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Peliosanthes

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Genus of flowering plants

Peliosanthes
Peliosanthes teta subsp. humilis (as Peliosanthes violacea var. clarkei)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Nolinoideae
Genus: Peliosanthes
Andrews
Synonyms
  • Bulbisperma Reinw. ex Blume
  • Bulbospermum Blume
  • Teta Roxb.
  • Lourya Baill.
  • Neolourya L.Rodr.

Peliosanthes is a genus of flowering plants found in eastern Asia. In the APG III classification system, it is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Nolinoideae (formerly the family Ruscaceae).

Species

Plants of the World Online currently (2024) includes 63 accepted species, examples:

References

  1. ^ "Search for Peliosanthes", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2011-05-26
  2. Flora of China, Vol. 24 Page 261, 球子草属 qiu zi cao shu, Peliosanthes Andrews, Bot. Repos. 10: t. 605. 1810.
  3. Chase, M.W.; Reveal, J.L. & Fay, M.F. (2009), "A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae", Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 161 (2): 132–136, doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00999.x
  4. Plants of the World Online: Peliosanthes Andrews, 1808 (retrieved 12 January 2024)
Taxon identifiers
Peliosanthes

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