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Hosta ventricosa

species of plant
Class type of: perennial plant Q1531834

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
taxon
Subclass of
perennial plant
Has use
medicinal plant, food[6][7]
Short name
H. ventricosa[10]
Described by source
Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 14[9]
Has basionym
Bryocles ventricosa[8]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Invasion Biology[19]
Parent taxon
Hosta[4]
Taxon author citation
Salisb. Stearn, (Salisb.) Stearn, Stearn[20][21][22]
Taxon common name
blue plantain lily, Klockfunkia, 紫萼, 紫萼, 紫玉簪, 紫萼*(紫玉簪）, 紫玉簪根, 紫玉簪叶, Plantain Lily[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]
Taxon name
Hosta ventricosa[5]
Taxon range
Beijing, People's Republic of China, Fujian, Guangdong, Zhoushan Archipelago[23][24][25][26][27]
Taxon rank
species[3]
🏷️ Also known as
en blue plantain lily en Hosta ventricosa en plantain lily cs bohyška modrofialová de Glocken-Funkie de Hosta ventricosa sv Klockfunkia zh 紫玉簪 zh 紫玉簪叶 zh 紫玉簪根 zh 紫萼 zh 紫萼*(紫玉簪）
🔖 Identifiers · 53
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Hosta ventricosa.JPG ↗
Alabama Plant Atlas ID
5491
BOLD Systems taxon ID
552321
CalPhotos taxon ID
Hosta+ventricosa
Catalogue of Life ID
3MQVK
Digital Atlas of the Virginia Flora ID
1219
Dyntaxa ID
264999
EASIN ID
R07487
EBiodiversity ID
5181
EPPO Code
HSTVE
Encyclopedia of Life ID
1001456
Flora Croatica Database taxon ID
29660
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Flora of China ID
200027695
Flora of North America taxon ID
200027695
Flora of the Southeastern United States ID
975
FloraVeg.EU taxon ID
Hosta ventricosa
Flowers of India ID
Blue Plantain Lily
GBIF taxon ID
2771207
GRIN URL
npgsweb.ars-grin.gov
Gardens Navigator ID
5668
Go Botany taxon ID
species/hosta/ventricosa
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/121sr2tm
INaturalist taxon ID
163834
IPNI plant ID
536648-1
IRMNG ID
10718221
ITIS TSN
42953
Indiana Plant Atlas ID
924
Invasive.org species ID
22211
Maryland Plant Atlas ID
16143
Michigan Flora ID
1436
NBIC scientific name ID
99401
NBN System Key
NBNSYS0200002350
NCBI taxonomy ID
39527
NatureServe Explorer ID
2.155370
New York Flora Atlas ID
1823
Observation.org taxon ID
149601
Open Tree of Life ID
1023689
Pladias ID
2945
Plant Finder ID (Missouri Botanical Garden)
282432
Plant List ID (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew)
kew-278507
PlantFiles taxon ID
31422
Plants of the World Online ID
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:536648-1
Portal to the Flora of Italy ID
9592
Royal Horticultural Society plant ID
8838
SERNEC taxon ID
113135
Tennessee-Kentucky Plant Atlas ID
1801
Topic's main category
Category:Hosta ventricosa
Tropicos ID
18406335
UMLS CUI
C1008255
USDA PLANTS ID
HOVE
WCSPF ID
278507
World Flora Online ID
wfo-0000663761
Yale LUX ID
concept/efef5778-c822-4c5c-b5ee-74ba8ec4ac95

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🔗 Connections
Taxon range 5
People's Republic of China, Beijing, Guangdong, Fujian, Zhoushan Archipelago
Has use 2
food, medicinal plant
Instance of 1
taxon
Parent taxon 1
Hosta
Subclass of 1
perennial plant
Taxon rank 1
species
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Summary

Hosta ventricosa is a taxon[1]. It is a type of perennial plant[2].

Related Entities

Beijing People's Republic of China

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [2] ↑ . A plant species list dataset for urban area of Beijing, China 2007 – 2020. wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . United States Department of Agriculture Plants Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . List of plant species in China (2022 Edition). wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . A Scientific Dataset of useful plants of China. wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . PlantFiles. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . A plant species list dataset for urban area of Beijing, China 2007 – 2020. wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . A dataset on inventory and geographical distributions of vascular plants in Beijing, China. wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [26] ↑ . A dataset on inventory and geographical distributions of higher plants in Guangdong, China. wikidata.org.
  26. [27] ↑ . Island area and climate jointly impact seed plant richness patterns across the Zhoushan Archipelago. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10w ago · Debessis · 2026-08-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Has basionym → Bryocles ventricosa
    Parent taxon → Hosta
    Has use → medicinal plant, food
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