Asteraceae
Petasites

Petasites japonicus (Siebold & Zucc.) Maxim.

First published in Razb. Rukop. Sočin. F. Šmidta Reisen Amurlande: 17 (1866)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is China to Sakhalin and Nanei-shoto. It is a rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Japan, Korea, Kuril Is., Nansei-shoto, Sakhalin

Introduced into:

Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hawaii, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Vietnam

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Roskov Y. & al. (eds.) (2018). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands.
  • Verloove, F. (2023). The seventh edition of the Nouvelle Flore de la Belgique: chorological adjustments. Dumortiera 122: 5-98.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Kharkevich, S.S. (ed.) (1992). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 6: 1-428. Nauka, Leningrad.
  • Verloove, F. (2023). The seventh edition of the Nouvelle Flore de la Belgique: chorological adjustments. Dumortiera 122: 5-98.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images