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 <small>Aver. & N.Tanaka</small> - Vietnam
- Peliosanthes caesia <small>J.M.H.Shaw</small> - Thailand
- Peliosanthes curnberlegii <small>K.Larsen</small> - Thailand
- Peliosanthes dehongensis <small>H.Li</small> - Yunnan
- Peliosanthes divaricatanthera <small>N.Tanaka</small> - Yunnan, Vietnam
- Peliosanthes gracilipes <small>(Craib) N.Tanaka</small> - Thailand, Laos
- Peliosanthes grandiflora <small>Aver. & N.Tanaka</small> - Vietnam
- Peliosanthes griffithii <small>Baker</small> - Sikkim, Nepal
- Peliosanthes kaoi <small>Ohwi</small> - Taiwan
- Peliosanthes macrophylla <small>Wall. ex Baker</small> - Assam, Bhutan, Nepal, Yunnan
- Peliosanthes macrostegia <small>Hance</small> - Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan
- Peliosanthes nivea <small>Aver. & N.Tanaka</small> - Vietnam
- Peliosanthes nutans <small>Aver. & N.Tanaka</small> - Vietnam
- Peliosanthes ophiopogonoides <small>F.T.Wang & Tang</small> - Yunnan
- Peliosanthes pachystachya <small>W.H.Chen & Y.M.Shui</small> - Yunnan
- Peliosanthes reflexa <small>M.N.Tamura & Ogisu</small> - Guangxi
- Peliosanthes retroflexa <small>Aver. & N.Tanaka</small> - Vietnam
- Peliosanthes sessilis <small>H.Li</small> - Yunnan
- Peliosanthes sinica <small>F.T.Wang & Tang</small> - Yunnan, Guangxi
- Peliosanthes subcoronata <small>N.Tanaka</small> - Laos
- Peliosanthes teta <small>Andrews</small> - southern China, Himalayas, Indochina, Malaysia, western Indonesia
- Peliosanthes weberi <small>(L.Rodr.) N.Tanaka</small> - Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam
- Peliosanthes yunnanensis <small>F.T.Wang & Tang</small> - Yunnan, Vietnam
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