Hosta

Hosta ventricosa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Asparagaceae
Subfamilia: Agavoideae
Genus: Hosta
Subgenera: H. subg. Bryocles H. subg. Giboshi H. subg. Hosta

Species: H. albofarinosa H. capitata H. clausa H. hypoleuca H. jonesii H. kikutii H. kiyosumiensis H. lancifolia H. longipes H. longissima H. minor H. plantaginea H. pulchella H. rectifolia H. rupifraga H. shikokiana H. sieboldiana H. sieboldii H. tsushimensis H. ventricosa H. venusta H. yingeri

Nothospecies: H. × alismifolia H. × tardiva

H. helonioides H. laevigata H. × tokudama – and H. undulata
are cultivars.

Name

  • Hosta Tratt., Arch. Gewächsk. Leopold Trattinick 1: 55 (1812), nom. cons.
  • Type species: Hosta plantaginea (Lam.) Asch., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 21: 53 (1863).Designated as synonym Hosta japonica Tratt. (1812).

Synonyms

  • Heterotypic
  • Bryocles Salisb., Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 335. 1812, nom. inval.
  • Funckia Dumort., Anal. Fam. 60. 1829, nom. illeg. non Willd. (1808)
  • Funkia Spreng., Anleit. ed. 2. 2(1): 246. 20 Apr 1817, nom. illeg. non Funckia Willd. (1808)
  • Libertia Dumort., Comment. Bot.: 9. 1822, nom. illeg.
    • Type species: L. recta Dumort., nom. illeg.
  • Niobe Salisb., Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 335. (1812)
  • Saussurea Salisb., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 8: 11. 1807, nom. rej. non DC. (1810), nom. cons.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Asia-Temperate
    • Russian Far East
      • Kuril Islands, Primorye, Sakhalin.
    • China
      • China South-Central, Manchuria, China North-Central (doubtful), China Southeast.
    • Eastern Asia
      • Japan, Korea.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

  • Govaerts, R. et al. 2014. Hosta in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2014 July 20. Reference page. 
  • Tropicos.org 2014. Hosta. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 July 2014. Reference page.

Vernacular names

  • Deutsch: Funkien
  • English: Plantain Lily
  • suomi: Kuunliljat
  • 日本語: ギボウシ属, ホスタ
  • polski: Funkia, hosta
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