Speirantha is a genus of one known species of flowering plants found in south-east China.[1] In the APG III classification system, it is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Nolinoideae (formerly the family Ruscaceae).[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Nolinoideae |
| Genus: | Speirantha Baker[1] |
| Species: | S. gardenii
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| Binomial name | |
| Speirantha gardenii | |
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The sole species is Speirantha gardenii, endemic to China (provinces of Anhui, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, and Zhejiang).[3]
Etymology edit
Speirantha is derived from Greek and means 'twisted flower' (spiral + anther).[4]
Taxonomy edit
The species now called Speirantha gardenii was first described by William Jackson Hooker in 1855 as Albuca gardenii. Separately, in 1875, John Gilbert Baker described Speirantha convallarioides, based on a different type, placing it in his new genus Speirantha.[5] In 1894, Louis Antoine François Baillon synonymized Albuca gardenii and Speirantha convallarioides.[6] The older epithet gardenii has priority, so the correct name is Speirantha gardenii.[5] The type of the genus Speirantha remains the type of Speirantha convallarioides.
References edit
- ^ a b c World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2011-05-26, search for "Speirantha"
- ^ 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
- ^ "Speirantha gardenii", Flora of China, Vol. 24, p. 234, retrieved 2014-12-18
- ^ Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521866453 (hardback), ISBN 9780521685535 (paperback). p 357
- ^ a b "Speirantha gardenii (Hook.) Baill.", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2017-02-18
- ^ Baillon, Henri (1894), "Speirantha", Histoire des plantes. Monographie des Liliacées, Paris: Librairie de Hachette et C.ie, p. 524, footnote 3, retrieved 2017-02-18