A revision of infrageneric classification in Astelia Banks & Sol. ex R. Br. (Asteliaceae) Author Birch, Joanne L. Department of Botany, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, 96822, USA & Present address: Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Birdwood Avenue, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia joanne.birch@rbg.vic.gov.au text PhytoKeys 2015 2015-07-13 52 105 132 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.52.4768 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.52.4768 1314-2003-52-105 7231FF88FFDAFFDAFFE45C4DDD06DF0F 576273 Astelia subg. Asteliopsis Skottsb. Astelia subg. Asteliopsis Skottsb., Kongl. Svenska Vetenskapsakad. Handl. ser. 3, 14(2): 46. 1934. Note. Flowers with a short perianth tube (0.2-1.1 mm); anthers dorsifixed, versatile; ovary uni- ( Astelia sect. Desmoneuron ) or trilocular ( Astelia sect. Isoneuron ); seeds obovoid, obovoid-reniform, or turbinate-polygonal; funicle ribbed, mucilaginous funicular hairs well developed that surround but do not adhere to the seed; Type: Astelia trinervia Kirk, designated here. Remarks. Phylogenetic analyses indicate that Astelia subg. Asteliopsis , as circumscribed by Skottsberg (1934) , is polyphyletic (Birch unpublished PhD thesis 2011, Birch et al. 2012 ). Astelia subg. Asteliopsis is revised to include Astelia sect. Isoneuron and Astelia sect. Desmoneuron , which form a clade. But, as Astelia sect. Periastelia , is placed in a different clade, it is excluded from Astelia subg. Asteliopsis .