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Peliosanthes
Sign in to savePeliosanthes is a genus of flowering plants found in eastern Asia. In the APG III classification system, it is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Convallarioideae (formerly the family Ruscaceae).
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It is catalogued under topics including Asparagaceae genera, Convallarioideae and Taxa named by Henry Cranke Andrews.
Its subject is documented across 9 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderAsparagales
- FamilyAsparagaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 148
- With media
- 132
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Collections
- US, A, GH, NY, MICH, BRIT
- Recorded in
- Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, India, Philippines
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- Image
- Peliosanthes violacea clarkei 135-8276.jpg
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- Peliosanthes
- taxon common name
- 球子草属
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Peliosanthes is a genus of flowering plants found in eastern Asia. In the APG III classification system, it is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Convallarioideae (formerly the family Ruscaceae).
==Species== Plants of the World Online currently (2024) includes 63 accepted species, 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
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