Editing Wasabi (section)

== Taxonomy ==
[[File:Fresh wasabi rhizomes.jpg|thumb|left|Fresh wasabi stems]]
[[Philipp Franz von Siebold|Siebold]] named ''Cochlearia (?) wasabi'' in 1830, noting its use ''pro condimento'' or "as a condiment";<ref name="Siebold">{{cite journal |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41198987 |title=Synopsis Plantarum Oeconomicarum Universi Regni Japonici |author=[[Philipp Franz von Siebold|Siebold]] |journal=Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen |issn=0215-1375 |year=1830 |volume=12 |pages=1–74}}</ref>{{rp|54}} however, this is a ''[[nomen nudum]]'', and the [[Synonym (taxonomy)|synonym]] ''Eutrema wasabi'', published by [[Karl Maximovich|Maximovich]] in 1873,<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3932050 |title=Diagnoses plantarum novarum Japoniae et Mandshuriae |trans-title=Diagnoses des nouvelles plantes du Japon et de la Mandjourie |author=[[Karl Maximovich|Maximowicz, C.J.]] |journal=Bulletin de l'Académie impériale des sciences de St-Pétersbourg |year=1873 |series=3 |volume=18 |at=cols. 275–296}}</ref>{{rp|283}} is thus an [[Nomen illegitimum|illegitimate name]].<ref name="Eutrema"/>{{rp|133}} The wasabi plant was first [[Species description|described]] by [[Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel|Miquel]] in 1866, as ''Lunaria (?) japonica'', from the [[Type (biology)|type]] collected by Siebold in Japan, though the precise [[Type locality (biology)|type locality]] was not recorded.<ref name="Miquel">{{cite journal |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/652432 |title=Prolusio Florae Japonicae |author=[[Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel|Miquel, F.A.G.]] |journal=Annales Musei Botanici Lugduno-Batavi |year=1866 |volume=2 |pages=69–212}}</ref>{{rp|74}}

In 1899 [[Jinzō Matsumura|Matsumura]] erected the genus ''[[Wasabia]]'', recognising within it the species ''Wasabia pungens'' and ''Wasabia hederaefolia'';<ref name="Matsumura">{{cite journal |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41670360 |title=Notulae ad plantas asiaticas orientales |author=[[Jinzō Matsumura|Matsumura, J.]] |journal=[[Bot. Mag. (Tokyo)]] |volume=13 |number=148 |year=1899 |pages=71–73}}</ref> these are now regarded as [[Synonym (taxonomy)|synonyms]] of ''Eutrema japonicum''.<ref name="Eutrema"/>{{rp|133}} In 1912 Matsumura recognised the species ''Wasabia japonica'', treating his earlier ''Wasabia pungens'' as a synonym.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12322832 |title=Index plantarum Japonicarum, sive, Enumeratio plantarum omnium ex insulis Kurile, Yezo, Nippon, Sikoku, Kiusiu, Liukiu, et Formosa hucusque cognitarum systematice et alphabetice disposita adjectis synonymis selectis, nominibus Japonicis, locis natalibus |author=[[Jinzō Matsumura|Matsumura, J.]] |publisher=[[Maruzen]] |place=Tokyo |year=1912 |volume=II(2) |page=161}}</ref> In 1930, [[Gen-ichi Koidzumi|Koidzumi]] transferred the wasabi plant to the genus ''[[Eutrema]]'',<ref name="Koidzumi">{{cite book |url=https://dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/1678848 |title=Florae symbolae Orientali-Asiaticae; sive, contributions to the knowledge of the flora of Eastern Asia |author=[[Gen-ichi Koidzumi|Koidzumi, G.]] |place=Kyoto |year=1930}}</ref> the [[correct name]] and [[Author citation (botany)|author citation]] being ''Eutrema japonicum'' ([[Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel|Miq.]]) [[Gen-ichi Koidzumi|Koidz.]]<ref name="Curtis"/>