Peliosanthes

Peliosanthes
Peliosanthes teta subsp. humilis (as Peliosanthes violacea var. clarkei)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Asparagaceae
Subfamily:	Convallarioideae
Genus:	Peliosanthes Andrews
Synonyms
Bulbisperma Reinw. ex Blume Bulbospermum Blume Teta Roxb. Lourya Baill. Neolourya L.Rodr.

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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