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]

Species

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

References

  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)