Asimitellaria is a genus of flowering plants in the family Saxifragaceae that is native to Japan and Taiwan. Formerly a section in the genus Mitella, Asimitellaria was elevated to genus rank in 2021.[1][2]

Asimitellaria
Asimitellaria acerina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Superrosids
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Saxifragaceae
Genus: Asimitellaria
(Wakab.) R.A.Folk & Y.Okuyama
Synonyms
  • Mitella sect. Asimitellaria

Species edit

As of April 2021, species include:[3]

References edit

  1. ^ Folk, Ryan A.; Stubbs, Rebecca L.; Engle-Wrye, Nicholas J.; Soltis, Douglas E.; Okuyama, Yudai (25 February 2021), "Biogeography and habitat evolution of Saxifragaceae, with a revision of generic limits and a new tribal system", Taxon, 70 (2): 263–285, doi:10.1002/tax.12450, ISSN 0040-0262, S2CID 233955287
  2. ^ Wakabayashi, Michio (2001). Iwatsuki, Kunio; Boufford, David E.; Ohba, Hideaki (eds.). Flora of Japan. Vol. IIb. Kodansha. p. 72. ISBN 978-4-06-154605-9.
  3. ^ "Nomenclatural novelties appearing in Taxon 70 (2)", Taxon, 70 (2): 460–461, April 2021, doi:10.1002/tax.12501, ISSN 0040-0262, S2CID 242291037

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