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Taxonomy
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae
Haeckel, 1866
- Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae
Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
- Phylum: Tracheophyta
Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
- Subphylum: Euphyllophytina
- Infraphylum: Radiatopses
Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class: Liliopsida
Scopoli, 1760 - Monocotyledons
- Subclass: Liliidae
Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder: Lilianae
Takhtajan, 1967
- Order: Asparagales
Bromhead, 1838
- Suborder: Asparagineae
- Family: Convallariaceae
Horaninow, 1834
- Tribe: Aspidistreae
- Family: Convallariaceae
Horaninow, 1834
- Suborder: Asparagineae
- Order: Asparagales
Bromhead, 1838
- Superorder: Lilianae
Takhtajan, 1967
- Subclass: Liliidae
Takhtajan, 1967
- Class: Liliopsida
Scopoli, 1760 - Monocotyledons
- Infraphylum: Radiatopses
Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Subphylum: Euphyllophytina
- Phylum: Tracheophyta
Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
- Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae
Cavalier-Smith, 1981 - Green Plants
- Kingdom: Plantae
Haeckel, 1866
The Tribe Aspidistreae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Genus (1): Aspidistra
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 125 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in the Tribe Aspidistreae.
Genera
Aspidistra
Herbs perennial, rhizomatous. Rhizome creeping, elongate; nodes dense. Leaves solitary or 2--4-tufted, basal, erect, long petiolate; leaf blade many veined. Scape usually very short, with 2--8 scales, 1(or 2) -flowered. Flowers bisexual, terminal, generally embraced by 1 or 2 bracts at perianth base. Perianth campanulate, urceolate, or cupular, fleshy, apically (4--) 6--8(--10) -lobed. Stamens as many as and opposite perianth lobes, usually inserted in proximal part of perianth tube; filaments very short or absent; anthers dorsifixed. Ovary 3- or 4-loculed; ovules several per locule. Style short, sometimes articulate; stigma usually peltate or mushroom-shaped, large, entire or lobed at margin. Fruit a berry, globose to ovoid-ellipsoid, usually 1-seeded.[1] [more]
At least 125 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Aspidistra.
More info about the Genus Aspidistra may be found here.
Footnotes
- Liang Song-jun, Minoru N. Tamura "Aspidistra". in Flora of China Vol. 24 Page 240. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.
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