Chrysosplenium tosaense explained

is a species of flowering plant in the family Saxifragaceae that is endemic to Japan.^{[1] [2] [3]}

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).^{[1] [2] [4]} In 1935, Sutō Chiharu elevated the variety to species rank.^[2] The specific epithet relates to the type locality, Nanokawa in Kōchi Prefecture (formerly Tosa Province).^[1]

Description

Chrysosplenium tosaense grows to a height of 5- and flowers from April to May.^[1]

Distribution

Chrysosplenium tosaense is endemic to Japan, where it occurs from the Kantō region to the Chūgoku region of Honshū, Shikoku, and Kyūshū.^{[2] [3]}

Notes and References

1. Observations on the Flora of Japan . . The Botanical Magazine . 0006-808X . 1901 . 15 . 32.
2. http://www.jjbotany.com/pdf/JJB_011_391_403.pdf . ja:日本産猫自草屬要記（其ー）. Diagnoses breves Chrysospleniorum Japonicarum (I) . ja . Sutô Tiharu 須藤千春 . Journal of Japanese Botany . 0022-2062 . 1935 . 11 . 6 . 391–403 (397 f.).
3. Book: ja:日本の固有植物 . Endemic Plants of Japan . ja . Katō, M. .

   ja:加藤雅啓

   . Ebihara, A. .

   ja:海老原淳

   . March 2011 . . 978-4-486-01897-1 . 72, 237, 426.
4. Notes on Japanese Plants XV . . The Botanical Magazine . 0006-808X . 1892 . 6 . 52.