Hepatica henryi

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Hepatica henryi
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Hepatica henryi

Systematics
Order : Buttercups (Ranunculales)
Family : Buttercup Family (Ranunculaceae)
Subfamily : Ranunculoideae
Tribe : Anemoneae
Genre : Hepatica ( Hepatica )
Type : Hepatica henryi
Scientific name
Hepatica henryi
( Oliv. ) Steward

Henryi hepatica is a plant from the genus of the liverwort ( hepatica ) in the family of Ranunculaceae (Ranunculaceae). It occurs only in China and its Chinese name is 川 鄂 獐 耳 细辛.

description

The plants reach a height of 4 to 6 centimeters at flowering time and up to 12 centimeters when they fruit. The rhizome is about 2.5 inches long and about 3 millimeters in diameter. There are about 6 leaves. The leaf stalks are 4 to 12 inches long and densely hairy. The leaf blade measures 1.5 to 5.5 × 2 to 8.5 centimeters and is broadly ovate to rounded-kidney-shaped, shaggy hairy and balding over time. The leaf base is heart-shaped and inconspicuously three-lobed to divided up to the middle. The leaf margin is one or two teeth, the leaf end is pointed. The 1 or 2 shafts are semi-erect and hairy. The bracts measure 5 to 11 × 3 to 6 millimeters and are egg-shaped, finely hairy, entire or three-toothed and with a pointed end. The 6 sepals measure 8 to 12 × 3 to 5.5 millimeters and are obovate-oblong to narrowly elliptical and slightly hairy on the underside. The stamens are 2 to 3.5 millimeters in size, the anthers 0.5 millimeters. There are about 10 stamps . The ovaries are slightly hairy. The stylus are curved outwards.

The flowering period extends from April to May.

Occurrence

Distribution map of the liverwort in Europe and Asia. (Attempt of a representation according to the natural distribution given in the respective Wikipedia pages.)

Hepatica henryi occurs in China in western Hubei, northern Hunan, Shaanxi and Sichuan . The species grows in forests and on grassy slopes at altitudes of 1300 to 2500 meters.

Systematics

Hepatica henryi was first described by Oliver as Anemone henryi in 1887 . In 1927 Steward placed the species in the genus Hepatica . A synonym is Hepatica yamatutae Nakai .

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  • Dezhi Fu, Orbélia R. Robinson: Hepatica henryi . In: Flora of China . Volume 6, 2001. ( PDF )

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