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Kirengeshoma

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Kirengeshoma is a genus containing two species of plants in the hydrangea family. The genus name is Japanese, ki-rengeshōma (黄蓮華升麻); ki means ‘yellow’ and rengeshōma is a somewhat similar plant, the false anemone (Anemonopsis).

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Kirengeshoma koreana Nakai Korean kirengeshoma Korea
Kirengeshoma palmata[1] Yatabe yellow waxbell Japan and eastern China (Huangshan and Tianmushan).

References

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  1. Yi Sun, Cheng-Xing Fu and Ying-Xiong Qiu. Development, characterization, and transferability of microsatellite markers for Kirengeshoma palmata (Hydrangeaceae). Am J Bot June 2010 vol. 97 no. 6 e48-e51