Peliosanthes is a genus of flowering plants found in eastern Asia.[1][2] In the APG III classification system, it is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Nolinoideae (formerly the family Ruscaceae).[3]
| Peliosanthes | |
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| Peliosanthes teta subsp. humilis (as Peliosanthes violacea var. clarkei) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Nolinoideae |
| Genus: | Peliosanthes Andrews[1] |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Species
editPlants of the World Online currently (2024) includes 63 accepted species,[4] examples:[1]
- Peliosanthes argenteostriata Aver. & N.Tanaka - Vietnam
- Peliosanthes caesia J.M.H.Shaw - Thailand
- Peliosanthes curnberlegii K.Larsen - Thailand
- Peliosanthes dehongensis H.Li - Yunnan
- Peliosanthes divaricatanthera N.Tanaka - Yunnan, Vietnam
- Peliosanthes gracilipes (Craib) N.Tanaka - Thailand, Laos
- Peliosanthes grandiflora Aver. & N.Tanaka - Vietnam
- Peliosanthes griffithii Baker - Sikkim, Nepal
- Peliosanthes kaoi Ohwi - Taiwan
- Peliosanthes macrophylla Wall. ex Baker - Assam, Bhutan, Nepal, Yunnan
- Peliosanthes macrostegia Hance - Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan
- Peliosanthes nivea Aver. & N.Tanaka - Vietnam
- Peliosanthes nutans Aver. & N.Tanaka - Vietnam
- Peliosanthes ophiopogonoides F.T.Wang & Tang - Yunnan
- Peliosanthes pachystachya W.H.Chen & Y.M.Shui - Yunnan
- Peliosanthes reflexa M.N.Tamura & Ogisu - Guangxi
- Peliosanthes retroflexa Aver. & N.Tanaka - Vietnam
- Peliosanthes sessilis H.Li - Yunnan
- Peliosanthes sinica F.T.Wang & Tang - Yunnan, Guangxi
- Peliosanthes subcoronata N.Tanaka - Laos
- Peliosanthes teta Andrews - southern China, Himalayas, Indochina, Malaysia, western Indonesia
- Peliosanthes weberi (L.Rodr.) N.Tanaka - Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam
- Peliosanthes yunnanensis F.T.Wang & Tang - Yunnan, Vietnam
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Search for Peliosanthes", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2011-05-26
- ^ Flora of China, Vol. 24 Page 261, 球子草属 qiu zi cao shu, Peliosanthes Andrews, Bot. Repos. 10: t. 605. 1810.
- ^ 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
- ^ Plants of the World Online: Peliosanthes Andrews, 1808 (retrieved 12 January 2024)