Hakone
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Shortia, of the family Diapensiaceae, was founded in 1842 by the American botanists John Torrey and Asa Gray, based on a specimen found in the Paris herbarium during a visit by Gray. A genus of six species, one in the eastern USA, the others in eastern Asia.
Shortia galacifolia Torr. And Gray : North and South Carolina and Georgia
Shortia exappendiculata Hayata : Taiwan
Shortia sinensis Hemsley : Yunnan , China
Shortia soldanelloides (Siebold&Zuccarini) Makino : southern Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu and Yakushima, Japanese name Iwa-kagami, 'crag mirror'
Shortia uniflora (Maximowicz) : northern Honshu, Japanese name: Iwa-uchiwa, 'crag fan'
Shortia rotundifolia (Maximowicz) : Okinawa Island, Japanese name: Shima-iwa-kagami, 'island crag mirror'
Shortia galacifolia Torr. And Gray : North and South Carolina and Georgia
Shortia exappendiculata Hayata : Taiwan
Shortia sinensis Hemsley : Yunnan , China
Shortia soldanelloides (Siebold&Zuccarini) Makino : southern Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu and Yakushima, Japanese name Iwa-kagami, 'crag mirror'
Shortia uniflora (Maximowicz) : northern Honshu, Japanese name: Iwa-uchiwa, 'crag fan'
Shortia rotundifolia (Maximowicz) : Okinawa Island, Japanese name: Shima-iwa-kagami, 'island crag mirror'
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