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Type: Article
Published: 2016-11-02
Page range: 54–64
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Friedmannia: a new genus from the Seychelles and the beginning of a generic realignment of Curculigo (Hypoxidaceae)

University of Potsdam, Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, Biodiversity Research/Systematic Botany, Maulbeerallee 2a, 14469 Potsdam, Germany ETH Zurich, Plant Ecological Genetics, Institute of Integrative Biology, Universitätstrasse 16, CH-8092 Zurich, Switzerland
Department of Plant Taxonomy, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University, Umultowska 89, 61-614 Poznań, Poland
Curculigo Asparagales neotypification taxonomy Monocots

Abstract

Recent molecular phylogenetic reconstruction of the monocot Hypoxidaceae implies that the genus Curculigo is non-monophyletic. Curculigo seychellensis occurs on the Seychelles islands and is part of an isolated though geographically well-defined clade. However, Curculigo seychellensis differs in a wide range of character-states from other species of Curculigo and from the genus Hypoxidia, representing the sister clade of C. seychellensis. Therefore, we here propose a new—though monotypic—genus, endemic to the Seychelles: Friedmannia. A detailed reasoning combined with a whole set of new data is presented. A neotype for the genus and the species is designated here.

How to Cite

KOCYAN, ALEXANDER, and JUSTYNA WILAND-SZYMAŃSKA. 2016. “<em>Friedmannia</em>: a New Genus from the Seychelles and the Beginning of a Generic Realignment of <em>Curculigo</Em> (Hypoxidaceae)”. Phytotaxa 283 (1):54–64. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.283.1.3.