Rohdea is a genus of plants native to eastern Asia (China, Japan, the Himalayas and Indochina).Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families It was long thought to contain only a single species, R. japonica,Flora of China, Vol. 24 Page 239, 万年青属 wan nian qing shu, Rohdea Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp. 196. 1821. but recent studies have resulted in several other taxa being transferred into the genus.Tanaka, N. (2010). A taxonomic revision of the genus Rohdea (Asparagaceae). Makinoa, n.s., 9: 1-54.Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update. Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
In the APG III classification system, it is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Convallarioideae (formerly the family Ruscaceae). It has also been placed in the former family Convallariaceae.
Although sometimes misspelled as Rhodea, the genus was actually named after Michael Rohde (1782-1812), a botanist from Bremen.Umberto Quattrocchi
Species Accepted speciesFlora of China, Vol. 24 Page 235, 开口箭属 kai kou jian shu, Campylandra Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 582. 1875.
Rohdea chinensis (Baker) N.Tanaka - Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan Rohdea chlorantha (Baill.) N.Tanaka - Sichuan Rohdea delavayi (Franch.) N.Tanaka - Tibet, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan Rohdea emeiensis (Z.Y.Zhu) N.Tanaka - Sichuan Rohdea ensifolia (F.T.Wang & Tang) N.Tanaka - Yunnan Rohdea eucomoides (Baker) N.Tanaka - Assam, Bhutan, Myanmar Rohdea japonica (Thunb.) Roth - Japan, Korea, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Zhejiang Rohdea jinshanensis (Z.L.Yang & X.G.Luo) N.Tanaka - Sichuan Rohdea lichuanensis (Y.K.Yang, J.K.Wu & D.T.Peng) Yamashita & M.N.Tamura - Hubei Rohdea longipedunculata (F.T.Wang & S.Yun Liang) N.Tanaka - Yunnan Rohdea nepalensis (Raf.) N.Tanaka - Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, Myanmar, Sichuan, Yunnan Rohdea pachynema (F.T.Wang & Tang) N.Tanaka - Sichuan, Yunnan Rohdea siamensis (Yamashita & M.N.Tamura) Yamashita & M.N.Tamura - Laos, Thailand Rohdea tonkinensis (Baill.) N.Tanaka - Vietnam, Yunnan, Guangdong Rohdea urotepala Hand.-Mazz. - Sichuan, Yunnan Rohdea verruculosa (Q.H.Chen) N.Tanaka - Yunnan, Guizhou Rohdea wattii (C.B.Clarke) Yamashita & M.N.Tamura - Vietnam, Assam, Bhutan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan
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