Tanakaea

Tanakaea radicans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Core eudicots
Order:	Saxifragales
Family:	Saxifragaceae
Genus:	Tanakaea; Franch. & Sav.
Species:	T. radicans
Binomial name
	Tanakea radicans; Franch. & Sav.

Tanakaea radicans or the Japanese foam flower, is a member of the Saxifrage family native to Japan, and is the sole species in the genus Tanakaea. It is named after the Japanese botanist Tanaka Yoshio.^[1] It was initially described by Ludovic Savatier and Adrien René Franchet.^[2]

Tanakaea radicans propagates via rhizomes similar to the runners of a strawberry. Its preferred habitat in the wild is shady, damp rocky soil.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Thomas H. Everett (1982). The New York Botanical Garden Illustrated Encyclopedia of Horticulture. Taylor & Francis. p. 3297. ISBN 978-0-8240-7240-7.
^ Klaus Kubitzki (24 April 2007). Flowering Plants. Eudicots: Berberidopsidales, Buxales, Crossosomatales, Fabales p.p., Geraniales, Gunnerales, Myrtales p.p., Proteales, Saxifragales, Vitales, Zygophyllales, Clusiaceae Alliance, Passifloraceae Alliance, Dilleniaceae, Huaceae, Picramniaceae, Sabiaceae. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 431. ISBN 978-3-540-32219-1.

[Everett1982-1] Thomas H. Everett (1982). The New York Botanical Garden Illustrated Encyclopedia of Horticulture. Taylor & Francis. p. 3297. ISBN 978-0-8240-7240-7.

[Kubitzki2007-2] Klaus Kubitzki (24 April 2007). Flowering Plants. Eudicots: Berberidopsidales, Buxales, Crossosomatales, Fabales p.p., Geraniales, Gunnerales, Myrtales p.p., Proteales, Saxifragales, Vitales, Zygophyllales, Clusiaceae Alliance, Passifloraceae Alliance, Dilleniaceae, Huaceae, Picramniaceae, Sabiaceae. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 431. ISBN 978-3-540-32219-1.

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