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| September 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
September 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
| Family | Agavaceae (also placed in Liliaceae) |
| Scientific name | Hosta gracillima F. Maekawa |
| Synonyms | Hosta longipes (Franchet & Savatier) Matsumura var. gracillima (F. Maekawa) N. Fujita |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) hime-iwa-giboushi (ヒメイワギボウシ, 姫岩擬宝珠 [meaning: dwarf rock giboushi (giboushi = a traditional metal ornament of bridges)]) |
| (English common name) none | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Shikoku (Kochi Prefecture) |
| (Other nations) none | |
| Habitat | Mountane forest |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=60 |
| Description | Leaves 2.5-6cm long, 1.1-2cm wide. Scapes 20-25cm tall. Flowers pale purple corollas ca. 2.5-3.5cm long, flowering in September.Perennial plants. |
| Reference | H. gracillima F. Maekawa 1936 [PDF] |
| Note | Endemic to Japan. |
| Some authors have described that Hosta gracillima F. Maekawa is a synonym of Hosta longipes (Franchet & Savatier) Matsumura var. gracillima (F. Maekawa) N. Fujita. However, recent examination has clarified that such a taxonomy is not correct. See H. gracillima F. Maekawa 1936 [PDF] above. |
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| September 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
September 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
