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Tanakaea radicans
Sign in to saveTanakaea radicans, the Japanese foam flower, is a species of flowering plant in the Saxifrage family, and is the sole species in the genus Tanakaea. It is native to central Honshu and Shikoku in Japan, and to southern Sichuan in south-central China. It is named after the Japanese botanist Tanaka Yoshio. It was initially described by Ludovic Savatier and Adrien René Franchet.
Species
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderSaxifragales
- FamilySaxifragaceae
Tanakaea omeiensis Nakai; T. omeiensis var. nanchuanensis W. T. Wang.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 29
- With media
- 20
- Family
- Saxifragaceae
- Collections
- MICH, CM, A, GH, US, KIRI
- Recorded in
- Japan, China, United States, Japon, Chine
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Has use
- medicinal plant
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- taxon name
- Tanakaea radicans
- taxon rank
- species
- taxon common name
- 峨屏草
- short name
- T. radicans
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Tanakaea radicans, the Japanese foam flower, is a species of flowering plant in the Saxifrage family, and is the sole species in the genus Tanakaea. It is native to central Honshu and Shikoku in Japan, and to southern Sichuan in south-central China. It is named after the Japanese botanist Tanaka Yoshio. It was initially described by Ludovic Savatier and Adrien René Franchet.
Tanakaea radicans propagates via rhizomes similar to the runners of a strawberry. Its preferred habitat in the wild is shady, damp rocky soil.
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