Xiphotheca

Xiphotheca
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Podalyrieae[1][2]
Genus: Xiphotheca
Eckl. & Zeyh.
Species

See text.

Xiphotheca is endemic to the fynbos of South Africa.[3]
  •       Range of section Congestae
  •       Range of section Xiphotheca
Synonyms[4]
  • Priestleya sect. Aneisothea DC.

Xiphotheca is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae. The name of the genus is a compound of Ancient Greek ξίφος (ksíphos), which means "sword", and θήκη (thēkē) which can mean "box" or "sheath"—a reference to the shape of the legume pods.[3] Members of this genus can be distinguished by:

"(1) the presence of bracteoles in most species; (2) the fusion of the bracts with the base of the pedicel; (3) the laterally compressed pods; and (4) the accumulation of anabasine as a major alkaloid."[3]

Species

Xiphotheca comprises the following species:[4][3][5]

Section Congestae

Section Xiphotheca

References

  1. Boatwright JS, Savolainen V, Van Wyk B-E, Schutte-Vlok AL, Forest F., Van der Bank M. (2008). "Systematic position of the anomalous genus Cadia and the phylogeny of the tribe Podalyrieae (Fabaceae)". Syst Bot 33 (1): 133–147. doi:10.1600/036364408783887500.
  2. Cardoso D, Pennington RT, de Queiroz LP, Boatwright JS, Van Wyk B-E, Wojciechowski MF, Lavin M. (2013). "Reconstructing the deep-branching relationships of the papilionoid legumes". S Afr J Bot 89: 58–75. doi:10.1016/j.sajb.2013.05.001.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Schutte AL (1997). "A revision of the genus Xiphotheca (Fabaceae)". Ann Missouri Bot Gard 84 (1): 90–102. doi:10.2307/2399955.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Schutte AL, Van Wyk B-E. (1993). "The Reinstatement of the Genus Xiphotheca (Fabaceae)". Taxon 41 (1): 43–49. doi:10.2307/1223301. JSTOR 1223301.
  5. USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. "GRIN species records of Xiphotheca". Germplasm Resources Information Network—(GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Retrieved 28 February 2014.