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
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[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Bulbisperma Reinw. ex Blume
  • Bulbospermum Blume
  • Teta Roxb.
  • Lourya Baill.
  • Neolourya L.Rodr.

Species

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Plants of the World Online currently (2024) includes 63 accepted species,[4] examples:[1]

References

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  1. ^ 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
  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)