Taxon: Kerria japonica (L.) DC.

• the 1 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• Japan globeflower   (Source: Websters Dict ) – English
  
• Japanese kerria   (Source: Websters Dict ) – English
  
• Japanese-rose   (Source: Websters Dict ) – English
  
• Jew's-mallow   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  
• kerria   (Source: BSBI ) – English
  
• di tang hua   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• quérria   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• rosa-do-Japão   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• kerria   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Krussmann; Eur Gard F; F ChinaEng)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide F ChinaEng)
  

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Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  China: China - Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang
  Eastern Asia: Japan - Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku

• widely naturalized elsewhere

• widely cultivated

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1963. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada.
• Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
• Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976).
• Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora.
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).
• Zhong Guo & Hua Jing. 1993. China floral encyclopaedia.
• Webster's third new international dictionary.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Kerria japonica.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Kerria japonica.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Kerria japonica.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Rubus japonicus L. (basionym)
  

Check other web resources for Kerria japonica (L.) DC.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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