Metanarthecium

Metanarthecium
Fukushima Prefecture, Japan
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Dioscoreales
Family:	Nartheciaceae
Genus:	Metanarthecium Maxim.
Binomial name
Metanarthecium luteoviride Maxim.
Synonyms[1]
Metanarthecium luteo-viride common misspelling[2] Aletris luteoviridis (Maxim.) Franch Metanarthecium yakumontanum Masam. Metanarthecium luteoviride f. yakusimensis Masam.

Metanarthecium is a genus of monocotyledonous flowering plants native to eastern Asia. Its only known species is Metanarthecium luteoviride, known from Japan, Korea, and the Kuril Islands.^{[1][3][4][5][6][7]}

Two varieties are recognized:^[1]

1. Metanarthecium luteoviride var. luteoviride - Japan, Korea, and the Kuril Islands
2. Metanarthecium luteoviride var. nutans Masam. - Yakushima

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant families
2. Shu Suehiro, のぎらん (芒蘭) ユリ科ノギラン属の常緑多年草で、学名は Metanarthecium luteo-viride 英名はありません。 several color photos; captions in Japanese
3. Ohwi, J. (1984). Flora of Japan (in English): 1-1067. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C..
4. Kharkevich, S.S. (ed.) (1987). Plantae Vasculares Orientalis Extremi Sovietici 2: 1-448. Nauka, Leningrad.
5. Czerepanov, S.K. (1995). Vascular Plants of Russia and Adjacent States (The Former USSR): 1-516. Cambridge University Press.
6. Lee, W.T. (1996). Lineamenta Florae Koreae: 1-1688. Soul T'ukpyolsi: Ak'ademi Sojok.
7. Govaerts, R., Wilkin, P. & Saunders, R.M.K. (2007). World Checklist of Dioscoreales. Yams and their allies: 1-65. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

External links

• Mitomori, のぎらん　（芒蘭）　Metanarthecium luteoviride 多年草 【ゆり科のぎらん属】 　分布地　全国 photo; caption in Japanese