Comospermum
| Comospermum | |
|---|---|
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| Cultivated in Osaka Prefectural Flower Garden, Japan | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Convallarioideae |
| Genus: | Comospermum Hoover[1] |
| Species: | C. yedoense |
| Binomial name | |
| Comospermum yedoense (Maxim. ex Franch. & Sav.) Rauschert | |
Comospermum is a genus of one species of flowering plant found in southern Japan.[1] In the APG III classification system, it is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Convallarioideae (formerly the family Ruscaceae).[2]
The only species is Comospermum yedoense (Maxim. ex Franch. & Sav.) Rauschert.
References
[edit]- 1 2 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2011-05-26, search for "Comospermum"
- ↑ 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