Thomandersia
| Thomandersiaceae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Thomandersiaceae Sreem. |
| Genus: | Thomandersia Baill. |
| Species | |
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Thomandersia is the sole genus in the Thomandersiaceae, an African family of flowering plants. Thomandersia is a genus of shrubs and small trees, with six species endemic to Central and West Africa. Synonym: Scytanthus T. Anderson ex Benth. & Hook.f. [non Hook., nec Liebm].
Thomandersia traditionally has been classified within the family Acanthaceae based on morphology by several authors, including APG I 1998, APG II 2003, and in Schlegeliaceae at APG Website Missouri Botanical Garden, in a list of genera of this family, but Stevens argues further that should be considered out of this taxon by weak support and regarded Thomandersiaceae.[1]
The genus was elevated to family status, previously by Sreemadhavan 1976 [2] and 1977 [3] on the basis of leaf anatomy and anther morphology, and more recently by Wortley et al. 2005 [4] and 2007,[5] based on phylogenetic analyses of genetic material.
- List of species
- Thomandersia anachoreta Heine
- Thomandersia butayei De Wild.
- Thomandersia congolana De Wild. & T. Durand
- Thomandersia hensii De Wild. & T. Durand
- Thomandersia laurentii De Wild.
- Thomandersia laurifolia (T. Anderson ex Benth.) Baill.
References
- ↑ "Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website Version 7, May 2006". Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2007-08-09.
- ↑ Sreemadhavan, C. P. (1976). Leaf architecture and systematics of Acanthaceae and related families. Ph.D. thesis. Tampa, FL:University of South Florida.
- ↑ Sreemadhavan, C. P. (1977). Diagnosis of some new taxa and some new combinations in Bignoniales. Phytologia 37: 413–416.
- ↑ Wortley, A.H., Rudall, P. J., & Scotland, R.W. (2005). How much data are needed to resolve a difficult phylogeny? Case study in Lamiales. Systematic Biology 54: 697–709.
- ↑ Wortley, A.H., Harris, D.J. & Scotland, R.W.; Harris, D. J.; Scotland, R. W. (2007). "On the Taxonomy and Phylogenetic Position of Thomandersia.". Systematic Botany 32 (2): 415–444. doi:10.1600/036364407781179716.