Peliosanthes

<i>Peliosanthes</i>

Peliosanthes

Genus of flowering plants

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]

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Species

Plants 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

  1. [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. [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. [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. [4]
    Plants of the World Online: Peliosanthes Andrews, 1808 (retrieved 12 January 2024)

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