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:	Convallarioideae
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 Convallarioideae (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]

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