Polianthes
Encyclopedia
Polianthes is a genus of plants in family
Asparagaceae
, subfamily Agavoideae. It includes tuberose (Polianthes tuberosa), a plant that is commonly used in perfume making. Both Polianthes and the related genus Manfreda
are included in Agave
by some sources.
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Asparagaceae
Asparagaceae
Asparagaceae is the botanical name of a family of flowering plants, placed in the order Asparagales of the monocots.In earlier classification systems, the species involved were often treated as belonging to the family Liliaceae...
, subfamily Agavoideae. It includes tuberose (Polianthes tuberosa), a plant that is commonly used in perfume making. Both Polianthes and the related genus Manfreda
Manfreda
Manfreda is a genus of about 20 species of flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae. Along with Polianthes, members are commonly called tuberoses. Some authorities place Manfreda in genus Polianthes, while others group place both genera in Agave...
are included in Agave
Agave
Agave is a genus of monocots. The plants are perennial, but each rosette flowers once and then dies ; they are commonly known as the century plant....
by some sources.
Selected species
- Polianthes geminiflora (La Llave & Lex.) Rose
- Polianthes howardii Verh.-Will.
- Polianthes longiflora Rose
- Polianthes tuberosa L. – Tuberose
Formerly placed here
- Manfreda longiflora (Rose) Verh.-Will. (as P. runyonii Shinners)
- Manfreda maculosa (Hook.) Rose (as P. maculosa (Hook.) Shinners)
- Manfreda variegata (Jacobi) Rose (as P. variegata (Jacobi) Shinners)
- Manfreda virginicaManfreda virginicaManfreda virginica, commonly known as the False Aloe or Rattlesnake Master, is a species of flowering plant related to agaves. It is native to an area stretching from North Carolina west to Texas in the United States and south to Nuevo León and Tamaulipas in Mexico.-Description:False Aloe is...
(L.) Shinners (as P. lata (Shinners) Shinners and P. virginica (L.) Shinners)