''Rohdea'' is a genus of plants native to eastern

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/ref> It was long thought to contain only a single species, ''R. japonica'',Flora of China, Vol. 24 Page 239, 万年青属 wan nian qing shu, ''Rohdea'' Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp. 196. 1821.
/ref> but recent studies have resulted in several other taxa being transferred into the genus. In the APG III classification system, it is placed in the

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Asparagaceae Asparagaceae (), known as the asparagus family, is a family of flowering plants, placed in the order Asparagales of the monocots. The family name is based on the edible garden asparagus, '' Asparagus officinalis''. This family includes both ...

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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 ...

(formerly the family Ruscaceae). It has also been placed in the former family Convallariaceae. Although sometimes misspelled as ''Rhodea'', the genus was actually named after Michael Rohde (1782-1812), a botanist from

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Species

Accepted speciesFlora of China, Vol. 24 Page 235, 开口箭属 kai kou jian shu, Campylandra Baker, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 582. 1875.
/ref> #'' Rohdea chinensis'' (Baker) N.Tanaka - Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan #'' Rohdea chlorantha'' (Baill.) N.Tanaka - Sichuan #'' Rohdea delavayi'' (Franch.) N.Tanaka - Tibet, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan #'' Rohdea emeiensis'' (Z.Y.Zhu) N.Tanaka - Sichuan #'' Rohdea ensifolia'' (F.T.Wang & Tang) N.Tanaka - Yunnan #'' Rohdea eucomoides'' (Baker) N.Tanaka - Assam, Bhutan, Myanmar #'' Rohdea japonica'' (Thunb.) Roth - Japan, Korea, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Zhejiang #'' Rohdea jinshanensis'' (Z.L.Yang & X.G.Luo) N.Tanaka - Sichuan #'' Rohdea lichuanensis'' (Y.K.Yang, J.K.Wu & D.T.Peng) Yamashita & M.N.Tamura - Hubei #'' Rohdea longipedunculata'' (F.T.Wang & S.Yun Liang) N.Tanaka - Yunnan #'' Rohdea nepalensis'' (Raf.) N.Tanaka - Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, Myanmar, Sichuan, Yunnan #'' Rohdea pachynema'' (F.T.Wang & Tang) N.Tanaka - Sichuan, Yunnan #'' Rohdea siamensis'' (Yamashita & M.N.Tamura) Yamashita & M.N.Tamura - Laos, Thailand #''

Rohdea tonkinensis ''Rohdea'' is a genus of plants native to eastern Asia (China, Japan, the Himalayas and Indochina). It was long thought to contain only a single species, ''R. japonica'', but recent studies have resulted in several other taxa being transferred in ...

'' (Baill.) N.Tanaka - Vietnam, Yunnan, Guangdong #'' Rohdea urotepala'' Hand.-Mazz. - Sichuan, Yunnan #'' Rohdea verruculosa'' (Q.H.Chen) N.Tanaka - Yunnan, Guizhou #'' Rohdea wattii'' (C.B.Clarke) Yamashita & M.N.Tamura - Vietnam, Assam, Bhutan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan

References

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