Adonis multiflora

Family	Ranunculaceae
Subfamily	Ranunculoideae
Tribe	Adonideae
Scientific name	Adonis multiflora Nishikawa & Koji Ito
Synonyms	none
Common name	(Japanese common name) michinoku fukuju-sou (ミチノクフクジュソウ, 陸奥福寿草 [meaning: Michinoku happy-longlife weed (Michinoku = an old name of Northeastern Japan)])
	(English common name) none
Distribution	(Japan) Honshu, Kyushu
	(Other nations) China
Chromosomal number	2n=16 (2x)
Description	Stems 10-30cm tall. Flowers yellow 3-4cm across, flowering in February to April. Perennial plants.
Reference	Adonis multiflora Nishikawa & Koji Ito
	Adonis ramosa Franchet
	Medicament for improving the failure of accommodation (US Patent 20050171214)
Note	Recently, it was recognized that there are four different similar species in Japan: Adonis ramosa Franchet (2n=4x=32), Adonis amurensis Regel & Radde (2n=2x=16: syn. Adonis amurensis Regel & Radde var. angustiloba A. I. Baranov & Skvortsov; Adonis amurensis Regel & Radde var. uniflorus Makino; Adonis apennina L. var. danurica Maximovicz; Adonis barthei Franchet; Adonis vernalis L. var. amurensis (Regel & Radde) Finet & Gagnepain), Adonis multiflora Nishikawa & Koji Ito (2n=2x=16) and Adonis shikokuensis Nishikawa ＆ Koji Ito (2n=2x=16).
	Adonis ramosa occurs in Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu, Adonis amurensis occurs in Hokkaido, Adonis multiflora occurs in Honshu and Ksyushu and Adonis shikokuensis occurs in Shikoku and Kyushu.
	See, A New Species of Adonis (Ranunculaceae）from Shikoku, Western Japan, Tsunehiko Nishikawa and Koji Ito, Bull. Natn. Sci. Mus., Tokyo, Ser. B, 27(2,3), pp. 79－83, September 22, 2001.

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