Details for: NA 49348, Ophiopogon japonicus (Thunb.) Ker Gawl., SABE 454


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Ophiopogon japonicus (Thunb.) Ker Gawl.
Top Name:
SABE 454
Origin:
Collected – Hubei Sheng, China
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
Nov 1980
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Plant
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Life Habit:
Forb
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Ophiopogon japonicus (Thunb.) Ker Gawl.
Top Name:
SABE 454
Origin:
Collected – Hubei Sheng, China
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
Nov 1980
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Plant
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Life Habit:
Forb
Source History
Collected
31 August 1980.
Hubei Sheng, China
Locality: Shennongjia Forestry District: Laojunshan Yaowan canyon on west side of Jiuchonghe (Jiuchong River), ca 1 km south of Mucheng.
Elevation: 1125m.
Habitat: Wild Habitat
Environment description: Steep, disturbed slope. Northeast exposure. Elevation: 1000-1250 meters.
Comment: Fruits turning blue. [Evidently this collection may have consisted of two different Ophiopogon species, with the second taxon being mistaken initially for a Liriope; see NA 54659 / SABE 454A.]
Accession Names and Identifiers
SABE 454
Type: Collector identifier
Bruce Bartholomew (Univ. of Calif. Botanical Gdn at Berkeley); David E. Boufford (Carnegie Mus. of Nat. Hist.); Theodore "Ted" R. Dudley (U.S. National Arboretum); Stephen A. Spongberg (Arnold Arboretum); James L. Luteyn (New York Botanical Gdn); A. L. Chang; Z. Cheng; S. A. He; Y. X. Jin; Q. Y. Li; S. C. Sun; Y. C. Tang; J. X. Wan, and T. S. Ying: 1980 Sino-American Botanical Expedition to Western Hubei Province, China.

NA 49348
Type: Site identifier
Group: NA
U.S. National Arboretum

Narrative
Plant's received-as name listed in accession book as "Ophiopogon graminifolia"; plant is an Ophiopogon and description of fruits turning blue supports this; there is no such thing as "Ophiopogon graminifolia". Another plant, NA 54659 (Liriope sp.--now determined as a different species of Ophiopogon, not Liriope) was found growing with this accession later and was not recorded in the collection notes. This clone has yellow speckled variegation, which (aside from the large size and slow-spreading habit) distinguishes it easily from others in our collections. After careful study of the plants, it's clear that this is simply O. japonicus. -SBL
Ophiopogon japonicus (Thunb.) Ker Gawl.
Genus:
Ophiopogon
Family:
Asparagaceae
Subfamily:
Nolinoideae
Nomen number:

25788
Place of publication:

Bot. Mag. 27: t. 1063. 1807
Comment:
non Ophiopogon japonicus auct. (= O. intermedius D. Don)
Verified:
07/10/2006 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Convallaria japonica Thunb.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Ophiopogon chekiangensis K. Kimura & Migo

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishdwarf lilyturf  1Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Englishmondo-grass  1Erhardt, W. et al. 2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage Note: lists as Ophiopogon japonicus (L. f.) Ker Gawl.
Englishophiopogon  1McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Englishsnake's-beard  1Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agricultural Handbook no. 505
Frenchmuguet du Japon  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Germanjapanischer Schlangenbart  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguesepêlo-de-urso  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedishormskägg  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinesemai dong  2American Herbal Products Association. 1992. Herbs of commerce
Annotations
  • Taxonomic Re-Identification: 28 Aug 2023, from Ophiopogon spp. to Ophiopogon japonicus (Thunb.) Ker Gawl.
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