Mesona chinensis

仙草

Mesona chinensis Benth.

名彙資訊

特徵描述

典藏標本

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相關資訊

名彙資訊

學名發表文獻

Benth., Flora Hongkongensis 274. 1861. (Fl. Hongkong.)

台灣首次記錄發表文獻

Yamamoto, Journal of the Society of Tropical Agriculture 6: 556. 1934. (J. Soc. Trop. Agr.)

異名

Mesona procumbens Hemsl.

Henry, A List of Plants from Formosa 72. 1896. (List Pl. Formos.)
Mesona elegans Hayata

Hayata, Enumeratio Plantarum Formosanarum 306. pl. 16. 1906. (Enum. Pl. Formos.)

各語言俗名

中

仙人草. 涼粉草. 仙草舅.
日

せんそう. せんそう.
原

Ryarikan (Paiwan). Suourekku (Atayal).
台

Sian chháu. Sian chháu kū.
客

Sién cò. Sièn tsó.

參考文獻

Ciou & Pong, Illustrations of Hakka ethnobotany of Taiwan 40. 2008. (Illustration of Hakka ethnobotany of Taiwan)
Hui-Chun Hsu, Plant use knowledge of Hakka ethnobotany in Beipu township, Hsinchu county. Master thesis. National Pingtung University of Science and Technology . 2007. (Plant use knowledge of Hakka ethnobotany in Beipu township, Hsinchu county.)
Hsiao-Ting Wu, Plant use knowledge of Hakka ethnobotany in Dahu Township, Miaoli county. Master thesis. National Pingtung University of Science and Technology . 2007. (Plant use knowledge of Hakka ethnobotany in Dahu Township, Miaoli county.)
Yang, A list of plants in Taiwan . 1982. (List Pl. Taiwan)

特徵描述

生活型

herb

形態特徵

Herbs, to 50 cm long, covered with septate hairs; stems erect or procumbent on lower parts, square, angles obtuse, puberulent or sparsely villous.
Leaves petiolate; petioles villous, to 1 cm long; blades 3–7 cm long, 1–3 cm wide, elliptic to ovate, base cuneate to subtruncate, apex acute, margins serrate, upper surface glabrous or very sparsely puberulent on midrib, lower surface sparsely villous.
Inflorescences verticillate, forming loose terminal or axillary racemes, to 15 cm long; peduncles minutely hairy; foliaceous bracts triangular, caudate, both surfaces minutely hairy; calyx 1–1.5 mm long, campanulate, bilabiate, upper lip longer, ovate, 3-toothed, central tooth larger than 2 lateral teeth; calyx slightly varied after fruiting, tubular, 3–4 mm long, lower lip oblong, upper lip same size, 3-toothed, teeth triangular; corolla 2–2.5 mm long, tubular, minutely hairy, lower lip cymbiform, spreading, upper lip 3-lobed, lobes triangular; stamens 4, didynamous, anthers 2-celled, confluent, filaments arched and appendaged; style flattened, stigma bifid.
Nutlets obovoid, striate, 0.7–0.8 mm long.

分布

世界 : mainland China.

引證標本

TAIPEI: Yangmingshan, Morimoto 487*; Kuanyinshan, Fukuyama 168*; Yinhotung, Cheng 1576. TAOYUAN: Sankakuyu, Sasaki s. n. 1910. HSINCHU: Hotposyo, Simizu s. n. 1934. NANTOU: Lienhuachih, Sasaki s. n. 1925. CHIAYI: Mt. Ali, Kudo & Suzuki s. n. 1928. PINGTUNG: Nanjenshan, Huang 4874. TAITUNG: Riran, Yasukawa s. n. 1925.