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| Family | Ruscaceae (also placed in Liliaceae) |
| Scientific name | Maianthemum hondoense (Ohwi) La Frankie |
| Synonyms | Maianthemum viridiflorum (Nakai ex Makino & Nemoto) H. Li; Smilacina hondoensis Ohwi; Smilacina viridiflora Nakai ex Makino & Nemoto |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) yamato yuki-zasa (ヤマトユキザサ, 大和雪笹 [meaning: Yamato snow bamboo (Yamato=an old name of Japan)]), oh-ba yuki-zasa (オオバユキザサ, 大葉雪笹 [meaning: learge-leaved snow bamboo]) |
| (English common name) none | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Honshu (west of Fukushima Prefecture, east of Kinki region) |
| (Other nations) Korea? | |
| Habitat | Mountane or subalpine forest |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=36 |
| Description | Plants ca. 30-70cm tall. Leaves 10-15cm long. Flowers 6 white perianths each 3-4mm long, flowering in June to July. Perennial plants. |
| References | Maianthemum hondoense (Ohwi) La Frankie |
| Classification and Distribution of Smilacina species (Liliaceae) in Japan | |
| Generic delimitation and biogeography of Maianthemum and Smilacina (Ruscaceae sensu lato): preliminary results based on partial 3′ matK gene and trnK 3′ intron sequences of cpDNA |
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