Heloniopsis

Heloniopsis, also called swamppink,[2] is a genus of plants in the Melanthiaceae, first described as a genus in 1859.[3][4] It is native to east Asia (Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Sakhalin Island in Russia).[1][5]

Species[1]
  • Heloniopsis kawanoi (Koidz.) Honda – Nansei-shoto
  • Heloniopsis koreana Fuse, N.S.Lee & M.N.Tamura – Korean swamppink[2] – Korea
  • Heloniopsis leucantha (Koidz.) Honda – Nansei-shoto
  • Heloniopsis orientalis (Thunb.) Tanaka – Korea, Sakhalin, Japan
    • Heloniopsis orientalis var. flavida (Nakai) Ohwi – white oriental swamppink[2] – Korea
  • Heloniopsis tubiflora Fuse, N.S.Lee & M.N.Tamura – tubular-flower swamppink[2] – Korea
  • Heloniopsis umbellata Baker – Taiwan

Heloniopsis
Heloniopsis orientalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Melanthiaceae
Tribe: Heloniadeae
Genus: Heloniopsis
A.Gray
Type species
Heloniopsis pauciflora
Synonyms[1]
  • Hexonix Raf.
  • Kozola Raf.
  • Sugerokia Miq.

References
  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. p. 487. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 24 December 2016 – via Korea Forest Service.
  3. Gray, Asa. 1858. Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Science, new series 6: 416 descriptions in Latin, commentary in English
  4. Tropicos, Heloniopsis A. Gray
  5. Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 87 胡麻花属 hu ma hua shu Heloniopsis A. Gray, Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, ser. 2. 6: 416. 1858.


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