Fritillaria anhuiensis

Names and Synonyms

Scientific Names

Accepted name

Synonyms

• Fritillaria anhuiensis var. albiflora
• Fritillaria anhuiensis f. jinzhaiensis
• Fritillaria hupehensis var. dabieshanensis
• Fritillaria shuchengensis
• Fritillaria wuyangensis

Sources: Wikidata, Catalogue of Life

Taxonomical Classification

This plant, Fritillaria anhuiensis, belongs to the kingdom Plantae and the phylum Streptophyta. Within the class Equisetopsida and subclass Magnoliidae, it is further categorized under the order Liliales. It is a member of the Liliaceae family and falls under the genus Fritillaria.

Sources: The World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP)

Distribution

This plant is a rare medicinal species found exclusively within a specific region of Asia. Its natural habitat is located in the Southeast part of China. Because it is endemic to this particular area, its wild populations are geographically restricted. Finding this species requires searching through the unique ecosystems of China Southeast. Consequently, its limited distribution makes it a significant subject for conservation efforts.

Sources: The World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP)

Botanical Identification

Life history

The life history of Fritillaria anhuiensis is characterized by its classification as a geophyte, a life form that relies on underground storage organs to survive unfavorable environmental conditions. As a cryptophyte, its regenerative buds are located below the soil surface, protecting the plant's vital tissues from seasonal extremes. This strategic survival mechanism allows the plant to remain dormant during periods of environmental stress, emerging to complete its reproductive cycle only when conditions are optimal for growth.

Life form :

geophyte

Life form :

cryptophyte

Morphology

The morphology of Fritillaria anhuiensis is characterized by its growth habit and ecological positioning, functioning as a self-supporting organism rather than a climber; it does not exhibit obligatory, facultative, or self-supporting climbing mechanisms, but instead maintains its structure independently. As a non-parasitic species, it remains entirely independent, lacking any obligatory, facultative, or independent parasitic relationship with host plants. Furthermore, it is strictly a terrestrial plant, categorized as terrestrial rather than being an obligatory, facultative, or epiphytic species.

Climber :

self-supporting

Epiphyte :

terrestrial

Parasite :

independent

Sources: Global Inventory of Floras and Traits (GIFT)

Chemicals

Fritillaria anhuiensis has 4 reported phytochemicals identified across 0 scientific publications and several other databases. The most consistently reported chemicals include KT, NAA, salicylic acid, sucrose.

KT

1. Zhongguo Zhong yao za zhi = Zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = China journal of Chinese materia medica

NAA

1. Zhongguo Zhong yao za zhi = Zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = China journal of Chinese materia medica

salicylic acid

1. Zhongguo Zhong yao za zhi = Zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = China journal of Chinese materia medica

sucrose

1. Zhongguo Zhong yao za zhi = Zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = China journal of Chinese materia medica

Activities

Fritillaria anhuiensis has 2 reported activities identified across 0 scientific publications and several other databases. The most consistently reported activities include Antitussive, Expectorant.

Antitussive

1. Fitoterapia

Expectorant

1. Fitoterapia

Conditions

Fritillaria anhuiensis has 4 reported investigations on conditions identified across 0 scientific publications and several other databases. The most consistently reported conditions include antitussive, expectorant, cough, platelet aggregation.

Antitussive

1. Fitoterapia
2. Planta medica

Expectorant

1. Fitoterapia
2. Planta medica

Cough

1. Fitoterapia

Platelet aggregation

1. Zhongguo Zhong yao za zhi = Zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = China journal of Chinese materia medica

Preparations

Fritillaria anhuiensis has 3 reported preparations identified across 0 scientific publications and several other databases. The most consistently reported preparations include bulbs, extracted with 95% EtOH at reflux, shoot-tips.

Bulbs

1. Fitoterapia
2. Yao xue xue bao = Acta pharmaceutica Sinica
3. Journal of natural medicines

Extracted with 95% etoh at reflux

1. Yao xue xue bao = Acta pharmaceutica Sinica

Shoot-tips

1. Zhongguo Zhong yao za zhi = Zhongguo zhongyao zazhi = China journal of Chinese materia medica