耳草属

耳草属（学名：Hedyotis）也称毛瓣耳草属，是茜草科下的一个属，为草本或亚灌木或灌木植物。该属共有约420种，分布于热带和亚热带地区。^[1]属名Hedyotis源于希腊语hedys（甜的）和ous（耳朵）的合成词。

耳草屬
双花耳草 Hedyotis biflora
科学分类
界：	植物界 Plantae
演化支：	维管植物 Tracheophyta
演化支：	被子植物 Angiosperms
演化支：	真双子叶植物 Eudicots
演化支：	菊类植物 Asterids
目：	龙胆目 Gentianales
科：	茜草科 Rubiaceae
亚科：	茜草亚科 Rubioideae
族：	纽扣草族 Spermacoceae
属：	耳草屬 Hedyotis L., 1753
模式種
Hedyotis fruticosa L.
種
见正文
異名
Allaeophania Thwaites Anistelma Raf. Dictyospora Hook.f. Diplophragma (Wight & Arn.) Meisn. Macrandria (Wight & Arn.) Meisn. Metabolos Blume Metabolus A.Rich. Pleiocraterium Bremek. Sclerococcus Bartl. Symphyllarion Gagnep. Wigmannia

下属物种

本属包括以下物种：^[2]

• 金草 Hedyotis acutangula
• 蓝花耳草 Hedyotis affinis Roem. & Schult.
• 广花耳草 Hedyotis ampliflora
• 清远耳草 Hedyotis assimilis
• 耳草 Hedyotis auricularia
• 华南耳草 Hedyotis austrosinica
• 保亭耳草 Hedyotis baotingensis
• 双花耳草 Hedyotis biflora
• 大帽山耳草 Hedyotis bodinieri
• 拟定经草 Hedyotis brachypoda
• 大苞耳草 Hedyotis bracteosa
• 伞形花耳草 Hedyotis brevicalyx
• 台湾耳草 Hedyotis butensis
• 广州耳草 Hedyotis cantoniensis
• 头状花耳草 Hedyotis capitellata
• 败酱耳草 Hedyotis capituligera
• 中华耳草 Hedyotis cathayana
• 剑叶耳草 Hedyotis caudatifolia
• 焕镛耳草 Hedyotis cheniana
• 越南耳草 Hedyotis chereevensis
• 金毛耳草 Hedyotis chrysotricha
• 大众耳草 Hedyotis communis
• 拟金草 Hedyotis consanguinea
• 伞房花耳草 Hedyotis corymbosa
• 闭花耳草 Hedyotis cryptantha
• 滇西耳草 Hedyotis dianxiensis
• 白花蛇舌草 Hedyotis diffusa
• 定安耳草 Hedyotis dinganensis
• 鼎湖耳草 Hedyotis effusa
• 长花轴耳草 Hedyotis exserta
• 海南耳草 Hedyotis hainanensis
• 汉密吉伊坦山耳草 Hedyotis hamiguitanensis Santor, Santiago & Alejandro^[3]
• 牛白藤 Hedyotis hedyotidea
• 丹草 Hedyotis herbacea
• 赫尔曼耳草 Hedyotis hermanniana
• Hedyotis indirae K.M.P. Kumar & P.T. Aiswarya^[4]
• 蕴璋耳草 Hedyotis koana
• Hedyotis konhanungensis B.H. Quang, T.A. Le, K.S. Nguyen & Neupane^[5]
• Hedyotis lawsoniae
• Hedyotis lessertiana
• 连山耳草 Hedyotis lianshanensis
• 东亚耳草 Hedyotis lineata Wall.
• 粤港耳草 Hedyotis loganioides Benth.
• 上思耳草 Hedyotis longiexserta Merr. & F.P.Metcalf
• Hedyotis longiflora Lam., 1792
• Hedyotis longipedunculata Merr., 1920
• 长瓣耳草 Hedyotis longipetala Merr., 1927
• 鹅凰嶂耳草 Hedyotis longiramulis Y.D.Xu & R.J.Wang^[6]
• Hedyotis luzoniensis Merr.
• Hedyotis lychnidifolia Craib
• 大盖耳草 Hedyotis macrostegia Stapf, 1894
• 疏花耳草 Hedyotis matthewii Dunn, 1909
