand. 4: 310 (1874)
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