Reineckea

Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Reineckea

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Monocots
Order:  | Asparagales
Family:  | Asparagaceae
Subfamily:  | Nolinoideae
Genus:  | Reineckea
Kunth
Species:  |

R. carnea

Binomial name
Reineckea carnea

(Andrews) Kunth

Synonyms[1]

* Sanseviella Rchb.
* Sansevieria carnea Andrews
* Sansevieria sessiliflora Ker Gawl.
* Sansevieria rosea F.Dietr.
* Sansevieria sarmentosa Jacq.
* Sanseviella carnea Rchb. ex Steud.
* Ophiopogon thunbergii Schult.f. ex Miq.
* Reineckea yunnanensis W.W.Sm.
* Reineckea ovata Z.Y.Zhu & Z.R.Chen

Reineckea is a genus of plants in the Nolinoideae. Several species names have been proposed within the genus, but only one is widely accepted: Reineckea carnea, native to China and Japan .[1][2][3]

## Etymology

Reineckea is named for J. Reinecke, a Germany grower of tropical plants.[4]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. ↑ Flora of China, Vol. 24 Page 235, 吉祥草 ji xiang cao, Reineckea carnea (Andrews) Kunth, Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin. 1842: 29. 1844.
3. ↑ Ohwi, J. (1984). Flora of Japan (in English): 1-1067. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
4. ↑ Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521866453 (hardback), ISBN 9780521685535 (paperback). p 328

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