Phylogenetics and taxonomy of the Tribe Merianieae
- Author(s)
- Fabián A. Michelangeli, Agnes Dellinger, Renato Goldenberg, Frank Almeda, Humberto Mendoza-Cifuentes, Diana Margoth Fernández-Fernández, Carmen Ulloa Ulloa, Darin S. Penneys
- Abstract
The tribe Merianieae is a strictly Neotropical group with ca. 300 species in eight genera: Adelobotrys, Axinaea, Centronia, Graffenrieda, Macrocentrum, Maguireanthus, Meriania, and Salpinga. The tribe is characterized by diplostemonous flowers, anthers with simple to complex dorsal connective appendages, lacking ventral appendages, short or absent pedoconnectives, superior or partly superior ovaries, and capsular fruits. The majority of species have terminal inflorescences, pyramidal and cuneate seeds, and subulate anther thecae, but there is a remarkable amount of variation in habit, calyx, and androecial morphology. Phylogenetic analyses have shown that Salpinga is the only monophyletic genus as currently defined, but most clades are well supported by morphology and geography. Taxonomic realignments should wait until the tribe is better sampled with a higher number of species and loci.
- Organisation(s)
- Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research
- External organisation(s)
- California Academy of Sciences
- Pages
- 255-273
- No. of pages
- 19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99742-7_11
- Publication date
- 01-2022
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 106033 Phylogeny
- ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all), Environmental Science(all)
- Portal url
- https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/en/publications/phylogenetics-and-taxonomy-of-the-tribe-merianieae(0367c094-386a-4a74-880d-407e26f58169).html