Shortia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Diapensiaceae
Genus: Shortia
Species: S. galacifolia – S. rotata – S. rotundifolia – S. sinensis – S. uniflora
Name

Shortia Torr. & A.Gray, 1842, nom. cons.

Typus: S. galacifolia – Torr. & A.Gray

Synonyms

Homotypic
Sherwoodia House, Torreya 7: 234. 1908.
Heterotypic
Schizocodon Siebold & Zucc., Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 3(3): 723. 1843. Not accepted by all authorities
Type species: S. soldanelloides Siebold & Zucc.
Shortiopsis Hayata, Icon. Pl. Formosan. 3: 147. 1913.
Type species: non design.

Homonyms

Shortia Raf. (1840) nom. rej. - vide: Borodinia N.Busch

References

Torrey, J. & Gray, A. 1842. American Journal of Science, and Arts 42: 48.

Links

Hassler, M. 2020. Shortia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Mar 04. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Shortia. Published online. Accessed: Mar 04 2020.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Shortia in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Mar 04. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2020. Shortia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Mar 04.

Vernacular names
Deutsch: Winterblätter
日本語: イワウチワ属
svenska: Fransklockssläktet
中文: 岩扇属

Shortia is a small genus of subshrubs or perennial herbs in the family Diapensiaceae. There are five species, four in Asia and one in the Appalachian Mountains of eastern North America.[1] They are found in mountainous areas, generally from 1,000–2,000 metres (3,300–6,600 ft) elevation.[2] All have restricted ranges and are generally considered rare. Three of the species, S. galacifolia, S. soldanelloides, and S. uniflora are often cultivated. The genus was by Asa Gray named after botanist Charles Wilkins Short. In Gray's diary entry for April 8, 1839, he named the genus after Charles Wilkins Short because the plant was native to America in a region close to where Short lived, which was Kentucky. Short and Gray never met but they corresponded with one another frequently. Short never saw a live nor dried specimen of his namesake genus.[3][4]
Species

Shortia exappendiculata Hayata - Taiwan
Shortia galacifolia Torr. and Gray - southeastern United States, North and South Carolina and Georgia
Shortia sinensis Hemsley - China, mountains of southeast Yunnan
Shortia soldanelloides (Siebold & Zuccarini) Makino - Japan, southern Hokkaido through Honshu and Kyushu to Yakushima
Shortia uniflora (Maximowicz) Maximowicz - Japan, northern Honshu

References

Rönblom, K. & A.A. Anderberg (2002). "Phylogeny of Diapensiaceae based on molecular data and morphology". Systematic Botany. 27 (2): 383–395. doi:10.1043/0363-6445-27.2.383.
Barnes, P. "A Summary of the genus Shortia (Diapensiaceae)".
"Shortia galacifolia". Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Retrieved January 1, 2015.
Jenkins, Charles F. (1942). "Asa Gray and his Quest for Shortia galacifolia". Arnoldia. 2 (3 & 4): 13–28. JSTOR 42953488.