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Hosta sieboldiana by Abraham Jacobus Wendel, 1868. Hosta (/ ˈ h ɒ s t ə /, [5] syn. Funkia) is a genus of plants commonly known as hostas, plantain lilies and occasionally by the Japanese name gibōshi. Hostas are widely cultivated as shade-tolerant foliage plants.
Drimiopsis maculata, also known by the common names little white soldiers, African false hosta, leopard's ears, African hosta, leopard plant, and Injoba is a flowering plant species in the genus Drimiopsis. It is the type species of its genus.
Hosta ventricosa, the blue plantain lily, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to southeast and south-central China, and introduced to the eastern United States. [ 2 ] [ 1 ] It reproduces by pseudogamous apomixis .
Hosta plantaginea, the fragrant plantain lily or August lily, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to southeast and south-central China, and a garden escapee in scattered locations worldwide. [1] [2] This species and cultivars and hybrids derived from it are the only fragrant hostas.
Hosta sieboldii, the small-leaved plantain lily, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to Sakhalin, the Kurils, and Japan. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] A number of cultivars are available.
Hosta venusta, the handsome plantain lily, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, native to Jeju Island of South Korea, with a few populations in central Japan. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It may have arisen from Hosta minor populations isolated on Jeju since the last ice age. [ 3 ]
Hosta × tardiva is a hybrid species of shade-tolerant foliage plants in the genus Hosta. It is a hybrid of H. kikutii and H. sieboldii. [1] References
The Marantaceae are a family, the arrowroot family, or the prayer plant family, of flowering plants consisting of 31 genera and around 530 species, defining it as one of the most species-rich families in its order. [2] [3] Species of this family are found in lowland tropical forests of Africa, Asia, and the Americas.