| Family |
Chloranthaceae |
| Scientific name |
Chloranthus japonicus Siebold |
| Synonyms |
Chloranthus mandshuricus Ruprecht; Tricercandra japonica (Siebold) Nakai; Tricercandra quadrifolia A.Gray |
| Common name |
(Japanese common name) hitori-sizuka (ヒトリシズカ, 一人静 [meaning: one Sizuka (Sizuka = a famous lady in medieval era of Japan)]) |
| (English common name) none |
| Distribution |
(Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
| (Other nations) Russia (Far East), Korea, China |
| Chromosomal number |
2n=30 |
| Description |
Plants 20-30cm tall. Leaves 5-12cm long, 2-7cm wide. Flowers white, flowering in March to April. Perennial plants. |
| Reference |
Chloranthus japonicus Siebold |
| Chloranthus japonicus Siebold |
| Flower initiation inducer (US Patent 6057157/2000) |
| Agents for inducing flower bud formation (US Patent 6174712/2001) |
| Methods of screening open reading frames to determine whether they encode
polypeptides with an ability to generate an immune response (US Patent
6410241/2002) |
| PEI: DNA vector formulations for in vitro and in vivo gene delivery (US
Patent 6846809/2005) |
| Method of screening for a biological response using linear and circular
expression elements (US Patent 6900018/2005) |
| Plant potentiators (US Patent 6987130/2006) |
| Linear and circular expression elements (US Patent 7018833/2006) |
| Method of vaccination comprising linear and circular expression elements
(US Patent 7049098/2006) |
| Ketol fatty acid derivatives and plant growth regulators (US Patent 7348457/2008) |
| Humectant, method for using plant extract and external preparation (Japanese
Patent JP3696862/2005) |
