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Comospermum

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Comospermum
Cultivated in Osaka Prefectural Flower Garden ,Japan
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Nolinoideae
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 Nolinoideae (formerly the family Ruscaceae).[2]

The only species is Comospermum yedoense (Maxim. ex Franch. & Sav.) Rauschert.

References

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  1. ^ a b World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2011-05-26, search for "Comospermum"
  2. ^ 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