Kirengeshoma

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Ordo: Cornales

Familia: Hydrangeaceae
Subfamilia: Hydrangeoideae
Tribus: Philadelpheae
Genus: Kirengeshoma
Species:
K. palmata

Name

Kirengeshoma Yatabe (1890)

Type species: K. palmata Yatabe

References

Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 20 Feb 2009 [1].
Yatabe, R. 1890. Botanical Magazine (Shokubutsu-gaku zasshi). Tokyo Botanical Society. Tokyo 4: 433.

Kirengeshoma is a genus containing two species of plants in the hydrangea family. Both are clump-forming perennials native to Eastern Asia, with sycamore-like palmate leaves and nodding, waxy yellow flowers on slender stalks, growing in shady environments. They are grown as garden plants in temperate regions of the world.[1]

The genus name is Japanese, ki-rengeshōma (黄蓮華升麻); ki means ‘yellow’ and rengeshōma is a somewhat similar plant, the false anemone (Anemonopsis).[2]
Species
Kirengeshoma koreana

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Kirengeshoma koreana Nakai	Korean kirengeshoma	Korea
	Kirengeshoma palmata[3] Yatabe	yellow waxbell	Japan and eastern China (Huangshan and Tianmushan).

References

RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.
Perry, Leonard. "Japanese Common Names, alphabetic by genus". Perry's Perennial Pages. Department of Plant and Soil Science, the University of Vermont.
Yi Sun, Cheng-Xing Fu and Ying-Xiong Qiu. Development, characterization, and transferability of microsatellite markers for Kirengeshoma palmata (Hydrangeaceae). Am J Bot June 2010 vol. 97 no. 6 e48-e51