Disporum

Disporum (commonly known as fairy bells) is a genus of about 20 species of perennial flowering plants, found in Asia from northern India to Japan, south to Indonesia and north into the Russian Far East.

Contents

• Disporum hookeri
• Disporum garden plants
• References

In the APG III classification system, it is placed in the family Colchicaceae. The genus previously included five species in North America, but these have been separated as the genus Prosartes D.Don and moved to the family Liliaceae in accordance to differences in karyology and chemistry as well as results from molecular systematic investigations. The type species is Disporum pullum Salisb., which is a synonym of Disporum cantoniense.

1. Disporum acuminatissimum W.L.Sha - Guangxi
2. Disporum acuminatum C.H.Wright - Myanmar
3. Disporum bodinieri (H.Lév. & Vaniot) F.T.Wang & Tang - Guizhou, Hunan, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan
4. Disporum calcaratum D.Don - Yunnan, Himalayas, N Indochina
5. Disporum cantoniense (Lour.) Merr. - S China, S + SE Asia
6. Disporum hainanense Merr. - Guangdong, Hainan
7. Disporum jinfoshanense X.Z.Li, D.M.Zhang & D.Y.Hong - Chongqing
8. Disporum kawakamii Hayata - Taiwan
9. Disporum leucanthum H.Hara - S China, E Himalayas
10. Disporum longistylum (Chinese fairy bells) (H.Lév. & Vaniot) H.Hara - C + SW China
11. Disporum lutescens Koidz. - Japan
12. Disporum megalanthum F.T.Wang & Tang - C China
13. Disporum nantouense S.S.Ying - Taiwan
14. Disporum sessile (Japanese fairy bells) (Thunb.) D.Don - Japan, Korea, Kuril Is, Sakhalin
15. Disporum shimadae Hayata - Taiwan
16. Disporum smilacinum A.Gray - Japan, Korea, Kuril Is, Sakhalin, Shandong
17. Disporum tonkinense Koyama - N Vietnam
18. Disporum trabeculatum Gagnep. - S China, Vietnam
19. Disporum uniflorum Baker ex S.Moore - China, Korea
20. Disporum viridescens (Maxim.) Nakai - China, Japan, Korea, Russian Far East