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Accession Data:

Aspidistra tonkinensis (Gagnep.) F.T.Wang & K.Y.Lang

  • Common Name: Cast Iron Plant
  • Family: Asparagaceae Juss.
  • Synonym(s): Colania tonkinensis Gagnep.

  • Country of Origin: S. China to N. Vietnam

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201900384
  • Source: Rob Nicholson (Wellesley) ex NYBG ex Dylan Hannon (Huntington)
  • Provenance: 
    HBG# 108816
Collected by Dylan Hannon, Ron Kaufmann, Alan Galloway.  Sept 10, 2009.

    Additional provenance data on file but suppressed from public display.

  • Accession Date: 10-09-2019
  • Bench: 1211 - AUS:Ground Bed 1 SW
    • Currently: active - new growth
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 11-04-2021

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: monocots
  • Order: Asparagales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Asparagaceae
  • SubFamily: Nolinoideae
  • Tribe: Convallarieae
  • SubTribe:

References (internal):

  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: China South-Central / China Southeast / Vietnam

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, 09 October, 2019.
  2. WCSP (2019). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Wednesday, 09 October, 2019.
  3. Angiosperm Phylogeny Website at MoBot. Last accessed on Tuesday, 03 December, 2019.

data regenerated on Thu, 02 Dec 2021 12:56:10 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

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  • Agave attenuata
  • Agave cf parryi
  • Agave cf stricta
  • Agave cf. titanota
  • Agave geminiflora W/C
  • Agave guiengola W/C
  • Agave murpheyi
  • Agave nizandensis
  • Agave parrasana
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  • Agave polianthiflora
  • Agave schidigera
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Subfamily Agavoideae
Tribe Anthericeae

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Subfamily Lomandroideae
Tribe Arthropodium group

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Subfamily Lomandroideae
Tribe Cordylineae

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Subfamily Lomandroideae
Tribe Lomandreae

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Subfamily Nolinoideae
Tribe Convallarieae

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  • Reineckea carnea
  • Tupistra kressii W/C
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Tribe Dracaeneae

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  • Dracaena aubryana
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  • Dracaena reflexa
  • Dracaena reflexa var. angustifolia
  • Dracaena spathulata W/C
  • Dracaena spathulata W/C
  • Dracaena trifasciata
  • Dracaena trifasciata

Subfamily Nolinoideae
Tribe Eriospermeae

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Tribe Nolineae

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Tribe Hyacintheae

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Tribe Urgineeae

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  • Drimia sp. W/C
  • Drimia uniflora W/C
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