''Chloranthus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family
Chloranthaceae
Chloranthaceae is a family of flowering plants (angiosperms), the only family in the order Chloranthales. It is not closely related to any other family of flowering plants, and is among the early-diverging lineages in the angiosperms. They are ...
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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.
Species
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Chloranthus angustifolius''
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Chloranthus anhuiensis''
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Chloranthus elatior''
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Chloranthus fortunei
''Chloranthus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Chloranthaceae
Chloranthaceae is a family of flowering plants (angiosperms), the only family in the order Chloranthales. It is not closely related to any other family of flowering ...
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Chloranthus henryi''
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Chloranthus holostegius''
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Chloranthus japonicus''
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Chloranthus multistachys
''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 slen ...
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Chloranthus nervosus''
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Chloranthus oldhamii''
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Chloranthus serratus
''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 slen ...
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Chloranthus sessilifolius
''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 slen ...
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Chloranthus spicatus
''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 slen ...
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Chloranthus tianmushanensis
''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 slen ...
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References
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
External links
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Chloranthaceae
Angiosperm genera
Taxa named by Olof Swartz
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