Great black-crowned crane - Great black-crowned crane

Japanese: オオカモメヅル - おおかもめづる
Great black-crowned crane - Great black-crowned crane

A perennial vine in the Asclepiadaceae family (APG classification: Apocynaceae). The leaves are triangular and long ovate, with a sharp tail at the tip and a heart-shaped base. In July, short flower stalks grow in the leaf axils, and small dark purple flowers with five petals grow sparsely. The fruits are narrowly lanceolate and thin, opening horizontally in pairs. They grow in fields and forest edges in hilly and mountainous areas, and are distributed in Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu. The Acanthaceae genus has somewhat sparse flowers and upright pollen masses. There are 100 species distributed worldwide, of which 5 are found in Japan.

[Hideo Takahashi June 21, 2021]

Molecular phylogenetic analysis has led to the genus Leptolepis being identified with the genus Leptolepis.

[Editorial Department, June 21, 2021]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

ガガイモ科(APG分類:キョウチクトウ科)の多年生つる草。葉は三角状の長卵形で、先は鋭く尾状にとがり、基部は心臓形となる。7月、葉腋(ようえき)に短い花柄を伸ばし、暗紫色の小さな5弁花をまばらにつける。果実は狭披針(きょうひしん)形で細く、2個が水平に開出する。丘陵帯から山地帯の野原や林縁に生え、北海道、本州、四国、九州に分布する。オオカモメヅル属は、花はややまばらにつき、花粉塊は直立する。世界に100種分布し、そのうち日本に5種がある。

[高橋秀男 2021年6月21日]

 分子系統解析によりオオカモメヅル属はカモメヅル属と同一とされるようになった。

[編集部 2021年6月21日]

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