| Cardiocrinum cordatum | |
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| Cardiocrinum cordatum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Liliales |
| Family: | Liliaceae |
| Subfamily: | Lilioideae |
| Tribe: | Lilieae |
| Genus: | Cardiocrinum |
| Species: | C. cordatum |
| Binomial name | |
| Cardiocrinum cordatum (Thunb.) Makino | |
| Synonyms | |
Synonymy
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Cardiocrinum cordatum, known as turep in the Ainu languages, is a Northeast Asian species of plant in the lily family. It is native to Japan and to certain Russian islands in the Sea of Okhotsk (Sakhalin, Kuril Islands).
Because of its large, showy flowers, Cardiocrinum cordatum is sometimes cultivated as an ornamental in regions outside its native range, though not as frequently as the related C. giganteum.
The Ainu, a group indigenous to Hokkaido, harvested the bulbs. Starch was extracted and used to create a form of dumpling.
The plant has reportedly become naturalized in the State of Maryland, in the eastern United States.
References
- illustration circa 1880 by Walter Hood Fitch (1817 - 1892), published in: Henry John Elwes: A monograph of the genus Lilium. Taylor and Francis, London 1880
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- Makino, Tomitarô 1932. Journal of Japanese Botany 8: 6.
- Czerepanov, S.K. (1995). Vascular Plants of Russia and Adjacent States (The Former USSR): 1–516. Cambridge University Press.
- Makino, Tomitarô 1913. Shokubutsu-gaku zasshi 27:124
- Rare Plants UK
- Plant World Seeds
- 萩中美枝 (1992). Kikigaki Ainu no shokuji. Haginaka. Mie, 萩中美枝. Tōkyō: Nō-san-gyoson Bunka Kyōkai. ISBN 4-540-92004-9. OCLC 28495951.
- Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- Youtube video, Cardiocrinum cordatum in a Maryland woodland 2/2
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