| Family |
Hemerocallidaceae (also placed in Liliaceae) |
| Scientific name |
Hemerocallis citrina Baroni var. vespertina (H. Hara) M. Hotta |
| Synonyms |
Hemerocallis citrina Nakai, non Baroni; Hemerocallis coreana Nakai; Hemerocallis
flava var. coreana (Nakai) M. Hotta; Hemerocallis serotina Focke; Hemerocallis
sulphurea Nakai; Hemerocallis thunbergii sensu Baker, non Barr; Hemerocallis
vespertina H. Hara |
| Common name |
(Japanese common name) yu-suge (ユウスゲ, 夕萓 [maening: late day-lily]), ki-suge
(キスゲ, 黄萓 [meaning: yellow day-lily]), asama-ki-suge (アサマキスゲ,
浅間黄萓 [meaning: Asama Highland yellow day-lily]) |
| (English common name) Thunberg's lily, late yellow day-lily |
| Distribution |
(Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
| (Other nations) Korea, China |
| Habitat |
Mountane fields |
| Chromosomal number |
2n=22 (2x) |
| Description |
Roots many and long but not expands. Leaves distichous fascicled, linear,
non hair, ascending and droops at the top, 40-60cm long, 7-13mm wide. Scapes
electing 1-1.4m tall. Flowers pedicels 2-15mm long, corolla tubes 27-32mm
long, 6 lemon yellow perianths each 6.5-7.5cm, flowering in mid July to
mid August (in nighttime: 15:00 through 10:00). Fruits ca. 2cm long, seeds
5mm long. Perennial plants. |
| Reference |
Hemerocallis citrina Baroni var. vespertina (H. Hara) M. Hotta |
| Hemerocallis citrina Baroni |
| Multiple Origins of the Japanese Nocturnal Hemerocallis citrina var. vespertina (Asparagales: Hemerocallidaceae): Evidence from Noncoding Chloroplast DNA Sequences and Morphology [PDF] |
| Isolation, purification, characterization, cloning and sequencing of N alpha-acetyltransferase (US Patent 5128459/1992) |
| Identification of methionine Nα-acetyltransferase (US Patent 5223421/1993) |
| Isolated DNA Encoding plant histidinol dehydrogenase (US Patent 5290926/1994) |
| Tissue-preferential promoters (US Patent 5466785/1996) |
| Disease resistance gene from maize and its use for disease resistance as a selectable marker and as a gene identification probe (US Patent 5589611/1996) |
| Antimicrobial peptides (US Patent 5856127/1999) |
| Process and apparatus for the genetic transformation of cells (US Patent 5877023/1999) |
| High lysine derivatives of α-hordothionin (US Patent 5990389/1999) |
| Plant peptide transport gene (US Patent 6080542/2000) |
| Genetic and epigenetic manipulation of ABC transporters and ectophosphatases for the conference of hormone and herbicide resistance (US Patent 6448472/2002) |
| Foliar fertilizer and method for using the same (US Patent 6475258/2002) |
| Stable transformation of plant cells (US Patent 6570067/2003) |
| Cystine derivative and agent for suppressing activation of inflammatory factors (US Patent 6914075/2005) |
| Antihelminthic anthraquinones and method of use thereof (US Patent 6903076/2005) |
| Anticancer anthraquinones and method of use thereof (US Patent 6875746/2005) |
| Recombinant Bacillus phytases and uses thereof (US Patent 7339091/2008) |
| Note |
Recent DNA analysis and examination shows that Hemerocallis citrina var.
vespertina (yu-suge) under traditional and current normenculture might
be incorrect. Yu-suge in Japan may be a complicated mixture of different
species. |
