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Asparagaceae

Hosta

Hosta sieboldiana (Hook.) Engl.

First published in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 2(5): 40 (1887)

This species is accepted

The native range of this species is Japan. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution
Synonyms
Accepted Infraspecifics
Publications
Other data

Native to:

Japan

Introduced into:

Korea, South European Russi

Homotypic Synonyms

Funkia sieboldiana Hook. in Bot. Mag. 65: t. 3663 (1838)
Funkia sieboldii Lindl. in Edwards's Bot. Reg. 25: t. 50 (1839), nom. superfl.
Niobe sieboldiana (Hook.) Nash in Torreya 11: 6 (1911)
Saussurea sieboldiana (Hook.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 714 (1891)

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

Hylander, N. (1954). The Genus Hosta in Swedish Gardens. Acta Horti Bergiani 16: 332-420.
Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (2016). Flora of Japan IVb: 1-335. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
Lee, W.T. (1996). Lineamenta Florae Koreae: 1-1688. Soul T'ukpyolsi: Ak'ademi Sojok.
Ohwi, J. (1984). Flora of Japan (in English): 1-1067. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Zonneveld, B.J.M. & Van Iren, F. (2001). Genome size and pollon viablility as taxonomic criteria: application to the genus Hosta. Plant Biology (Stuttgart, Germany) 2: 176-185.

Kew Backbone Distributions

Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (2016). Flora of Japan IVb: 1-335. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
Lee, W.T. (1996). Lineamenta Florae Koreae: 1-1688. Soul T'ukpyolsi: Ak'ademi Sojok.
Shevtsov, V. (2022). Personal Communication on South European Russia. 1.

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index

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
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