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| September 2008 at Tokyo Medical Herb Botanical Garden |
September 2008 at Tokyo Medical Herb Botanical Garden |
September 2008 at Tokyo Medical Herb Botanical Garden |
| Family | Ruscaceae (also placed in Liliaceae) |
| Scientific name | Liriope spicata (Thunberg) Loureiro |
| Synonyms | Convallaria spicata Thunberg; Liriope gracilis (Kunth) Nakai; Liriope spicata (Thunberg) Loureiro forma koreana (Palibin) H. Hara; Liriope spicata (Thunberg) Loureiro var. humilis F. Z. Li; Liriope spicata (Thunberg) Loureiro var. prolifera Y. T. Ma; Mondo fauriei (H. Léveillé & Vaniot) Farwell; Ophiopogon fauriei H. Léveillé & Vaniot; Ophiopogon spicatus (Thunberg) Ker Gawler; Ophiopogon spicatus (Thunberg) Ker Gawler var. koreanus Palibin |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) ko-yabu-ran (コヤブラン, 小藪蘭 [meaning: small bush orchid]), ryukyu-yabu-ran (リュウキュウヤブラン， 琉球藪蘭 [meaning: Okinawa bush orchid]), chosen-yabu-ran (チョウセンヤブラン, 朝鮮藪蘭 [meaning: Korean bush orchid]) |
| (English common name) creeping liriope | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa |
| (Other nations) Korea, China, Taiwan, Vietnam | |
| Habitat | Forest |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=36, 72, 90, 108 |
| Description | Plants 20-40cm tall. Leaves 30-60cm long, 4-7mm wide. Flowers pedicels 3-5mm long, 6 pale purple perianths each 4mm long, flowering in July to September. Fruits 5-7mm across. Perennial plants. |
| Reference | Liriope spicata (Thunb.) Lour. |
| Liriope spicata (Thunberg) Loureiro | |
| Versatile herb, vegetable, flower and groundcover sod mat and method for propagation (US Patent 5224290/1993) | |
| Versatile plant sod mat and method for propagation (US Patent 5346514/1994) | |
| Specialty sod mats constructed of nonwoven fabric with apertures (US Patent 5464455/1995) | |
| Sod mats constructed of stable fibers and degradable matrix material and method for propagation (US Patent 5555674/1996) | |
| Low cost sod mat and method for propagation (US Patent 5490351/1996) |
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| September 2008 at Tokyo Medical Herb Botanical Garden |
September 2008 at Tokyo Medical Herb Botanical Garden |
September 2008 at Tokyo Medical Herb Botanical Garden |
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| September 2008 at Tokyo Medical Herb Botanical Garden |
