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Internal ID UUID64401e0daf192569675073
Scientific name Glaucidium palmatum
Authority Siebold & Zucc.
First published in Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 4(2): 184 (1845)

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Common products:
- Ornamental potted plants sold by commercial nurseries under the name “Japanese bluebell”, marketed for shade‑garden and woodland plantings.
- Seed packets offered by horticultural seed companies for home gardening.
- Cut stems of the plant are occasionally used in small‑scale floral arrangements, though the short height limits larger bouquets.

Properties relevant to use:
- Herbaceous perennial reaching 20–30 cm; basal leaves form a compact rosette, with 4‑petaled blue‑to‑violet flowers that appear in early spring.
- Prefers moist, humus‑rich soils in partial to full shade, making it suitable for container culture and shaded borders.
- Classified as hardy in USDA zones 5–7 (RHS hardiness rating H4; tolerates winter temperatures down to –15 °C).
- The species is monotypic in the family Glaucidiaceae, providing a reference point in phylogenetic studies; its complete chloroplast genome (available in GenBank) has been sequenced and employed in comparative genomics of basal eudicots.

Standards and regulation:
- Cultivar naming follows the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (ICNCP).
- International movement of live plant material is governed by the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) and the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO) phytosanitary standards.
- In Japan, the Plant Protection Act regulates import, export, and quarantine of ornamental plants, including Glaucidium palmatum.

Sustainability and sourcing:
- Wild populations are restricted to mountainous regions of central and western Japan, but commercial material is primarily propagated from cultivated stock, substantially reducing any pressure on natural stands.
- No formal conservation status is assigned by the IUCN Red List, and the cultivated supply meets market demand, supporting sustainable sourcing.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Glaucidium palmatum var. leucanthum Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 24: 16 1910
Glaucidium paradoxum Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 24: 71 (1910)
Glaucidium pinnatum Finet & Gagnep. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 51: 392 (1904)
Hydrastis jezoensis Siebold ex Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 3: 205 (1867)

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Language Common/alternative name
English japanese wood poppy
Finnish sinikämmen
Japanese シラネアオイ
Japanese シラネアオイ属
Japanese シラネアオイ科
Korean 글라우키디움 팔마툼
Korean 글라우키디움
Polish glaucidiaceae
Russian Глауцидиум пальчатый
Russian глауцидиум пальчатый
Chinese 白根葵

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Sow seeds at 20°C, expecting germination within 3 months without further temperature treatment.
Requires Darkness: These seeds need to be covered with soil or otherwise kept in the dark to germinate properly. Light inhibits their germination process.
Germination Improved by GA3: Gibberellic Acid(GA3) is a plant growth hormone that can break dormancy and improve germination rates for seeds that are otherwise difficult to sprout.
Sow seeds immediately as their viability decreases rapidly, or they best germinate when fresh. If stored, seeds might need temperature cycling and patience to germinate.

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- Extinct
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- Native

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000703515
Tropicos 27100405
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:711245-1
The Plant List kew-2826302
Open Tree Of Life 889044
NCBI Taxonomy 39106
IPNI 711245-1
iNaturalist 437629
GBIF 5579436
Freebase /m/064_8t
EPPO GLZPA
EOL 6352063
USDA GRIN 450569
Wikipedia Glaucidium_palmatum

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Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Complete chloroplast genome sequence of Eranthis byunsanensis B.Y. Sun (Ranunculaceae), an endemic species in Korea Park JM, Oh A, Koo J Mitochondrial DNA B Resour 15-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10187104
doi:10.1080/23802359.2023.2209383
PMID:37200680
New Insights Into the Backbone Phylogeny and Character Evolution of Corydalis (Papaveraceae) Based on Plastome Data Xu X, Li X, Wang D Front Plant Sci 05-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9389321
doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.926574
PMID:35991421
The complete chloroplast genome sequence of Thalictrum aquilegiifolium var. sibiricum (Ranunculaceae) Michimoto K, Ito T, Maki M Mitochondrial DNA B Resour 28-Jun-2022
PMCID:PMC9246009
doi:10.1080/23802359.2022.2088309
PMID:35783051
Comparative chloroplast genomes and phylogenetic analysis of Aquilegia Zhang W, Wang H, Dong J, Zhang T, Xiao H Appl Plant Sci 16-Mar-2021
PMCID:PMC8027367
doi:10.1002/aps3.11412
PMID:33854846
Comparative Chloroplast Genomics of Corydalis Species (Papaveraceae): Evolutionary Perspectives on Their Unusual Large Scale Rearrangements Xu X, Wang D Front Plant Sci 27-Jan-2021
PMCID:PMC7873532
doi:10.3389/fpls.2020.600354
PMID:33584746
Studies on the Constituents of the Rhizomes of Glaucidium palmatum SIEB. et ZUCC. I. : The Structure of Glaupalol HIROSHI IRIE, KONO KINOSHITA, HIROKO MIZUTANI, KEIKO TAKAHASHI, SHOJIRO UYEO, KENJI YAMAMOTO Pharmaceutical Society of Japan 20-Apr-2017
doi:10.1248/YAKUSHI1947.88.5_627
Zygomorphy evolved from disymmetry in Fumarioideae (Papaveraceae, Ranunculales): new evidence from an expanded molecular phylogenetic framework Sauquet H, Carrive L, Poullain N, Sannier J, Damerval C, Nadot S Ann Bot 26-Mar-2015
PMCID:PMC4407061
doi:10.1093/aob/mcv020
PMID:25814061
Antimitotic activity of glaupalol-related coumarins from Glaucidium palmatum. Morita H, Dota T, Kobayashi J Bioorg Med Chem Lett 16-Jul-2004
doi:10.1016/J.BMCL.2004.05.015
PMID:15203139
Three flavonol allosides from Glaucidium palmatum Tsukasa Iwashina, Shunji Ootani Elsevier BV 25-Jul-2002
doi:10.1016/0031-9422(90)85291-M

