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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.
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 . That is, the geographic region is defined as including the following areas, typically defined by the political boundaries of its constituents:
The 14th edition of the Japanese Pharmacopoeia (JP) (日本薬局方 Nihon yakkyokuhō) lists 165 herbal ingredients that are approved to be used in kampo remedies. [ 2 ] Tsumura (ツムラ) is the leading maker [ 3 ] making 128 of the 148 kampo medicines.
Pages in category "Trees of Japan" The following 150 pages are in this category, out of 150 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Abies firma;
Pages in category "Endemic flora of Japan" The following 164 pages are in this category, out of 164 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Abies firma;
Tomitaro Makino. Tomitaro Makino (牧野 富太郎, Makino Tomitarō, April 24, 1862 – January 18, 1957) was a pioneer Japanese botanist noted for his taxonomic work. He has been called "Father of Japanese Botany", [1] having been one of the first Japanese botanists to work extensively on classifying Japanese plants using the system developed by Linnaeus.
Matsumura assisted in the preparation of Brinkley's Unabridged Japanese-English Dictionary (1896), and he published many important works on the flora of Japan, including: Nomenclature of Japanese Plants in Latin, Japanese, and Chinese (1884) Names of Plants and their Products in English, Japanese, and Chinese (1892) Conspectus of Leguminosœ (1902)
Pieris japonica, the Japanese andromeda or Japanese pieris, is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae. It is native to eastern China, Taiwan, and Japan, where it grows in mountain thickets. [2] This medium-sized evergreen shrub or tree is widely cultivated in gardens.
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