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breviscapa

Taxon

Helonias breviscapa (Maxim.) N.Tanaka

Protologue J. Jap. Bot. 73(2): 111. 1998IPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Heloniopsis orientalis var. breviscapa--Japan. Myoko Kenmin-no-mori. Hiuchiyama Trial. 27 May 2016.  (204).JPG

Heloniopsis orientalis var. breviscapa--Japan. Myoko Kenmin-no-mori. Hiuchiyama Trial. 27 May 2016. (204).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Heloniopsis orientalis var. breviscapa--Japan. Myoko Kenmin-no-mori. Hiuchiyama Trial. 27 May 2016.  (186).JPG

Heloniopsis orientalis var. breviscapa--Japan. Myoko Kenmin-no-mori. Hiuchiyama Trial. 27 May 2016. (186).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Heloniopsis orientalis var. breviscapa--Japan. Myoko Kenmin-no-mori. Hiuchiyama Trial. 27 May 2016.  (191).JPG

Heloniopsis orientalis var. breviscapa--Japan. Myoko Kenmin-no-mori. Hiuchiyama Trial. 27 May 2016. (191).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Heloniopsis orientalis var. breviscapa--Japan. Myoko Kenmin-no-mori. Hiuchiyama Trial. 27 May 2016.  (193).JPG

Heloniopsis orientalis var. breviscapa--Japan. Myoko Kenmin-no-mori. Hiuchiyama Trial. 27 May 2016. (193).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Heloniopsis orientalis var. breviscapa--Japan. Myoko Kenmin-no-mori. Hiuchiyama Trial. 27 May 2016.  (201).JPG

Heloniopsis orientalis var. breviscapa--Japan. Myoko Kenmin-no-mori. Hiuchiyama Trial. 27 May 2016. (201).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Heloniopsis orientalis var. breviscapa--Japan. Myoko Kenmin-no-mori. Hiuchiyama Trial. 27 May 2016.  (199).JPG

Heloniopsis orientalis var. breviscapa--Japan. Myoko Kenmin-no-mori. Hiuchiyama Trial. 27 May 2016. (199).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Heloniopsis orientalis var. breviscapa--Japan. Myoko Kenmin-no-mori. Hiuchiyama Trial. 27 May 2016.  (187).JPG

Heloniopsis orientalis var. breviscapa--Japan. Myoko Kenmin-no-mori. Hiuchiyama Trial. 27 May 2016. (187).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Heloniopsis orientalis var. breviscapa--Japan. Myoko Kenmin-no-mori. Hiuchiyama Trial. 27 May 2016.  (189).JPG

Heloniopsis orientalis var. breviscapa--Japan. Myoko Kenmin-no-mori. Hiuchiyama Trial. 27 May 2016. (189).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Heloniopsis orientalis var. breviscapa--Japan. Myoko Kenmin-no-mori. Hiuchiyama Trial. 27 May 2016.  (198).JPG

Heloniopsis orientalis var. breviscapa--Japan. Myoko Kenmin-no-mori. Hiuchiyama Trial. 27 May 2016. (198).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Heloniopsis orientalis var. breviscapa--Japan. Myoko Kenmin-no-mori. Hiuchiyama Trial. 27 May 2016.  (188).JPG

Heloniopsis orientalis var. breviscapa--Japan. Myoko Kenmin-no-mori. Hiuchiyama Trial. 27 May 2016. (188).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Heloniopsis orientalis var. breviscapa--Japan. Myoko Kenmin-no-mori. Hiuchiyama Trial. 27 May 2016.  (190).JPG

Heloniopsis orientalis var. breviscapa--Japan. Myoko Kenmin-no-mori. Hiuchiyama Trial. 27 May 2016. (190).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Heloniopsis orientalis var. breviscapa--Japan. Myoko Kenmin-no-mori. Hiuchiyama Trial. 27 May 2016.  (205).JPG

