You win some you lose some: updated generic delineations and classification of Gesneriaceae – implications for the family in China
- Author(s)
- Michael Möller, Yi-Gang Wei, Fang Wen, John L. Clark, Anton Weber
- Abstract
Over the last two decades molecular phylogenetic research on Gesneriaceae has greatly advanced our under-standing of species relationships and generic delimitations. It has allowed the proposal of a new classification of the family that is thought to reflect the natural relationships of the taxa better than traditional morphological classifications. Dramatic taxonomic changes were implemented affecting the classification of Gesneriaceae in China. Many traditional genera have been split, merged or newly defined. Additionally, new genera have been established based on recently collected materi-al, illustrating on the one hand gaps in fieldwork in China, and on the other hand the biological richness of the Gesneri-aceae in China. Here, we summarize and present an overview of our work and the taxonomic consequences.
- Organisation(s)
- Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research
- External organisation(s)
- Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, The Botanical Institute of Guangxi, University of Alabama
- Journal
- Guihaia
- Volume
- 36
- Pages
- 44-60
- ISSN
- 1000-3142
- Publication date
- 2016
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 106008 Botany, 106042 Systematic botany
- Portal url
- https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/en/publications/you-win-some-you-lose-some-updated-generic-delineations-and-classification-of-gesneriaceae--implications-for-the-family-in-china(5a95e7c6-732e-46aa-84a3-e80532f7e76e).html