Chrysosplenium tosaense
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| genus = Chrysosplenium
| species = tosaense
| authority = (Makino) Makino ex Sutô
| synonyms = Chrysosplenium flagelliferum var. tosaense
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{{nihongo|Chrysosplenium tosaense|タチネコノメソウ|Tachinekonomesō}} is a species of flowering plant in the family Saxifragaceae that is endemic to Japan.{{cite journal |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42008061 |title=Observations on the Flora of Japan |author=Makino, T. |journal=The Botanical Magazine |issn=0006-808X |year=1901 |volume=15 |page=32}}{{cite journal |url=http://www.jjbotany.com/pdf/JJB_011_391_403.pdf |script-title=ja:日本産猫自草屬要記（其ー）|trans-title=Diagnoses breves Chrysospleniorum Japonicarum (I) |language=ja |author=Sutô Tiharu 須藤千春 |journal=Journal of Japanese Botany |issn=0022-2062 |year=1935 |volume=11 |issue=6 |pages=391–403 (397 f.)}}{{cite book |script-title=ja:日本の固有植物 |trans-title=Endemic Plants of Japan |language=ja |author1=Katō, M. |author-link=:ja:加藤雅啓 |author2=Ebihara, A. |author-link2=:ja:海老原淳 |date=March 2011 |publisher=Tokai University Press |isbn=978-4-486-01897-1 |pages=72, 237, 426}}
Taxonomy
The species was first described, as Chrysosplenium flagelliferum var. tosaense, by Japanese botanist Makino Tomitarō in 1901 (his 1892 mention of Chrysosplenium tosaense is a nomen nudum).{{cite journal |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41590683 |title=Notes on Japanese Plants XV |author=Makino, T. |journal=The Botanical Magazine |issn=0006-808X |year=1892 |volume=6 |page=52}} In 1935, Sutō Chiharu elevated the variety to species rank. The specific epithet relates to the type locality, Nanokawa in Kōchi Prefecture (formerly Tosa Province).
Description
Distribution
Chrysosplenium tosaense is endemic to Japan, where it occurs from the Kantō region to the Chūgoku region of Honshū, Shikoku, and Kyūshū.
References
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