Family | Ranunculaceae |
Subfamily | Ranunculoideae |
Tribe | Adonideae |
Scientific name | Adonis shikokuensis Nishikawa & Koji Ito |
Synonyms | none |
Common name | (Japanese common name) shikoku fukuju-sou (シコクフクジュソウ, 四国福寿草 [meaning: Shikoku happy-longlife weed]) |
(English common name) none | |
Distribution | (Japan) Shikoku, Kyushu |
(Other nations) none | |
Chromosomal number | 2n=16 (2x) |
Description | Stems 10-30cm. Flowers yellow 3-4cm, flowering in February to April. Perennial plants. |
Reference | Adonis ramosa Franchet |
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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. |
late February 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
late February 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
late February 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
late February 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
late February 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
late February 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
early February 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
early February 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
early February 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
March 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
March 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |
March 2008 at Kochi Prefecture Makino Botanical Garden |