Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (1919)
Phylum: Magnoliophyta (1830)
Class: Liliopsida (286)
Order: Commelinales (14)
Family: Commelinaceae (14) (family description)
Genus: Palisota (1)
Epithet: barteri Hook.f. (1)
barteri => in honor of Charles Barter (died 1859), a British gardener and botanist who trained at Kew Gardens in London from 1849 to 1851


