Chloranthus

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Ordo: Chloranthales

Familia: Chloranthaceae
Genus: Chloranthus
Species: C. angustifolius – C. anhuiensis – C. elatior – C. fortunei – C. henryi – C. holostegius – C. japonicus – C. multistachys – C. nervosus – C. oldhamii - C. serratus – C. sessilifolius – C. spicatus – C. tianmushanensis

Name

Chloranthus Sw., Philos. Trans. 77: 359. 1787.

Type species: Chloranthus inconspicuus Sw.

Synonyms

Nigrina Thunb.
Tricercandra A. Gray

References
Primary references

Swartz, O.P., 1787. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 77: 359.

Additional references

Kong, H.-Z., Chen, Z.-D. & Lu, A.-M. (2002) Phylogeny of Chloranthus (Chloranthaceae) based on nuclear ribosomal ITS and plastid TRNL-F sequence data. American Journal of Botany 89(6): 940–946. [1]

Links

Hassler, M. 2019. Chloranthus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 October 08. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Chloranthus. Published online. Accessed: October 08 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Chloranthus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 October 08.

Vernacular names
polski: Zielonokwiat
русский: Хлорант
中文: 金粟兰属

Chloranthus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Chloranthaceae.

It is the type genus of its family. They are perennial herbs or evergreen shrubs. with jointed stems, opposite, simple leaves, and small, inconspicuous flowers in slender, terminal spikes. They are found in countries of East Asia such as China, Japan, and Korea. China uses chloranthus plants for medical purposes. [1]
Species

Chloranthus angustifolius
Chloranthus anhuiensis
Chloranthus elatior
Chloranthus fortunei
Chloranthus henryi
Chloranthus holostegius
Chloranthus japonicus
Chloranthus multistachys
Chloranthus nervosus
Chloranthus oldhamii
Chloranthus serratus
Chloranthus sessilifolius
Chloranthus spicatus
Chloranthus tianmushanensis

References

Barnes, Donald (2018-01-06). "Chloranthus". Green Valley Supply. Retrieved 2019-07-09.

1. Kong, H.-Z., Chen, Z.-D. & Lu, A.-M. (2002) Phylogeny of Chloranthus (Chloranthaceae) based on nuclear ribosomal ITS and plastid TRNL-F sequence data. American Journal of Botany 89(6): 940–946.

2.Li, Q, Y. Wang, S. Wen, Y. Wu, L. Xu, and Z. Sun. 2019. A New Dimeric Sesquiterpenoid from Chloranthus japonicus Sieb. A C G publication 13:483-490