# Reineckea

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{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
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| image = キチジョウソウ.jpg
| display_parents = 2
| genus = Reineckea
| parent_authority  = [Kunth](/source/Carl_Sigismund_Kunth)
| species = carnea
| authority = ([Andrews](/source/Henry_Cranke_Andrews)) [Kunth](/source/Carl_Sigismund_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](/source/Convallarioideae). Several species names have been proposed within the genus, but only one is widely accepted: '''''Reineckea carnea''''', native to [China](/source/China) and [Japan](/source/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](/source/Germany) 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>

==References==
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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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