Canton disporum (Disporum cantoniense)

Canton disporum (Disporum cantoniense) is a species of plant in the Colchicaceae, an erect shrub with a cylindrical stem, branching, elongated elliptical leaves and stems, bell flowers, fruit bunches, grows in the forest in the shade.

D. cantoniense has erect stems, 50-100 cm tall, slender, cylindrical and green. Leaves sit opposite or alternate, have stalks, lanceolate to narrow oblong, 5-12 long, 1-5 cm wide, pointed tip, margins flat, thick, glossy and 3-7 linear stripes.

Flowers are bell-shaped, have long stalks in clusters for 1-4 items, hanging, purple or purplish yellow or yellow with purple tips. Flowers bloom slightly open. The fruit is round and bluish black in color.

TAXON

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Liliales
Family: Colchicaceae
Genus: Disporum Salisb. in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 331 (1812)
Species: Disporum cantoniense (Lour.) Merr. in Philipp. J. Sci. 15: 229 (1919)
Variety: Disporum cantoniense var. cantoniense, Disporum cantoniense var. multiflorum (Blume) H.Hara, Disporum cantoniense var. sikkimense H.Hara, Disporum cantoniense var. y-tiense Wynn-Jones, V.D.Nguyen & J.M.H.Shaw

HOMOTYPIC SYNONYMS

Disporum chinense var. pullum Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 708 (1891)
Disporum pullum Salisb. in Trans. Hort. Soc. London 1: 331 (1812), nom. illeg.
Fritillaria cantoniensis Lour. in Fl. Cochinch.: 206 (1790)

PUBLICATIONS

Govaerts, R. (2000). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS Genera starting with letter D: 1-30141.

Hara, H., Stearn, W.T. & Williams, H.J. (1978). An Enumeration of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 1: 1-154. Trustees of British Museum, London.

Hộ, P.-H. (1993). Câycỏ Việtnam. An Illustrated flora of Vietnam 3(1): 1-603d. Pham-hoang Ho, Montréal.

Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.

Noltie, H.J. (1994). Flora of Bhutan 3(1): 1-456. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.

Sharief, M.U. (ed.) (2024). Flora of India 28: 1-764. Botanical Survey of India.

Singh, N.P. & Sanjappa, M. (eds.) (2006). Alliaceae, Liliaceae, Trilliaceae & Uvulariaceae. Fascicles of Flora of India 23: 1-134. Botanical Survey of India, New Delhi.

Zhengyi, W. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2000). Flora of China 24: 1-431. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

VERNACULAR NAME

Chinese (simplified): 万寿竹
Chinese (traditional): 萬壽竹
English: Canton disporum, Chinese fairy bells
Indonesian: Bunga pane
Japanese: トウチクラン
Java: Pane
Russian: Диспорум кантонский
Tenggerese: Pane
Thai: ว่านหัวสืบดอกแดง

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