Asarum monodoriflorum

Asarum monodoriflorum
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Magnoliids
Order:	Piperales
Family:	Aristolochiaceae
Genus:	Asarum
Species:	A. monodoriflorum
Binomial name
Asarum monodoriflorum Hatus. & Yamahata

Asarum monodoriflorum, also known by the common name Monodora-kan-aoi, is a low-growing, herbaceous perennial plant. It is critically endangered. ^[1]

Distribution

It is native to the Ryukyu Islands of Japan. ^{[2] [3]}

Taxonomy

It was described by Sumihiko Hatusima, and Eiji Yamahata, and published in J. Phytogeogr. Taxon. 37: 72 in 1989. ^{[4] [5]}

References

1. Ministry of the Environment, Japan (2016). "Asarum monodoriflorum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T54142129A54142139. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T54142129A54142139.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
2. "Asarum monodoriflorum – RarePlants". www.rareplants.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
3. "Asarum monodoriflorum - Useful Temperate Plants". temperate.theferns.info. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
4. "Asarum monodoriflorum Hatus. & Yamahata — The Plant List". www.theplantlist.org. Retrieved 2021-06-17.
5. "Asarum monodoriflorum Hatus. & Yamahata | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2021-06-17.