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Japan has significant diversity in flora. Of approximately 5,600 total vascular plant species, almost 40% are endemic. [1] This richness is due to the significant variation in latitude and altitude across the country, a diversity of climatic conditions due to monsoons, and multiple geohistorical incidences of connections with the mainland.
This category contains articles related to the native flora of Japan. Taxa of the lowest rank are always included. Higher taxa are included only if endemic. Japan is within the larger region of East Asia. For the purposes of this category, "Japan" is defined in accordance with the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions ...
A. Abies firma; Abies homolepis; Abies mariesii; Abies veitchii; Acer argutum; Acer capillipes; Acer carpinifolium; Acer cissifolium; Acer crataegifolium; Acer diabolicum
The flowers have bell-shaped sepals split into five lobes, and around 20 stamens. The Ovary contains two to four locules , with one ovule in each locule. The tree produces a high amount of bright, red colored fruits that are small pomes with diameters ranging from 4–12 millimetres (0.16–0.47 inches), each containing one to four seeds.
Though politically affiliated with Japan, all of the islands in the archipelago (except for the Ōsumi Islands which are included under the flora of Kyushu, Japan), stand on their own within the region of East Asia as defined in accordance with the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, which uses the name "Nansei-shoto".
Magnolia kobus in flower, with a singular blossom in the foreground eclipsing an array of blossoms in the midground, over the backdrop of a waterway. Photographed in the Kantō region of Japan. The fruit of the kobus magnolia grows in groups of small red seeds. The groupings are one to three inches in size, and the seeds attract birds.
Erythronium japonicum, known as Asian fawn lily, [2] Oriental fawn lily, Japanese fawn lily is a pink-flowered species trout lily, belonging to the Lily family and native to Japan, Korea, the Russian Far East (Sakhalin Island, Kuril Islands) and northeastern China (Jilin and Liaoning). [3] [4] It is a spring ephemeral, blooming April–June in ...
The inflorescence is a cyme with 2 or 3 branches and a primary flower stalk 3 to 10 cm (1.2 to 3.9 in) long. Each flower is approximately 5 cm (2.0 in) across. In its native habitat, the flower usually has 5 sepals (no petals) but cultivated plants have double flowers with around 20 sepals. The sepals may be purple, purple-red, pink or white.