- Ardisia
image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Ardisia crenata"
regnum =Plant ae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis =Magnoliopsida
ordo =Ericales
familia =Myrsinaceae
genus = "Ardisia"
genus_authority = Sw, 1788
type_species = "Ardisia tinifolia"
type_species_authority = Sw."Ardisia" (Coralberry or Marlberry) is a genus of
flowering plant s in the familyMyrsinaceae (Myrsine family), native to warm temperate to tropical regions of theAmericas ,Asia , andAustralasia . The genus includes about 250 species of smalltree s,shrub s andsubshrub s growing up to 8 m tall.Huxley, A., ed. (1992). "New RHS Dictionary of Gardening". Macmillan ISBN 0-333-47494-5.] Germplasm Resources Information Network: [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/splist.pl?935 "Ardisia"] ] Flora of China: [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=102511 "Ardisia"] ]One species, "
Ardisia japonica " (Chinese: 紫金牛; pinyin: zǐjīn niú) is one of the 50 fundamental herbs intraditional Chinese medicine .elected species
Sources:Australian Plant Name Index: [http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?taxon_name=Ardisia%25 "Ardisia"] ] Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Madagascar: [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=12&taxon_id=102511 "Ardisia"] ] Trees and shrubs of the Andes of Ecuador: [http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=201&taxon_id=102511 "Ardisia"] ] IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/search.php?freetext=Ardisia&modifier=phrase&criteria=wholedb&taxa_species=1 "Ardisia"] ]
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