Korean perennial

[johnw]

Philip MacDougall was recently in korea and mentioned collecting a perennial he said was Ainslea. I cannot find it on the internet and have also tried Ainsleya and Ainslia.  Any suggestions on the correct spelling?

johnw

[Giles]

Ainsliaea?
A. aptera (Pakistan to Bhutan)
A. walkerae (Hong Kong)

[Diane Clement]

Philip MacDougall was recently in korea and mentioned collecting a perennial he said was Ainslea. I cannot find it on the internet and have also tried Ainsleya and Ainslia.  Any suggestions on the correct spelling?  
johnw  

The International Plant Name Index is a good place to start and check whether a name has ever been in use.  Take care with using this database as it is a historical database, and many of the names are obsolete and/or misspelt, and the pages do not necessarily refer you to all the synonyms, and which is the current name.   I started with the Plant Database section and put in Ains* and it directed me to Ainsliaea as a genus in Asteraceae with a listing of all the species.  
www.ipni.org

[Jim McKenney]

Two species are offered by this supplier:

http://www.asiaticanursery.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/plants.viewCategory/catID/47/index.htm

[Afloden]

 There was a revision of the genus; Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, pp. 79–191 Vol 94, Issue 1 (April 2007)

 Link to abstract here; http://tinyurl.com/6oz4sn

 If you search on Google for "Flora of China draft Ainsliaea"  you should get an HTML file with a key, including Korea and Japan if the species is present there also.

 Many of the species are all highly attractive garden plants, like Prenanthes, Cacalia, Polymnia, etc.

 Aaron Floden
 Knoxville, TN

[johnw]

Thanks all and Diane especially for the IPNI link.

johnw  - +8c at 10:45pm