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845. KINUGASA JAPONICA
Author(s) -
Tamura Minoru
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
curtis's botanical magazine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1467-8748
pISSN - 1355-4905
DOI - 10.1111/curt.12157
Subject(s) - montane ecology , snow , japonica , white (mutation) , genus , geography , biology , botany , forestry , zoology , ecology , meteorology , biochemistry , gene
Summary Kinugasa is a monotypic genus of the family Melanthiaceae, consisting only of K. japonica , endemic to Japan. It grows in subalpine forests, often along the valleys where snow covers in winter, and is conspicuous by its large white or yellowish white petaloid outer tepals.