Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2728)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2642)
Class: Liliopsida (399)
Order: Commelinales (22)
Family: Commelinaceae (22)(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