Ainsliaea macroclinidioides var. okinawensis




Family Asteraceae (alt. Compositae)
Scientific name Ainsliaea macroclinidioides Hayata var. okinawensis (Hayata) Kitamura
Synonyms Ainsliaea okinawensis Hayata
Common name (Japanese common name) okinawa-teishou-sou (オキナワテイショウソウ, 沖縄テイショウ草 or 丸葉禎祥草 [meaning: Okinawa teishou weed (meaning of teishou is unknown)]); okinawa-haguma (オキナワハグマ, 沖縄白熊 [meaning: Okinawa haguma (haguma = Bos grunniens' wool)])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Okinawa
(Other nations) China
Habitat Mountane wet forest
Chromosomal number unknown
Description Plants electing ca. 35-75cm tall. Leaves 6-13cm long. Flowers white corollas ca. 11mm long, flowering in November to December. Perennial plants.
Reference Ainsliaea macroclinidioides var. okinawaensis Kitam.
Phylogeny and Biogeography of the Genus Ainsliaea (Asteraceae) in the Sino-Japanese Region based on Nuclear rDNA and Plastid DNA Sequence Data
Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in Ainsliaea faurieana (Asteraceae), an endemic plant species on Yakushima Island, Japan, and cross-species amplification in closely related taxa
Note Rare species.



November 2009
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden
November 2009
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden
November 2009
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden



November 2009
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden