Conandron

Conandron
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Gesneriaceae
Genus: Conandron
Siebold & Zuccarini (1843)
Species:
C. ramondioides
Binomial name
Conandron ramondioides
Siebold & Zucc. (1843)
Synonyms[1]
  • Conandron minor T.Itô (1908)
  • Conandron ramondioides var. leucanthus Nakai (1928)
  • Conandron ramondioides f. leucanthus (Nakai) Okuyama (1955)
  • Conandron ramondioides var. pilosus Makino (1908)
  • Conandron ramondioides f. pilosus (Makino) Ohwi (1953)
  • Conandron ramondioides f. pilosus (Makino) Ohwi (1953)
  • Conandron ramondioides var. pilosus Nakai (1928), nom. illeg.
  • Conandron ramondioides var. ryukyuensis Masam. (1970)
  • Conandron ramondioides var. taiwanensis Masam. (1939)
  • Conandron ramondioides f. variegatus Nakai (1928)

Conandron ramondioides is a species of flowering plant in the family Gesneriaceae. It is the sole species in genus Conandron.[2] It is native to eastern Asia, where it is found in southeastern China, Japan, Taiwan, and Vietnam.[1][3] Its natural habitat is on damp rock faces, in forests and along streamsides.[4][3] It is a common species in Japan.[5]

It is a perennial, growing to ~30 cm tall. It has large basal leaves. Flowers are purple and produced in the summer.[3][5]

Its Japanese name (岩煙草) is "rock tobacco", in reference to the resemblance of its leaves to tobacco, and its preference to grow on exposed rock.[6]

  • Basal leaves and young flower bud
    Basal leaves and young flower bud

References

  1. ^ a b Conandron ramondioides Siebold & Zucc. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  2. ^ Conandron Siebold & Zucc. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  3. ^ a b c Conandron ramondioides Flora of China
  4. ^ Conandron ramondioides (in Japanese), Flora of Mikawa
  5. ^ a b Ohwi, Jisaburo (1965). Flora of Japan. Smithsonian Institution. p. 813.
  6. ^ Conandron ramondioides (in Japanese), Okayama University Plant Ecology Laboratory