Heloniopsis orientalis var. breviscapa--Japan. Myoko Kenmin-no-mori. Hiuchiyama Trial. 27 May 2016. (205).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Heloniopsis orientalis var. breviscapa--Japan. Myoko Kenmin-no-mori. Hiuchiyama Trial. 27 May 2016.  (206).JPG

Heloniopsis orientalis var. breviscapa--Japan. Myoko Kenmin-no-mori. Hiuchiyama Trial. 27 May 2016. (206).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Heloniopsis orientalis var. breviscapa--Japan. Myoko Kenmin-no-mori. Hiuchiyama Trial. 27 May 2016.  (202).JPG

Heloniopsis orientalis var. breviscapa--Japan. Myoko Kenmin-no-mori. Hiuchiyama Trial. 27 May 2016. (202).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Heloniopsis orientalis var. breviscapa--Japan. Myoko Kenmin-no-mori. Hiuchiyama Trial. 27 May 2016.  (194).JPG

Heloniopsis orientalis var. breviscapa--Japan. Myoko Kenmin-no-mori. Hiuchiyama Trial. 27 May 2016. (194).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Heloniopsis orientalis var. breviscapa--Japan. Myoko Kenmin-no-mori. Hiuchiyama Trial. 27 May 2016.  (203).JPG

Heloniopsis orientalis var. breviscapa--Japan. Myoko Kenmin-no-mori. Hiuchiyama Trial. 27 May 2016. (203).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Heloniopsis orientalis var. breviscapa--Japan. Myoko Kenmin-no-mori. Hiuchiyama Trial. 27 May 2016.  (196).JPG

Heloniopsis orientalis var. breviscapa--Japan. Myoko Kenmin-no-mori. Hiuchiyama Trial. 27 May 2016. (196).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Heloniopsis orientalis var. breviscapa--Japan. Myoko Kenmin-no-mori. Hiuchiyama Trial. 27 May 2016.  (195).JPG

Heloniopsis orientalis var. breviscapa--Japan. Myoko Kenmin-no-mori. Hiuchiyama Trial. 27 May 2016. (195).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Heloniopsis orientalis var. breviscapa--Japan. Myoko Kenmin-no-mori. Hiuchiyama Trial. 27 May 2016.  (197).JPG

Heloniopsis orientalis var. breviscapa--Japan. Myoko Kenmin-no-mori. Hiuchiyama Trial. 27 May 2016. (197).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Heloniopsis orientalis var. breviscapa--Japan. Myoko Kenmin-no-mori. Hiuchiyama Trial. 27 May 2016.  (200).JPG

Heloniopsis orientalis var. breviscapa--Japan. Myoko Kenmin-no-mori. Hiuchiyama Trial. 27 May 2016. (200).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Heloniopsis orientalis var. breviscapa--Japan. Myoko Kenmin-no-mori. Hiuchiyama Trial. 27 May 2016.  (192).JPG

Heloniopsis orientalis var. breviscapa--Japan. Myoko Kenmin-no-mori. Hiuchiyama Trial. 27 May 2016. (192).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Global range is not yet available in Plants of the World Online. Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Occurrences

Not collected

May 27, 2016

Location

Japan, Honshu, Niigata (Shinano, Kamiminochi, Nojiri)

36.848667, 138.137194

Location Remarks

Myoko-Togakushi Renzan National Park. Suginosawa. Road 280 (on Google Maps) east to parking for trail to Naena-taki (waterfall). 785 m elev.

Collectors

David E. Boufford, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Moist trail bank above the river. Other species here: Caulophyllum, Diphylleia, Cardiocrinum.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Liliales

Family

Melanthiaceae

Genus

Helonias

Specific Epithet

breviscapa

Authorship

(Maxim.) N.Tanaka

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 2.0

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.2

Global rank

#183,134 of 335,497

Top 55%

Extinction probability

12%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →

Synonyms (1)

Heloniopsis orientalis subsp. breviscapa (Maxim.) Kitam. & Murata

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy