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May 2009 at my home |
| Family | Ruscaceae (also placed in Liliaceae) |
| Scientific name | Polygonatum cryptanthum H. Léveillé & Vaniot |
| Synonyms | none |
| Common name | (Japanese common name) usugi-waniguchi-sou (ウスギワニグチソウ, 薄黄鰐口草 [meaning: pale yellow waniguchi weed (waniguchi = ornamental big bell hanging at the front of Buddhist temple)]) |
| (English common name) none | |
| Distribution | (Japan) Kyushu (Tsushima Island, Fuokuoka Prefecture) |
| (Other nations) Korea | |
| Habitat | Mountane forest or forest edge |
| Chromosomal number | 2n=20 |
| Description | Plants 20-30cm tall, non hair. Leaves 3-5cm long, non hair. Flowers 2-3 pale green bracts each 7-10mm long, perianths 10-13mm long, flowering in April to May. Perennial plants. |
| References | Polygonatum cryptanthum H. Lev. |
| Polygonatum involucratum (Franchet & Savatier) Maximowicz | |
| Biosystematic Studies on the Genus Polygonatum (Liliaceae) : II. Morphology of Staminal Filaments of Species Indigenous to Japan and its Adjacent Regions | |
| Note | Polygonatum involucratum (Franchet & Savatier) Maximowicz is not a synonym of Polygonatum cryptanthum H. Léveillé & Vaniot. |
| Korean Plant Name Index has identified that Polygonatum ibukiense (Makino) Makino is a synonym of Polygonatum cryptanthum H. Léveillé & Vaniot. Many Japanese authors have described that Polygonatum ibukiense (Makino) Makino is a synonym of Polygonatum involucratum (Franchet & Savatier) Maximowicz. |
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