Heloniopsis
Heloniopsis orientalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Melanthiaceae
Tribe: Heloniadeae
Genus: Heloniopsis
A.Gray
Type species
Heloniopsis pauciflora
Synonyms[1]
  • Hexonix Raf.
  • Kozola Raf.
  • Sugerokia Miq.

Heloniopsis, also called swamppink,[2] is a genus of plants in the Melanthiaceae, first described as a genus in 1859.[3][4] It is native to east Asia (Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Sakhalin Island in Russia).[1][5]

Species[1]
  • Heloniopsis kawanoi (Koidz.) Honda – Nansei-shoto
  • Heloniopsis koreana Fuse, N.S.Lee & M.N.Tamura – Korean swamppink[2] – Korea
  • Heloniopsis leucantha (Koidz.) Honda – Nansei-shoto
  • Heloniopsis orientalis (Thunb.) Tanaka – Korea, Sakhalin, Japan
    • Heloniopsis orientalis var. flavida (Nakai) Ohwi – white oriental swamppink[2] – Korea
  • Heloniopsis tubiflora Fuse, N.S.Lee & M.N.Tamura – tubular-flower swamppink[2] – Korea
  • Heloniopsis umbellata Baker – Taiwan

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. 1 2 3 4 English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. p. 487. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2016 – via Korea Forest Service.
  3. ↑ Gray, Asa. 1858. Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Science, new series 6: 416 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
  4. ↑ Tropicos, Heloniopsis A. Gray
  5. ↑ Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 87 胡麻花属 hu ma hua shu Heloniopsis A. Gray, Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, ser. 2. 6: 416. 1858.
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