plant マサキ・ツルマサキ・マユミの違いは？アオキ・サカキとの違いは？似た種類の見分け方を解説
マサキ・ツルマサキ・マユミはいずれもニシキギ科ニシキギ属に含まれ、日本では林内で一般的な樹木です。更に都市部においても頻繁に観賞用や生け垣用に植栽されています。これら3種は常緑樹か落葉樹かでマサキ・ツルマサキとマユミが大別され、マサキとツル...
Aucubaceae
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plant What are the differences between Aucuba japonica, Aucuba japonica var. serrata, and Aucuba japonica var. japonica? We explain how to distinguish between similar species! Only fungus gnats were visiting the inconspicuous flowers!? Only bulbuls were eating the fruit!?
Aucuba japonica is distributed in evergreen broad-leaved forests of East Asia and is a very common plant in Japan, even in urban areas, where it's rare to go a day without seeing it. Several varieties of Aucuba japonica are known, and they are often classified into Aucuba japonica (in the narrow sense), Aucuba japonica var. nangokuensis, and Aucuba japonica var. dwarf. The differences between them are not easily discernible from their names alone...