Speirantha

<i>Speirantha</i>

Speirantha

Genus of flowering plants

Speirantha is a genus of one known species of flowering plants found in south-east China.[1] In the APG III classification system, it is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Nolinoideae (formerly the family Ruscaceae).[2]

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The sole species is Speirantha gardenii, endemic to China (provinces of Anhui, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, and Zhejiang).[3]

Etymology

Speirantha is derived from Greek and means 'twisted flower' (spiral + anther).[4]

Taxonomy

The species now called Speirantha gardenii was first described by William Jackson Hooker in 1855 as Albuca gardenii. Separately, in 1875, John Gilbert Baker described Speirantha convallarioides, based on a different type, placing it in his new genus Speirantha.[5] In 1894, Louis Antoine François Baillon synonymized Albuca gardenii and Speirantha convallarioides.[6] The older epithet gardenii has priority, so the correct name is Speirantha gardenii.[5] The type of the genus Speirantha remains the type of Speirantha convallarioides.

References

  1. [1]
    World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2011-05-26, search for "Speirantha"
  2. [2]
    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
  3. [3]
    "Speirantha gardenii", Flora of China, Vol. 24, p. 234, retrieved 2014-12-18
  4. [4]
    Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521866453 (hardback), ISBN 9780521685535 (paperback). p 357
  5. [5]
    "Speirantha gardenii (Hook.) Baill.", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2017-02-18
  6. [6]
    Baillon, Henri (1894), "Speirantha", Histoire des plantes. Monographie des Liliacées, Paris: Librairie de Hachette et C.ie, p. 524, footnote 3, retrieved 2017-02-18


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