Asarum monodoriflorum
{{Short description|Species of perennial plant}}
{{Speciesbox
| status = CR
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| image = Asarum monodoriflorum1.jpg
| genus = Asarum
| species = monodoriflorum
| authority = Hatus. & Yamahata
}}
Asarum monodoriflorum, also known by the common name Monodora-kan-aoi, is a low-growing, herbaceous perennial plant. It is critically endangered.
Distribution
It is native to the Ryukyu Islands of Japan.{{Cite web|title=Asarum monodoriflorum – RarePlants|url=https://www.rareplants.co.uk/product/asarum-monodoriflorum/|access-date=2021-06-17|website=www.rareplants.co.uk}}{{Cite web|title=Asarum monodoriflorum - Useful Temperate Plants|url=http://temperate.theferns.info/plant/Asarum+monodoriflorum|access-date=2021-06-17|website=temperate.theferns.info}}
Taxonomy
It was described by Sumihiko Hatusima, and Eiji Yamahata, and published in J. Phytogeogr. Taxon. 37: 72 in 1989.{{Cite web|title=Asarum monodoriflorum Hatus. & Yamahata — The Plant List|url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2654403|access-date=2021-06-17|website=www.theplantlist.org}}{{Cite web|title=Asarum monodoriflorum Hatus. & Yamahata {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science|url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:938561-1|access-date=2021-06-17|website=Plants of the World Online|language=en}}