{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{speciesbox | image = キチジョウソウ.jpg | display_parents = 2 | genus = Reineckea | parent_authority = Kunth | species = carnea | authority = (Andrews) Kunth | synonyms_ref = <ref name="yeti"/> | synonyms = *''Sanseviella'' <small>Rchb.</small> *''Sansevieria carnea'' <small>Andrews</small> *''Sansevieria sessiliflora'' <small>Ker Gawl.</small> *''Sansevieria rosea'' <small>F.Dietr.</small> *''Sansevieria sarmentosa'' <small>Jacq.</small> *''Sanseviella carnea'' <small>Rchb. ''ex'' Steud.</small> *''Ophiopogon thunbergii'' <small>Schult.f. ''ex'' Miq.</small> *''Reineckea yunnanensis'' <small>W.W.Sm.</small> *''Reineckea ovata'' <small>Z.Y.Zhu & Z.R.Chen</small> }}
'''''Reineckea''''' is a genus of plants in the Convallarioideae. Several species names have been proposed within the genus, but only one is widely accepted: '''''Reineckea carnea''''', native to China and Japan.<ref name="yeti">[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=286758 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref><ref>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=220011445 Flora of China, Vol. 24 Page 235, <big>吉祥草</big> ji xiang cao, ''Reineckea carnea'' (Andrews) Kunth, Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin. 1842: 29. 1844. ]</ref><ref>Ohwi, J. (1984). Flora of Japan (in English): 1-1067. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.</ref>
==Etymology== ''Reineckea'' is named for J. Reinecke, a German grower of tropical plants.<ref name= "gledhill">Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. {{ISBN|9780521866453}} (hardback), {{ISBN|9780521685535}} (paperback). p 328</ref>
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Category:Convallarioideae Category:Monotypic Asparagaceae genera Category:Flora of China Category:Flora of Japan Category:Taxa named by Henry Cranke Andrews
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