''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 ...

. 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

* '' Chloranthus angustifolius'' * '' Chloranthus anhuiensis'' * '' Chloranthus elatior'' * '' Chloranthus fortunei'' * '' Chloranthus henryi'' * '' Chloranthus holostegius'' * '' Chloranthus japonicus'' * '' Chloranthus multistachys'' * '' Chloranthus nervosus'' * '' Chloranthus oldhamii'' * '' Chloranthus serratus'' * '' Chloranthus sessilifolius'' * '' Chloranthus spicatus'' * '' Chloranthus tianmushanensis''

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

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* Chloranthaceae Angiosperm genera Taxa named by Olof Swartz {{angiosperm-stub