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Carbohydrates and carbohydrate conjugates / Glycosyl compounds / Phenolic glycosides
(2S)-2,3,3,9-tetramethyl-8-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-2H-furo[3,2-c]chromen-4-one 163023989 Click to see CC1C(C2=C(O1)C3=C(C=CC(=C3C)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O)OC2=O)(C)C 422.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.BMCL.2004.05.015
2,3,3,9-tetramethyl-8-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-2H-furo[3,2-c]chromen-4-one 77912415 Click to see 422.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.BMCL.2004.05.015
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Coumarins and derivatives / Furanocoumarins / Angular furanocoumarins
(2R,3R)-8-hydroxy-3-(hydroxymethyl)-2,3,9-trimethyl-2H-furo[3,2-c]chromen-4-one 44347289 Click to see CC1C(C2=C(O1)C3=C(C=CC(=C3C)O)OC2=O)(C)CO 276.28 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.BMCL.2004.05.015
(2S,3R)-8-hydroxy-3-(hydroxymethyl)-2,3,9-trimethyl-2H-furo[3,2-c]chromen-4-one 44346830 Click to see CC1C(C2=C(O1)C3=C(C=CC(=C3C)O)OC2=O)(C)CO 276.28 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.BMCL.2004.05.015
(2S)-8-hydroxy-2,3,3,9-tetramethyl-2H-furo[3,2-c]chromen-4-one 162960175 Click to see 260.28 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.BMCL.2004.05.015
https://doi.org/10.1248/YAKUSHI1947.88.5_627
(8-hydroxy-2,3,9-trimethyl-4-oxo-2H-furo[3,2-c]chromen-3-yl)methyl acetate 75003304 Click to see CC1C(C2=C(O1)C3=C(C=CC(=C3C)O)OC2=O)(C)COC(=O)C 318.32 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.BMCL.2004.05.015
8-hydroxy-2,3,3,9-tetramethyl-2H-furo[3,2-c]chromen-4-one 10244346 Click to see CC1C(C2=C(O1)C3=C(C=CC(=C3C)O)OC2=O)(C)C 260.28 unknown https://doi.org/10.1248/YAKUSHI1947.88.5_627
https://doi.org/10.1016/J.BMCL.2004.05.015
8-hydroxy-3-(hydroxymethyl)-2,3,9-trimethyl-2H-furo[3,2-c]chromen-4-one 20841614 Click to see CC1C(C2=C(O1)C3=C(C=CC(=C3C)O)OC2=O)(C)CO 276.28 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.BMCL.2004.05.015
Acetic acid (2R,3R)-8-hydroxy-2,3,9-trimethyl-4-oxo-2,3-dihydro-4H-furo[3,2-c]chromen-3-ylmethyl ester 44347273 Click to see 318.32 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.BMCL.2004.05.015
Acetic acid (2S,3R)-8-hydroxy-2,3,9-trimethyl-4-oxo-2,3-dihydro-4H-furo[3,2-c]chromen-3-ylmethyl ester 44347272 Click to see 318.32 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.BMCL.2004.05.015
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Coumarins and derivatives / Hydroxycoumarins
6-Hydroxy-4-methoxy-5-methylchromen-2-one 23260079 Click to see 206.19 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.BMCL.2004.05.015
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavonoid glycosides / Flavonoid O-glycosides / Flavonoid-3-O-glycosides
2-(3,4-Dihydroxyphenyl)-5,7-Dihydroxy-3-(3,4,5-Trihydroxy-6-(Hydroxymethyl)Oxan-2-Yl)Oxychromen-4-One 5378597 Click to see 464.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(90)85291-M
5-hydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-7-methoxy-3-((2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl)oxychromen-4-one 14704550 Click to see 462.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(90)85291-M
5-hydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-7-methoxy-3-[(2S,3R,4R,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxychromen-4-one 14704551 Click to see 462.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(90)85291-M
5-Hydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-7-methoxy-3-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxychromen-4-one 14704549 Click to see 462.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(90)85291-M
5,7-dihydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-3-[(2S,3S,4R,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxychromen-4-one 51521835 Click to see 448.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(90)85291-M
5,7-Dihydroxy-2-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-3-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxychromen-4-one 5462193 Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1C2=C(C(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)O)O)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O)O 448.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(90)85291-M
kaempferol 3-O-beta-D-allopyranoside 12358430 Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1C2=C(C(=O)C3=C(C=C(C=C3O2)O)O)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O)O 448.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(90)85291-M
Quercetin 3-alloside 12304327 Click to see 464.40 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(90)85291-M

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