Liriope muscari information from NPGS/GRIN

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Taxon: Liriope muscari (Decne.) L. H. Bailey

Genus: Liriope
Family: Asparagaceae subfamily: Nolinoideae. Also placed in: Convallariaceae Liliaceae Ruscaceae
Nomen number: 410578
Place of publication: Gentes Herb. 2:35. 1929
Name verified on: 17-Apr-1998 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
No species priority site assigned.
Accessions: 6 in National Plant Germplasm System.

Common names:

maegmundong (Source: Kulturpflanze 34:106) – Transcribed Korean
mörk druvlilja (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish

Economic importance:

Environmental: ornamental (fide Dict Gard; Eur Gard F)
Medicines: folklore (fide Chin Herb Med, as Liriope platyphylla)

Distributional range:

Native:

ASIA-TEMPERATE
China: China - Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Zhejiang
Eastern Asia: Japan

Cultivated:

also 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).
Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. [= L. platyphylla].
Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage.
Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening.
Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.). [L. muscari p.p. = L. platyphylla].
Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Liriope muscari.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Liriope muscari.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Liriope muscari.

Synonyms:

(=) Liriope platyphylla F. T. Wang & Tang

Check other web resources for Liriope muscari (Decne.) L. H. Bailey:

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.

Images:

Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
Images 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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Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?410578 (22 May 2013)

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