Thomandersia
| Thomandersiaceae | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Thomandersiaceae Sreem. |
| Genus: | Thomandersia Baill. |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Scytanthus T. Anderson ex Benth. & Hook.f., illegitimate homonym, 1876 not Hook. 1844 (Apocynaceae) nor Liebm. 1847 (Rafflesiaceae)[2] | |
Thomandersia is the sole genus in the Thomandersiaceae, an African family of flowering plants. Thomandersia is a genus of shrubs and small trees, with six species native to Central and West Africa.[3]
Thomandersia traditionally has been classified within the family Acanthaceae based on morphology by several authors, including APG I 1998, APG II 2003, and in Schlegeliaceae at APG Website Missouri Botanical Garden, in a list of genera of this family, but Stevens argues further that should be considered out of this taxon by weak support and regarded Thomandersiaceae.[4]
The genus was elevated to family status, previously by Sreemadhavan 1976 [5] and 1977 [6] on the basis of leaf anatomy and anther morphology, and more recently by Wortley et al. 2005 [7] and 2007,[8] based on phylogenetic analyses of genetic material.
The genus was described with this name in 1892 by French botanist Henri Ernest Baillon.[9][1]
- List of species[3]
- Thomandersia anachoreta Heine - Liberia, Ivory Coast
- Thomandersia butayei De Wild. - Congo, Gabon, Zaire
- Thomandersia congolana De Wild. & T. Durand - Congo, Zaire, Cameroon, Eq Guinea
- Thomandersia hensii De Wild. & T. Durand - from Nigeria to Angola
- Thomandersia laurentii De Wild. - Congo, Zaire
- Thomandersia laurifolia (T. Anderson ex Benth.) Baill. - Nigeria, Congo, Zaire, Cameroon, Eq Guinea
References
- 1 2 Tropicos, Thomandersia Baill.
- ↑ Tropicos, search for Scytanthus
- 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ "Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website Version 7, May 2006". Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2007-08-09.
- ↑ Sreemadhavan, C. P. (1976). Leaf architecture and systematics of Acanthaceae and related families. Ph.D. thesis. Tampa, FL:University of South Florida.
- ↑ Sreemadhavan, C. P. (1977). Diagnosis of some new taxa and some new combinations in Bignoniales. Phytologia 37: 413–416.
- ↑ Wortley, A.H., Rudall, P. J., & Scotland, R.W. (2005). How much data are needed to resolve a difficult phylogeny? Case study in Lamiales. Systematic Biology 54: 697–709.
- ↑ Wortley, A.H., Harris, D.J. & Scotland, R.W.; Harris, D. J.; Scotland, R. W. (2007). "On the Taxonomy and Phylogenetic Position of Thomandersia.". Systematic Botany. 32 (2): 415–444. doi:10.1600/036364407781179716.
- ↑ Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1892. Histoire des Plantes 10: 456 in Latin