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Hosta is a genus of about 23–45 species of lily-like plants native to northeast Asia. They were once classified in the Liliaceae but are now included in the Agavaceae by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, although some taxonomists place the Hostas in their own family: Hostaceae. The scientific name is also used as the common name; in the past they were also sometimes called the Corfu Lily, the Day Lily, or the Plantain lily, but these terms are now obsolete. The name Hosta is in honor of the Austrian botanist Nicholas Thomas Host. The Japanese name Giboshi is also used in English to a small extent. The rejected generic name Funkia, also used as a common name, can be found in some older literature.

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  • Hosta is a genus of about 23–45 species of lily-like plants native to northeast Asia. They were once classified in the Liliaceae but are now included in the Agavaceae by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, although some taxonomists place the Hostas in their own family: Hostaceae. The scientific name is also used as the common name; in the past they were also sometimes called the Corfu Lily, the Day Lily, or the Plantain lily, but these terms are now obsolete. The name Hosta is in honor of the Austrian botanist Nicholas Thomas Host. The Japanese name Giboshi is also used in English to a small extent. The rejected generic name Funkia, also used as a common name, can be found in some older literature.
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  • Hosta Bressingham Blue, a Hosta cultivar
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  • Hosta
subdivision
  • *Hosta albofarinosa *Hosta capitata *Hosta cathayana *Hosta clausa *Hosta fluctuans *Hosta gracillima *Hosta hypoleuca *Hosta ibukiensis *Hosta jonesii *Hosta kikutii *Hosta kiyosumiensis *Hosta longipes *Hosta longissima *Hosta minor *Hosta montana *Hosta nakaiana *Hosta nigrescens *Hosta plantaginea *Hosta pulchella *Hosta pycnophylla *Hosta rectifolia *Hosta rupifraga *Hosta shikokiana *Hosta siberiana *Hosta sieboldiana *Hosta sieboldii *Hosta tardiva *Hosta tibae *Hosta tortifrons *Hosta tsushimensis *Hosta undulata *Hosta ventricosa *Hosta venusta *Hosta yingeri
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  • Plantae
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  • Hosta is a genus of about 23–45 species of lily-like plants native to northeast Asia. They were once classified in the Liliaceae but are now included in the Agavaceae by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, although some taxonomists place the Hostas in their own family: Hostaceae. The scientific name is also used as the common name; in the past they were also sometimes called the Corfu Lily, the Day Lily, or the Plantain lily, but these terms are now obsolete. The name Hosta is in honor of the Austrian botanist Nicholas Thomas Host. The Japanese name Giboshi is also used in English to a small extent. The rejected generic name Funkia, also used as a common name, can be found in some older literature.
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