A new combination in Mcneillia (Caryophyllaceae) for the Italian flora

FABRIZIO BARTOLUCCI; FABIO CONTI; DUILIO IAMONICO; E. DEL GUACCHIO

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.170.2.8

Issue: Vol. 170 No. 2: 22 May 2014

Type: Correspondence

Published: 2014-05-22

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.170.2.8

Page range: 139–140

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**A new combination in Mcneillia (Caryophyllaceae) for the Italian flora**

FABRIZIO BARTOLUCCI⁺⁻
FABIO CONTI⁺⁻
DUILIO IAMONICO⁺⁻
E. DEL GUACCHIO⁺⁻

Centro Ricerche Floristiche dell’Appennino (Università di Camerino-Parco Nazionale del Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga)

Centro Ricerche Floristiche dell’Appennino (Università di Camerino-Parco Nazionale del Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga), 67021 Barisciano (AQ), Italy

Laboratory of Phytogeography and Applied Geobotany, Section Environment and Landscape, Department PDTA, University of Rome Sapienza, 00196 Rome, Italy

Bagnolifutura S.p.A., 80124 Naples, Italy

Mcneillia Caryophyllaceae

Abstract

On the basis of DNA sequences of nrITS and plastid matK from 160 ingroup and 105 outgroup samples, Dillenberger & Kadereit (2014) reconstructed the phylogeny and the evolution of the relevant morphological characters of the genus Minuartia Linnaeus (1753: 89), to show that this genus is highly polyphyletic. A revised circumscription of Minuartia was proposed with the recognition of Cherleria Linnaeus (1753: 425), Eremogone Fenzl (1833: 13), Facchinia Reichenbach (1841: 63), Mononeuria Reichenbach (1841: 118), Rhodalsine Gay (1845: 25), Sabulina Reichenbach (1832: 24) and Triplateia Bartling (1830: 305), and recognition of new genera Mcneillia Dillenberger & Kadereit (2014: 83), Minuartiella Dillenberger & Kadereit (2014: 84) and Pseudocherleria Dillenberger & Kadereit (2014: 84).