Exochaenium

Exochaenium grande
Exochaenium grande
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Gentianaceae
Tribe: Exaceae
Genus: Exochaenium
Griseb.
Type species
Exochaenium grande
(E.Mey.) Griseb.
Species

See species list below.

The genus Exochaenium (22 species) is endemic to sub-Saharan Africa, with species occurring in most tropical and sub-tropical regions of the continent, particularly on the Katanga plateau (Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia), with many extending to the Sudano-Zambesian and Guineo-Congolian regions.[1][2] The genus is monophyletic[3] and is used to study the variation and evolution of herkogamy.[4]

Species

References

  1. Kissling, Jonathan. "Taxonomy of Exochaenium and Lagenias: Two Resurrected Genera of Tribe Exaceae (Gentianaceae)". Systematic Botany. 37 (1): 238–253. doi:10.1600/036364412X616800.
  2. Kissling, Jonathan. "Exochaenium clavatum subsp. stella-palustre (Gentianaceae—Exaceae), a new subspecies from Zambia". Phytotaxa. 203 (3): 297–300.
  3. Kissling, Jonathan; Yuan, Yong-Ming; Küpfer, Philippe; Mansion, Guilhem. "The polyphyletic genus Sebaea (Gentianaceae): A step forward in understanding the morphological and karyological evolution of the Exaceae". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 53: 734–748. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2009.07.025.
  4. Kissling, Jonathan. "Variation and evolution of herkogamy in Exochaenium (Gentianaceae): implications for the evolution of distyly". Annals of Botany. 112: 95–102. doi:10.1093/aob/mct097.
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