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Internal ID UUID64403e153b35d650982479
Scientific name Helwingia japonica
Authority (Thunb.) F.Dietr.
First published in Nachtr. Vollst. Lex. Gärtn. 3: 660 (1817)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Osyris japonica Thunb. Fl. Jap. (Thunberg) 31. 1784 [Aug 1784]
Helwingia japonica var. parvifolia Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 27: 80 1913
Helwingia rusciflora Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4 , 4: 716 (1806)

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Language Common/alternative name
Japanese ハナイカダ
Chinese 小通草
Chinese 叶上花
Chinese 青荚叶
Chinese 青通草
Chinese 叶上珠
Chinese 大叶通草
Chinese 青莢葉

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Helwingia japonica subsp. japonica Unknown
Helwingia japonica subsp. liukiuensis (Hatus.) H.Hara & S.Kurosawa Fl. E. Himal. , 3rd. Rep.: 403 (1975)

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Helwingia japonica var. hypoleuca Hemsl. ex Rehder Pl. Wilson. 3: 570 (1916)
Helwingia japonica var. papillosa W.P.Fang & Soong Fl. Sichuanica 1: 473 (1981)

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  • Asia-temperate
    • China
      • China North-central
      • China South-central
      • China Southeast
    • Eastern Asia
      • Japan
      • Korea
      • Nansei-shoto
      • Taiwan
  • Asia-tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • East Himalaya
    • Indo-China
      • Myanmar

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000981213
Tropicos 8700167
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:972474-1
The Plant List kew-98058
PFAF Helwingia japonica
PaleoBotany 85871
Open Tree Of Life 1030991
NCBI Taxonomy 16915
IPNI 972474-1
iNaturalist 461024
GBIF 7326897
EPPO HWGJA
EOL 2891055
USDA GRIN 18847
Wikipedia Helwingia_japonica

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Ethnobotanical study on medicinal plants used by Bulang people in Yunnan, China Zhou H, Zhang J, Kirbis BS, Mula Z, Zhang W, Kuang Y, Huang Q, Yin L J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 07-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10486041
doi:10.1186/s13002-023-00609-0
PMID:37679773
Fundamentals of Plant Morphology and Plant Evo-Devo (Evolutionary Developmental Morphology) Sattler R, Rutishauser R Plants (Basel) 26-Dec-2022
PMCID:PMC9823526
doi:10.3390/plants12010118
PMID:36616247
The Phylogenetic Significance of Fruit Structures in the Family Cornaceae of China and Related Taxa Wang J, Zou H, Liu M, Wang Y, Ru J, Guo C Plants (Basel) 30-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC9573492
doi:10.3390/plants11192591
PMID:36235457
Vegetation Classification and Distribution Patterns in the South Slope of Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon National Nature Reserve, Eastern Himalayas Wu PP, Wang Z, Jia NX, Dong SQ, Qu XY, Qiao XG, Liu CC, Guo K Plants (Basel) 28-Apr-2022
PMCID:PMC9105001
doi:10.3390/plants11091194
PMID:35567195
Taxonomy and phylogeny of the Erysiphe lonicerae complex (Helotiales, Erysiphaceae) on Lonicera spp. Bradshaw M, Braun U, Götz M, Takamatsu S Fungal Syst Evol 26-Nov-2020
PMCID:PMC8165964
doi:10.3114/fuse.2021.07.03
PMID:34124617
An ethnobotanical survey of wild edible plants used by the Yi people of Liangshan Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China Wang J, Seyler BC, Ticktin T, Zeng Y, Ayu K J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 26-Feb-2020
PMCID:PMC7045740
doi:10.1186/s13002-019-0349-5
PMID:32102675
Concealed truth: Modeling reveals unique Quaternary distribution dynamics and refugia of four related endemic keystone Abies taxa on the Tibetan Plateau Xiong Q, Halmy MW, Dakhil MA, Pandey B, Zhang F, Zhang L, Pan K, Li T, Sun X, Wu X, Xiao Y Ecol Evol 04-Dec-2019
PMCID:PMC6953664
doi:10.1002/ece3.5866
PMID:31938520
Wild edible plants collected by Hani from terraced rice paddy agroecosystem in Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan, China Luo B, Liu B, Zhang H, Zhang H, Li X, Ma L, Wang Y, Bai Y, Zhang X, Li J, Yang J, Long C J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 27-Nov-2019
PMCID:PMC6882008
doi:10.1186/s13002-019-0336-x
PMID:31775804
Current progress and future prospects in phylofloristics Li R, Qian L, Sun H Plant Divers 17-Jul-2018
PMCID:PMC6137264
doi:10.1016/j.pld.2018.07.003
PMID:30740558
The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Helwingia himalaica (Helwingiaceae, Aquifoliales) and a chloroplast phylogenomic analysis of the Campanulidae Yao X, Liu YY, Tan YH, Song Y, Corlett RT PeerJ 29-Nov-2016
PMCID:PMC5131622
doi:10.7717/peerj.2734
PMID:27917320
Ethnobotanical study of traditional edible plants used by the Naxi people during droughts Zhang L, Chai Z, Zhang Y, Geng Y, Wang Y J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 12-Sep-2016
PMCID:PMC5020530
doi:10.1186/s13002-016-0113-z
PMID:27619157
Biological pattern and transcriptomic exploration and phylogenetic analysis in the odd floral architecture tree: Helwingia willd Sun C, Yu G, Bao M, Zheng B, Ning G BMC Res Notes 27-Jun-2014
PMCID:PMC4083144
doi:10.1186/1756-0500-7-402
PMID:24969969
Wild food plants used by the Tibetans of Gongba Valley (Zhouqu county, Gansu, China) Kang Y, Łuczaj Ł, Kang J, Wang F, Hou J, Guo Q J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 06-Feb-2014
PMCID:PMC3933068
doi:10.1186/1746-4269-10-20
PMID:24502461
Forest Structure, Stand Composition, and Climate-Growth Response in Montane Forests of Jiuzhaigou National Nature Reserve, China Schwartz MW, Dolanc CR, Gao H, Strauss SY, Schwartz AC, Williams JN, Tang Y PLoS One 09-Aug-2013
PMCID:PMC3739742
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0071559
PMID:23951188
Wild food plants and wild edible fungi in two valleys of the Qinling Mountains (Shaanxi, central China) Kang Y, Łuczaj Ł, Kang J, Zhang S J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 15-Apr-2013
PMCID:PMC3686673
doi:10.1186/1746-4269-9-26
PMID:23587149

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