Friedmannia: a new genus from the Seychelles and the beginning of a generic realignment of Curculigo (Hypoxidaceae)
- 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.
Author details: | Alexander KocyanORCiDGND, Justyna Wiland-Szymanska |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.283.1.3 |
ISSN: | 1179-3155 |
ISSN: | 1179-3163 |
Title of parent work (English): | Phytotaxa : a rapid international journal for accelerating the publication of botanical taxonomy |
Publisher: | Magnolia Press |
Place of publishing: | Auckland |
Publication type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Year of first publication: | 2016 |
Publication year: | 2016 |
Release date: | 2020/03/22 |
Tag: | Asparagales; Curculigo; neotypification; taxonomy |
Volume: | 283 |
Number of pages: | 11 |
First page: | 54 |
Last Page: | 64 |
Funding institution: | European Union [GB-TAF-2815] |
Organizational units: | Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Biochemie und Biologie |
Peer review: | Referiert |