''Pourthiaea'' is a
genus
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of
plant
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s in the
rose
A rose is either a woody perennial plant, perennial flowering plant of the genus ''Rosa'' (), in the family Rosaceae (), or the flower it bears. There are over three hundred Rose species, species and Garden roses, tens of thousands of cultivar ...
family
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(
Rosaceae
Rosaceae (), the rose family, is a family of flowering plants that includes 4,828 known species in 91 genera.
The name is derived from the type genus '' Rosa''. The family includes herbs, shrubs, and trees. Most species are deciduous, but som ...
).
Its native range is East Asia and
Indo-China
Mainland Southeast Asia (historically known as Indochina and the Indochinese Peninsula) is the continental portion of Southeast Asia. It lies east of the Indian subcontinent and south of Mainland China and is bordered by the Indian Ocean to th ...
. It is found in the regions of
Assam
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, Bangladesh, (north-central, south-central and southeastern) China, East Himalaya, Japan, Korea, Laos, Myanmar, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet and Vietnam.
It was later introduced into the American states of Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Washington.
The genus name of ''Pourthiaea'' is in honour of J. A. Pourthié (1830–1866), a French clergyman and also
missionary
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in
Korea
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.
It was first described and published in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Vol.10 on page 146 in 1874.
Known species
According to Kew;
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q87164489
Rosaceae genera
Plants described in 1845
Flora of China
Flora of Eastern Asia
Flora of Assam (region)
Flora of East Himalaya
Flora of Indo-China
Rosaceae
Taxa named by Joseph Decaisne