Ellisiophyllum

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Ellisiophyllum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Genus: Ellisiophyllum
Maxim. (1871)
Species:
E. pinnatum
Binomial name
Ellisiophyllum pinnatum
(Wall. ex Benth.) Makino (1906)
Subspecies and varieties
  • Ellisiophyllum pinnatum subsp. bhutanenseR.R.Mill
  • Ellisiophyllum pinnatum subsp. pinnatum
  • Ellisiophyllum pinnatum var. reptans(Maxim.) T.Yamaz.
Synonyms [1] [2]
  • HornemanniaBenth. (1846), nom. illeg.
  • MoseleyaHemsl. (1899)
  • Hornemannia pinnata(Wall. ex Benth.) Benth. (1846)
  • Moseleya pinnata(Wall. ex Benth.) Hemsl. (1899)
  • Ourisia pinnataWall. ex Benth. (1835)
  • Sibthorpia pinnata(Wall. ex Benth.) Benth. (1884)

Ellisiophyllum is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Plantaginaceae. [1] It contains a single species, Ellisiophyllum pinnatum(Wall. ex Benth.) Makino [2]

Its native range is the central Himalayas to New Guinea. [1] It is found in central and southern China, the central and eastern Himalayas, Japan, Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines and Taiwan. [2]

Its genus name of Ellisiophyllum is in honour of John Ellis (1710–1776), a British linen merchant and naturalist, [3] and phyllum meaning leaf. The specific epithet pinnata is from the Latin meaning "feather-like", referring to the leaves. [4]

It was first published and described in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) Vol.20 on page 91 in 1906. [2]

Three subdivisions are accepted:

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  8. Mosla japonica(Benth. ex Oliv.) Maxim. - Japan, Korea, Ryukyu Islands
  9. Mosla longibracteata(C.Y.Wu & S.J.Hsuan) C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li - Guangxi, Zhejiang
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  11. Mosla pauciflora(C.Y.Wu) C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li - Guizhou, Hubei, Sichuan
  12. Mosla punctulataNakai - Korea, Taiwan, Japan, China
  13. Mosla scabra(Thunb.) C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li - Vietnam, Korea, Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Zhejiang
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References

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