Ophiopogon
Genus of grasses
Ophiopogon lilyturf )[ 2] genus of evergreen perennial plants native to warm temperate to tropical East , Southeast , and South Asia .[ 1] [ 3] ophis , 'snake' and πώγων pogon , 'beard', most probably referring to its leaves and tufted growth.[ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] APG III classification system , it is placed in the family Asparagaceae , subfamily Nolinoideae (formerly the family Ruscaceae).[ 8] lilioid monocots , it was formerly classified in the Liliaceae .
They grow from short rhizomes, and bear tufts of leaves, from which flowers emerge in racemes held on short stems above the leaves.
Species[ 1]
Ophiopogon acerobracteatus Guangdong Ophiopogon albimarginatus Guangxi Ophiopogon amblyphyllus Sichuan , Yunnan Ophiopogon angustifoliatus Ophiopogon bockianus Ophiopogon bodinieri Ophiopogon brevipes Ophiopogon caulescens Ophiopogon chingii Ophiopogon clarkei Ophiopogon clavatus Ophiopogon confertifolius Ophiopogon cordylinoides Ophiopogon corifolius Guangxi , Guizhou Ophiopogon dracaenoides Ophiopogon filipes Guangxi Ophiopogon fooningensis Yunnan Ophiopogon grandis Yunnan , Guizhou , Myanmar Ophiopogon heterandrus Ophiopogon hongjiangensis Yunnan Ophiopogon humilis Ophiopogon intermedius Ophiopogon jaburan Jeju-do , Japan, Nansei-shoto Ophiopogon japonicus Ophiopogon jiangchengensis Yunnan Ophiopogon kradungensis Ophiopogon latifolius Yunnan , Guangxi , VietnamOphiopogon leptophyllus Assam Ophiopogon longifolius Ophiopogon lushuiensis Yunnan Ophiopogon mairei Ophiopogon malcolmsonii Ophiopogon marmoratus Ophiopogon megalanthus Yunnan Ophiopogon menglianensis Yunnan Ophiopogon micranthus Assam Ophiopogon motouensis Ophiopogon multiflorus Guangxi Ophiopogon ogisui Guangxi Ophiopogon paniculatus Sichuan Ophiopogon peliosanthoides Ophiopogon pierrei Ophiopogon pingbienensis Yunnan Ophiopogon planiscapus Ophiopogon platyphyllus Ophiopogon pseudotonkinensis Guangxi Ophiopogon regnieri Ophiopogon reptans Assam Ophiopogon reversus Guangxi , Hainan Ophiopogon revolutus Yunnan , ThailandOphiopogon sar-garhwalensis Uttarakhand Ophiopogon sarmentosus Yunnan , Guangxi Ophiopogon siamensis Ophiopogon sinensis Yunnan , Guangxi Ophiopogon sparsiflorus Guangxi , Guangdong Ophiopogon stenophyllus Ophiopogon subverticillatus Ophiopogon sylvicola Sichuan , Guizhou Ophiopogon szechuanensis Sichuan , Yunnan Ophiopogon tienensis Yunnan , Guangxi Ophiopogon tonkinensis Yunnan , Guangxi , VietnamOphiopogon tsaii Yunnan Ophiopogon umbraticola Ophiopogon vietnamensis Ophiopogon xylorrhizus Yunnan Ophiopogon yunnanensis Yunnan Ophiopogon zingiberaceus Sichuan , Yunnan
Cultivation and uses
Some species, such as O. japonicus and O. planiscapus , are used as ground-cover plants.
In Chinese medicine , the tuber of O. japonicus , known as mai men dong , is the cardinal herb for yin deficiency. According to the Chinese herbal medicine Materia Medica , the herb is sweet, slightly bitter, and slightly cold; it enters the heart, lung and stomach channels, thus nourishes the yin of the stomach, spleen, heart, and lungs, and clears heat and quiets irritability. It is used for hacking dry coughs, dry tongue and mouth, and constipation. Liriope [ 9]
References
^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families ^ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants . United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965 ^ Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 252 沿阶草属 yan jie cao shu Ophiopogon Ker Gawler, Bot. Mag. 27: t. 1063. 1807. ^ Germplasm Resources Information Network: Ophiopogon Archived 2009-01-15 at the Wayback Machine
^ Flora of China: Ophiopogon
^ Huxley, A., ed. (1992). New RHS Dictionary of Gardening . Macmillan ISBN 0-333-47494-5 .
^ When Perennials Bloom: An Almanac for Planning and Planting By Tomasz Aniśko pg 342
^ Chase, M.W.; Reveal, J.L. & Fay, M.F. (2009), "A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae", Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society , 161 (2): 132– 136, doi :10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00999.x ^ Bensky, D., Clavey, S., Stoger, E., & Gamble, A. (2004). Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, third edition. Eastland Press.
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