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Pieris ( or 〔http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/pieris〕) is a genus of seven species of shrubs in the family Ericaceae, native to mountain regions of eastern and southern Asia, eastern North America and Cuba. Known commonly as andromedas or fetterbushes, they are broad-leaved evergreen shrubs growing to tall and wide. The leaves are spirally arranged, often appearing to be in whorls at the end of each shoot with bare stretches of shoot below; they are lanceolate-ovate, long and broad, leathery textured, and with an entire or serrated margin. The young leaves in spring are typically brightly coloured. The flowers are bell-shaped, long, white or pink, and arranged in racemes long. The fruit is a woody capsule which splits into five sections to release the numerous small seeds. ''Pieris'' species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including The Engrailed. The genus name derives from ''Pieria'', a place in Greece, according to Greek mythology the home of the Muses.〔 ==Species== *''Pieris cubensis'' (Grisebach) Small. Western Cuba. *''Pieris floribunda'' (Pursh ''ex'' Simms) Benth. & Hook. – mountain andromeda, mountain pieris, mountain fetterbush. Eastern United States. *''Pieris formosa'' (Wallich) D.Don – Chinese pieris, Himalayan pieris. The Himalaya, southwestern China (Yunnan), northern Myanmar. *''Pieris japonica'' (Thunb.) D.Don ''ex'' G.Don – Japanese andromeda. Eastern China, Japan, Taiwan. *''Pieris nana'' (Maxim.) Makino (syn. ''Arcterica nana''). Japan, eastern Siberia. *''Pieris phillyreifolia'' (Hook.) DC. – climbing fetterbush. Southeastern United States. *''Pieris swinhoei'' Hemsley - southeastern China (Fujian, Guangdong). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pieris (plant)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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