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Hosta
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thumb|Hosta sieboldiana by Abraham Jacobus Wendel, 1868 Hosta (, syn. Funkia) is a genus of plants commonly known as hostas, plantain lilies and occasionally by the Japanese name gibōshi. Hostas are widely cultivated as shade-tolerant foliage plants. The genus is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae, and is native to northeast Asia (China, Japan, Korea, and the Russian Far East). Like many "lilioid monocots", the genus was once classified in the Liliaceae. The genus was named by Austrian botanist Leopold Trattinnick in 1812, in honor of the Austrian botanist Nicholas Thomas
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Hosta is a genus of clustered herbaceous plants within the family Asparagaceae. It belongs to the phylum Tracheophyta and the kingdom Plantae. The genus is native to regions including Amur, China South-Central, China Southeast, Japan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Kuril Is., Manchuria, Primorye, and Sakhalin.
The genus comprises approximately 23 to 45 species, which are native to East Asia. Hosta is widely cultivated as a shade-tolerant foliage plant. Records of the genus are held by institutions such as NY, US, CM, NCSC, and BARTLET ARBORETUM in the United States.
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Species
PHYLUM
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
玉簪属（学名：Hosta）是天门冬科下的一个属，为簇生草本植物。该属共有约23-45种，原产于东亚。玉簪作为耐荫观叶植物被广泛种植。
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 315
- With media
- 269
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Collections
- NY, US, CM, NCSC, BARTLET ARBORETUM
- Recorded in
- United States
Research
226 papers- Hosta plantaginea (Lam.) Aschers (Yuzan): an overview on its botany, traditional use, phytochemistry, quality control and pharmacology.RSC advances · 2019
- Traditional uses, phytochemistry, pharmacology and toxicological aspects of the genus Hosta (Liliaceae): A comprehensive review.Journal of ethnopharmacology · 2021
- Phylogenomics With Hyb-Seq Unravels Korean Hosta Evolution.Frontiers in plant science · 2021
- Protection by Hosta ventricosa polysaccharides against oxidative damage induced by t-BHP in HepG2 cells via the JNK/Nrf2 pathway.International journal of biological macromolecules · 2022
- Five new compounds from Hosta plantaginea flowers and their anti-inflammatory activities.Bioorganic chemistry · 2020
via PubMed