• 粗毛耳草 Hedyotis mellii
• 合叶耳草 Hedyotis merguensis
• 粉毛耳草 Hedyotis minutopuberula
• 南昆山耳草 Hedyotis nankunshanensis R. J. Wang & S. J. Deng
• 南岭耳草 Hedyotis nanlingensis
• 偏脉耳草 Hedyotis obliquinervis
• 卵叶耳草 Hedyotis ovata
• 矮小耳草 Hedyotis ovatifolia
• 延龄耳草 Hedyotis paridifolia
• 松叶耳草 Hedyotis pinifolia
• 阔托叶耳草 Hedyotis platystipula
• 菲律宾耳草 Hedyotis prostrata
• 翅果耳草 Hedyotis pterita
• 毛叶耳草 Hedyotis puberulifolia
• 毛茎耳草 Hedyotis pubicaulis M.D. Yuan & R.J. Wang. 2022，模式产地：云南^[7]
• Hedyotis pulchella Stapf, 1894
• 艳丽耳草 Hedyotis pulcherrima Dunn, 1912
• Hedyotis purpurea (L.) Torr. & A.Gray, 1841，同模异名为Houstonia purpurea L.
• 攀茎耳草 Hedyotis scandens Roxb., 1820，为Dimetia scandens (Roxb.) R.J.Wang的异名
• 深圳耳草 Hedyotis shenzhenensis Tao Chen
• 秀英耳草 Hedyotis shiuyingiae TaoChen，以植物学家胡秀英教授（1908.2.22-2012.5.22）的名字命名
• Hedyotis shoolamudianus Sunil, Naveen Kum. & K.M.P. Kumar, 2020^[8]
• Hedyotis sithiravaraiensis S. Muruganandam, Devanath., S. Ravikumar & D. Naras., 2023^[9]
• 肉叶耳草 Hedyotis strigulosa Bartl. ex DC., 1830
• 台山耳草 Hedyotis taishanensis G.T.Wang & R.J.Wang, 2018
• 纤花耳草 Hedyotis tenelliflora
• 细梗耳草 Hedyotis tenuipes Hemsl., 1888
• 顶花耳草 Hedyotis terminaliflora
• 方茎耳草 Hedyotis tetrangularis (Korth.) Walp.，基异名：Diplophragma tetrangularis Korth.
• 铜鼓岭耳草 Hedyotis tonggulingensis
• 三脉耳草 Hedyotis trinervia
• 长节耳草 Hedyotis uncinella
• 香港耳草 Hedyotis vachellii
• 粗叶耳草 Hedyotis verticillaris
• 粗叶耳草 Hedyotis verticillata
• 脉耳草 Hedyotis vestita
• 启无耳草 Hedyotis wangii
• 五指山耳草 Hedyotis wuzhishanensis
• 黄叶耳草 Hedyotis xanthochroa
• 信宜耳草 Hedyotis xinyiensis
• 阳春耳草 Hedyotis yangchunensis
• 崖州耳草 Hedyotis yazhouensis
• 志浩耳草 Hedyotis zhihaoana

参考文献

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5. Bui Hong Quang, Khang Sinh Nguyen, Tuan Anh Le, Le Thi Mai Linh, Quoc Luan Nguyen, Duy Hoang Vu Ngo, Lei Wu and Suman Neupane. 2023. Hedyotis konhanungensis (Rubiaceae): A New Species from the central highlands of Vietnam. PhytoKeys. 221: 73-84. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.221.95895
6. Yi-Da Xu, Ying Zhang and Rui-Jiang Wang. 2023. Hedyotis longiramulis (Rubiaceae), A New Species from south China. PhytoKeys. 230: 271-287. DOI: 10.3897/phytokeys.230.87675
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