Amana (plant)

Summary

Amana is a small genus of flowering bulbs in the lily family, closely related to tulips and included in Tulipa by some authors. Amana is found in China, Japan and Korea.[1][2] As of March 2024 the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families recognizes six species, three of which were formerly placed in the genus Tulipa:[3]

Amana
Amana edulis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Liliaceae
Subfamily: Lilioideae
Tribe: Lilieae
Genus: AmanaHonda[1]
Type species
Amana edulis
Image Scientific Name Distribution
Amana anhuiensis (X.S.Shen) Christenh., syn. Tulipa anhuiensis X.S.Shen China (Anhui)
Amana edulis (Miq.) Honda, syn. Tulipa edulis (Miq.) Baker China, Japan, and Korea
Amana erythronioides (Baker) D.Y.Tan & D.Y.Hong, syn. Tulipa erythronioides Baker China (Anhui, Zhejiang) and Japan (Musashi, Ise, Mie).
Amana kuocangshanica D.Y.Tan & D.Y.Hong China (Zhejiang)
Amana baohuaensis B.X.Han, Long Wang & G.Y.Lu China (Jiangsu)
Amana wanzhensis Lu Q.Huang, B.X.Han & K.Zhang China (Anhui)

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Amana", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2012-06-11
  2. ^ Honda, Masaji. 1935. Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan 6:20
  3. ^ Search for "Amana", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2024-03-02

Bibliography edit

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  • Li, Pan; Lu, Rui-Sen; Xu, Wu-Qin; Ohi-Toma, Tetsuo; Cai, Min-Qi; Qiu, Ying-Xiong; Cameron, Kenneth M.; Fu, Cheng-Xin (4 April 2017), "Comparative Genomics and Phylogenomics of East Asian Tulips (Amana, Liliaceae)", Frontiers in Plant Science, 8: 451, doi:10.3389/fpls.2017.00451, PMC 5378804, PMID 28421090
  • Tan, Dun-Yan; Zhang, Zhen; Li, Xin-Rong; Hong De-Yuan, De-Yuan (2005), "Restoration of the genus Amana Honda (Liliaceae) based on a cladistic analysis of morphological characters", Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica (in Chinese), 43 (3): 262–270, doi:10.1360/aps040106 (inactive 31 January 2024){{citation}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of January 2024 (link)