''Reineckea'' is a genus of plants in the

Nolinoideae Nolinoideae is a monocot subfamily of the family Asparagaceae in the APG III system of 2009. It used to be treated as a separate family, Ruscaceae s.l. The family name is derived from the generic name of the type genus, '' Nolina''. The subfam ...

. Several species names have been proposed within the genus, but only one is widely accepted: ''Reineckea carnea'', native to

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

and

Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...

.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref>Ohwi, J. (1984). Flora of Japan (in English): 1-1067. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Etymology

''Reineckea'' is named for J. Reinecke, a

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grower of tropical plants.Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. (hardback), (paperback). p 328

References

Nolinoideae Monotypic Asparagaceae genera Flora of China Flora of Japan Taxa named by Henry Cranke Andrews {{Asparagaceae-stub