Aconitum japonicum var. montanum




Family Ranunculaceae
Subfamily Ranunculoideae
Tribe Delphinieae
Scientific name Aconitum japonicum Thunberg var. montanum Nakai
Synonyms (Synonyms of Aconitum japonicum Thunberg var. montanum Nakai)
Aconitum deflexum Nakai; Aconitum ibukiense Nakai var. hakonense (Nakai) Tamura ex Ohwi; Aconitum japonicum Thunberg var. hakonense (Nakai) Tamura; Aconitum japonicum Thunberg var. montanum Nakai forma albididum (Nakai) Sugimoto
(Synonyms of Aconitum japonicum Thunberg subsp. japonicum)
Aconitum faurei Léveillé & Vaniot; Aconitum japonicum Thunberg subsp. subcuneatum (Nakai) Kadota; Aconitum lycoctonum L. var. ochroleucis Savatier; Aconitum subcuneatum Nakai
Common name (Japanese common name) yama torikabuto (ヤマトリカブト, 山鳥兜 [meaning: mountain aconite])
(English common name) monk's hood
Distribution (Japan) Honshu (Kanto region, Central region)
(Other nations) none
Habitat Mountane forest
Chromosomal number 2n=32
Description Plants electing 100cm tall. Leaves 18cm wide. Flowers blue 4-4.2cm, flowering in August to September. Perennial plants.
Reference Aconitum japonicum Thunb.
Pharmaceutically active plant extract and composition thereof (US Patent 4352796/1982)
Hair growth stimulant (US Patent 5401503/1995)
Transdermal delivery system for alkaloids of aconitum species (US Patent 6896898/2005)
Secondary metabolite production via manipulation of genome methylation (WIPO Patent WO/2006/113481)
Note Recently many authors describe that Aconitum japonicum Thunberg var. montanum Nakai is a synonym of Aconitum japonicum Thunberg subsp. japonicum. See Aconitum japonicum.
containing aconitine.



October 2007
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October 2007
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October 2007
at Nikko Botanical Gardem
October 2007
at Nikko Botanical Gardem