Cirsium kawakamii
| Cirsium kawakamii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Cirsium |
| Species: | C. kawakamii
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| Binomial name | |
| Cirsium kawakamii | |
Cirsium kawakamii is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. In Chinese, it is known as the Yushan thistle (Chinese: 玉山薊), named for Yushan.
Uses[edit]
Cirsium kawakamii is cultivated for medicinal properties, particularly in Puli and Ren'ai Townships of Nantou County. C. kawakamii was believed to be depicted on the reverse side of the NT$1000 bill, near the bottom left corner, but in 2019, botanists reclassified the depicted plant as a new species, C. tatakaense.[1]
Biology[edit]
Cirsium kawakamii typically flowers between September and October, and bears fruit between October and November.[2]
Distribution[edit]
The known range of C. kawakamii is in alpine grasslands of north-central Taiwan, between 1,500 and 3,500 meters of elevation.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ 中時電子報 (23 February 2019). "明朝劍斬清朝官！網謠傳央行擺烏龍不識「塔塔加薊」". China Times (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 2019-02-23.
- ^ a b Tseng, Yen-Hsueh; Tzeng, Hsy-Yu; Chang, Chih-Yi (2019-02-14). "Cirsium tatakaense (Compositae), a new species from Taiwan". PhytoKeys (117): 119–132. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.117.29380. ISSN 1314-2003. PMC 6384280. PMID 30804699.
- 昆明植物研究所. "玉山蓟". 《中国高等植物数据库全库》. 中国科学院微生物研究所. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2009-02-25.