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Issue: Vol. 720 No. 2: 30 Sept. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-09-30
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.720.2.2
Page range: 121-130
Abstract views: 315
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A revision of Peliosanthes mantegazziana (Asparagaceae), including its new synonym, P. graminea

Department of Higher Plants, Biological Faculty, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 1, 12, Leninskie Gory, 119234 Moscow, Russia; Joint Vietnam-Russia Tropical Science and Technology Research Center, 63, Nguyen Van Huyen street, Cau Giay, 122000 Hanoi, Vietnam
Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2 Prof. Popov street, 197022 St. Petersburg, Russia
N.V. Tsitsin Main Botanical Garden of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 4, Botanicheskaya street, 127276 Moscow, Russia
N.V. Tsitsin Main Botanical Garden of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 4, Botanicheskaya street, 127276 Moscow, Russia
Department of Higher Plants, Biological Faculty, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 1, 12, Leninskie Gory, 119234 Moscow, Russia; Joint Vietnam-Russia Tropical Science and Technology Research Center, 63, Nguyen Van Huyen street, Cau Giay, 122000 Hanoi, Vietnam
Malay Peninsula Malaysia Penang Peliosanthes teta Phuket Thailand Monocots

Abstract

Peliosanthes mantegazziana, a nearly forgotten species described at the very beginning of the 20th century from Peninsular Malaysia, is re-examined. Peliosanthes graminea, which was established several years later based on material from Peninsular Thailand, is demonstrated to be identical to P. mantegazziana, and is therefore here reduced to its synonym. Morphological description of P. mantegazziana is updated, and its analytical photographs are published for the first time. Identity of P. mantegazziana with respect to the highly variable and broadly distributed P. teta is discussed.

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How to Cite

Nuraliev, M.S., Averyanov, L.V., Romanov, M.S., Drokina, V.G. & Kroupsky, I.A. (2025) A revision of Peliosanthes mantegazziana (Asparagaceae), including its new synonym, P. graminea. Phytotaxa 720 (2): 121–130. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.720.2.2