| Pourthiaea | |
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| Pourthiaea villosa, Miyajima Natural Botanical Garden, Japan | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Clade: | Fabids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rosaceae |
| Genus: | Pourthiaea Decne. |
Pourthiaea is a genus of plants in the rose family (Rosaceae).
Its native range is East Asia and Indo-China. It is found in the regions of Assam, Bangladesh, (north-central, south-central and southeastern) China, East Himalaya, Japan, Korea, Laos, Myanmar, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet and Vietnam.
It was later introduced into the American states of Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Washington.
The genus name of Pourthiaea is in honour of J. A. Pourthié (1830–1866), a French clergyman and also missionary in Korea. It was first described and published in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. Vol.10 on page 146 in 1874.
Known species
According to Kew;
- Pourthiaea amphidoxa (C.K.Schneid.) Stapf
- Pourthiaea arguta (Wall. ex Lindl.) Decne.
- Pourthiaea blinii (H.Lév.) Iketani & H.Ohashi
- Pourthiaea pilosicalyx (T.T.Yu) Iketani & H.Ohashi
- Pourthiaea salicifolia Decne.
- Pourthiaea tomentosa (T.T.Yu & T.C.Ku) Long Y.Wang, W.Guo & W.B.Liao
- Pourthiaea villosa (Thunb.) Decne.
References
- ^ "Pourthiaea Decne. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
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| Pourthiaea | |