Rohdea

Rohdea is a genus of plants native to eastern Asia (China, Japan, the Himalayas and Indochina).^[2] It was long thought to contain only a single species, R. japonica,^[3] but recent studies have resulted in several other taxa being transferred into the genus.^[4][5]

Rohdea
Rohdea japonica 1806 illustration[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Asparagaceae
Subfamily:	Nolinoideae
Genus:	Rohdea Roth
Synonyms[2]
Titragyne Salisb. Tilcusta Raf. Campylandra Baker Gonioscypha Baker

In the APG III classification system, it is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Nolinoideae (formerly the family Ruscaceae^[6]). It has also been placed in the former family Convallariaceae.

Although sometimes misspelled as Rhodea, the genus was actually named after Michael Rohde (1782-1812), a botanist from Bremen.^[7]

Species

Accepted species^[2][3][8]

1. Rohdea chinensis (Baker) N.Tanaka - Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan
2. Rohdea chlorantha (Baill.) N.Tanaka - Sichuan
3. Rohdea delavayi (Franch.) N.Tanaka - Tibet, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan
4. Rohdea emeiensis (Z.Y.Zhu) N.Tanaka - Sichuan
5. Rohdea ensifolia (F.T.Wang & Tang) N.Tanaka - Yunnan
6. Rohdea eucomoides (Baker) N.Tanaka - Assam, Bhutan, Myanmar
7. Rohdea japonica (Thunb.) Roth - Japan, Korea, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Zhejiang
8. Rohdea jinshanensis (Z.L.Yang & X.G.Luo) N.Tanaka - Sichuan
9. Rohdea lichuanensis (Y.K.Yang, J.K.Wu & D.T.Peng) Yamashita & M.N.Tamura - Hubei
10. Rohdea longipedunculata (F.T.Wang & S.Yun Liang) N.Tanaka - Yunnan
11. Rohdea nepalensis (Raf.) N.Tanaka - Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, Myanmar, Sichuan, Yunnan
12. Rohdea pachynema (F.T.Wang & Tang) N.Tanaka - Sichuan, Yunnan
13. Rohdea siamensis (Yamashita & M.N.Tamura) Yamashita & M.N.Tamura - Laos, Thailand
14. Rohdea tonkinensis (Baill.) N.Tanaka - Vietnam, Yunnan, Guangdong
15. Rohdea urotepala Hand.-Mazz. - Sichuan, Yunnan
16. Rohdea verruculosa (Q.H.Chen) N.Tanaka - Yunnan, Guizhou
17. Rohdea wattii (C.B.Clarke) Yamashita & M.N.Tamura - Vietnam, Assam, Bhutan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan