''Matsumurella'' is a genus of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...
s in the family
Lamiaceae
The Lamiaceae ( )
or Labiatae are a family (biology), family of flowering plants commonly known as the mint, deadnettle, or sage family. Many of the plants are aromatic in all parts and include widely used culinary herbs like basil (herb), ba ...
, first described in 1915. It is native to
China
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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> The genus is closely related to '' Galeobdolon'', and the species below are discussed under that name in Flora of China.Flora of China Vol. 17 Page 158 小野芝麻属 xiao ye zhi ma shu ''Galeobdolon'' Adanson, Fam. Pl. 2: 190. 1763.
/ref>
;Species[
# '' Matsumurella chinensis'' (Benth.) Bendiksby - Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Taiwan, Zhejiang
# '' Matsumurella kwangtungensis'' (C.Y.Wu) Bendiksby - Guangdong
# '' Matsumurella szechuanensis'' (C.Y.Wu) Bendiksby - Chongqing
# '' Matsumurella tuberifera'' (Makino) Makino - Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangxi
# '' Matsumurella yangsoensis'' (Y.Z.Sun) Bendiksby - Guangxi
]
References
Lamiaceae
Lamiaceae genera
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