Editing Polygonatum (section)

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae}}
{{Distinguish|Polygonum}}

{{Automatic taxobox
|taxon = Polygonatum
|image = Polygonatum multiflorum2 ies.jpg
|image_caption = ''[[Polygonatum multiflorum]]''
|authority = [[Philip Miller|Mill.]]
|synonyms_ref=<ref name=WCSP>Search for "Polygonatum", {{Citation |title=World Checklist of Selected Plant Families |publisher=[[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]] |url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/ |access-date=2014-06-26 }}</ref>
|synonyms=
*''Axillaria'' <small>Raf.</small>
*''Salomonia'' <small>Heist. ex Fabr.</small>
*''Evallaria'' <small>Neck.</small>
*''Siphyalis'' <small>Raf.</small>
*''Codomale'' <small>Raf.</small>
*''Troxilanthes'' <small>Raf.</small>
*''Campydorum'' <small>Salisb.</small>
*''Sigillum'' <small>Montandon in F.Friche-Joset</small>
*''Periballanthus'' <small>Franch. & Sav.</small>
}}

'''''Polygonatum''''' {{IPAc-en|ˌ|p|ɒ|l|ᵻ|ˈ|ɡ|ɒ|n|ə|t|əm}},<ref>''Sunset Western Garden Book''. 1995. 606–607.</ref> also known as '''King Solomon's-seal''' or '''Solomon's seal''', is a [[genus]] of [[flowering plant]]s. In the [[APG III system|APG III classification system]], it is placed in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Asparagaceae]], subfamily [[Nolinoideae]] (formerly the family Ruscaceae).<ref>{{Citation |last1=Chase |first1=M. W. |last2=Reveal |first2=J. L. |last3=Fay |first3=M. F. |year=2009 |title=A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae |journal=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=161 |issue=2 |pages=132–136 |doi=10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00999.x|name-list-style=amp |doi-access=free }}</ref> It has also been classified in the former family Convallariaceae and, like many [[lilioid monocot]]s, was formerly classified in the lily family, [[Liliaceae]].  The genus is distributed throughout the temperate Northern Hemisphere. Most of the approximately 63 species occur in Asia, with 20 [[endemism|endemic]] to [[China]].<ref name=wuj>Wujisguleng, W., et al. (2012). [http://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/asbp/article/viewFile/asbp.2012.045/991 Ethnobotanical review of food uses of ''Polygonatum'' (Convallariaceae) in China.] ''Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae'' 81(4) 239-44.</ref>