Disporopsis

Disporopsis
Disporopsis aspersa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Asparagaceae
Subfamily:	Convallarioideae
Genus:	Disporopsis Hance
Synonyms [1]
AulisconemaHua

Disporopsis is a genus of plants in the Asparagaceae. It is native to China, Indochina and the Philippines. ^{[1] [2]}

D. fuscopicta has been demonstrated to contain raphides, at least in its rhizomes, densely and throughout. ^[3]

Species

• Disporopsis aspersa (Hua) Engl. ex Diels - Guangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan
• Disporopsis bakerorum Floden - Yunnan
• Disporopsis bodinieri (H.Lév.) Floden - China (Yunnan, Guizhou, NW. Guangxi) to N. Vietnam
• Disporopsis fuscopicta Hance - Philippines, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan
• Disporopsis jinfushanensis Z.Y.Liu - Sichuan
• Disporopsis longifolia Craib - Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Guangxi, Yunnan
• Disporopsis luzoniensis (Merr.) J.M.H.Shaw - Luzon
• Disporopsis pernyi (Hua) Diels - Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang
• Disporopsis undulata Tamura & Ogisu - Sichuan
• Disporopsis yui Floden - China (Yunnan) to N. Myanmar

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Flora of China v 24 p 232, 竹根七属 zhu gen qi shu , Disporopsis Hance, J. Bot. 21: 278. 1883.
3. Liu et al. 2014.

Bibliography

• Liu, Yingjiao; Liu, Canhuang; Yu, Yafei; Xu, Bei; Gong, Limin; Zeng, Xiaoyan; Xiao, Lan; Cheng, Qilai; Liu, Tasi (2014-11-19). "Authentication of Polygonati Odorati Rhizoma and other two Chinese Materia Medica of the Liliaceae family by pharmacognosy technique with GC–MS analysis". Microscopy Research and Technique. 78 (2). doi:10.1002/jemt.22453. eISSN   1097-0029.