Disporum cantoniense




Family Colchicaceae (also placed in Liliaceae)
Scientific name Disporum cantoniense (Loureiro) Merrill
Synonyms Fritillaria cantoniensis Loureiro; Disporum cantoniense (Loureiro) Merrill forma brunneum (C. H. Wright) H. Hara; Disporum cantoniense (Loureiro) Merrill var. brunneum (C. H. Wright) Handel-Mazzetti; Disporum chinense (Ker Gawler) Kuntze; Disporum pullum Salisbury ex J. D. Hooker; Disporum pullum Salisbury ex J. D. Hooker var. brunneum C. H. Wright; Streptopus chinensis (Ker Gawler) Smith; Uvularia chinensis Ker Gawler
Common name (English common name) Fairy Bells
(Japanese common name) tou-chiku-ran (トウチクラン, 唐竹蘭 [meaning: Chinese bamboo orchid]), chiku-ran (チクラン, 竹蘭 [meaning: bamboo orchid]). chabana-houchakusou (チャバナホウチャクソウ, 茶花宝鐸草 [meaning: brown flower houchakusou (houchakusou = Disporum sessile D. Don)])
Distribution China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar, Nepal, Bhutan, India
Reference Disporum cantoniense (Lour.) Merr.
Disporum cantoniense (Loureiro) Merrill



June 2008
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden
June 2008
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden



June 2008
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden
June 2008
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden
June 2008
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden