@article{KocyanWilandSzymanska2016, author = {Kocyan, Alexander and Wiland-Szymanska, Justyna}, title = {Friedmannia: a new genus from the Seychelles and the beginning of a generic realignment of Curculigo (Hypoxidaceae)}, series = {Phytotaxa : a rapid international journal for accelerating the publication of botanical taxonomy}, volume = {283}, journal = {Phytotaxa : a rapid international journal for accelerating the publication of botanical taxonomy}, publisher = {Magnolia Press}, address = {Auckland}, issn = {1179-3155}, doi = {10.11646/phytotaxa.283.1.3}, pages = {54 -- 64}, year = {2016}, abstract = {Recent molecular phylogenetic reconstruction of the monocot Hypoxidaceae implies that the genus Curculigo is non-monophyletic. Curculigo seychellensis occurs on the Seychelles islands and is part of an isolated though geographically well-defined clade. However, Curculigo seychellensis differs in a wide range of character-states from other species of Curculigo and from the genus Hypoxidia, representing the sister clade of C. seychellensis. Therefore, we here propose a new-though monotypic-genus, endemic to the Seychelles: Friedmannia. A detailed reasoning combined with a whole set of new data is presented. A neotype for the genus and the species is designated here.}, language = {en} }