Peliosanthes Explained

Peliosanthes is a genus of flowering plants found in eastern Asia.^[1] In the APG III classification system, it is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Nolinoideae (formerly the family Ruscaceae).

Species

Plants of the World Online currently (2024) includes 63 accepted species,^[2] examples:

• 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

Notes and References

1. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=124279 Flora of China, Vol. 24 Page 261, 球子草属 qiu zi cao shu, Peliosanthes Andrews, Bot. Repos. 10: t. 605. 1810.
2. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn%3Alsid%3Aipni.org%3Anames%3A19480-1 Plants of the World Online: Peliosanthes Andrews, 1808 (retrieved 12 January 2024)