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Issue: Vol. 633 No. 1: 3 Jan. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-01-03
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.633.1.2
Page range: 9-16
Abstract views: 129
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Neotypification of Cistanche tubulosa (Schenk) Wight ex Hook.f.: a name applied to a widely distributed, polyphyletic group of plants

School of Biological Sciences, Health and Life Sciences Building, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 6EX. UK.
Department of Biology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, OX1 3RB. UK. Oxford University Botanic Garden, Oxford, OX1 4AZ. UK.
School of Biological Sciences, Health and Life Sciences Building, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 6EX. UK.
Neotype Nomenclature Orobanchaceae Taxonomy Parasitic Plant Eudicots

Abstract

The name Cistanche tubulosa s.l. is used from Africa and the Middle East to South and Central Asia and China, however this name is applied to plants that have been shown to comprise a polyphyletic group. Maintaining the use of this species name across distinct lineages is untenable, but inclusion of a type specimen in further analyses is needed to correctly apply names to revised taxa and to evaluate the recent decision to place the name in synonymy under the name C. tinctoria (Forssk.) Beck. Therefore, we proposed a neotype for Cistanche tubulosa (Schenk) Wight ex Hook.f. We contextualise the relevant taxonomy with a broader discussion on taxonomic challenges in the genus Cistanche in which several species are traded for herbal medicine, rare, or are of conservation concern.

 

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