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Stenandrium Clade

Lucinda A. McDade and Carrie Kiel
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Note: this taxon list is still under construction. It does not yet contain all known Stenandrium Clade subgroups.

Only species sampled by McDade et al. (2005) are included in the list above.  There are additional New World species of Stenandrium and of Holographis that likely belong here as well.  Note that phylogenetic work to date indicates that Old World plants that were treated as Stenandrium by Vollesen (1992) are part of a separate clade, here called the Stenandriopsis Clade.  Also, McDade et al. (2005) included two other species of Neriacanthus; these were placed as part of the "Other New World Acantheae" Clade.

Containing group: Acantheae

Introduction

The Stenandrium clade includes the New World genera Stenandrium and Holographis plus three surprises: the two Jamaican Acantheae, Salpixantha (with a single species) and Neriacanthus purdieanus (one of five species, the others occur in mainly South America and Panama) are part of the Stenandrium clade as is at least one species of Aphelandra, A. verticillata (so far as we know, the other species of Aphelandra are part of the "Other New World Acantheae" clade). Interestingly, so far as is known, plants belonging to this clade share a base chromosome number of 13 which appears to be a synapomorphy and distinguishes these plants from other New World Acantheae which (again, so far as is known) have x = 14. Chromosome numbers are not known for Salpixantha, N. purdieanus or A. verticillata but we predict x = 13 for these taxa. This clade is remarkable for its diversity of corolla morphologies, presumably associated with adaptation for different pollinators although empirical studies are few.

References

McDade, L. A., T. F. Daniel, C. A. Kiel, and K. Vollesen. 2005. Phylogenetic relatinships among Acantheae (Acanthaceae): Major lineages present contrasting patterns of molecular evolution and morphological differentiation. Systematic Botany 30: 834-862.

Vollesen, K. 1992. The Old World species of Stenandrium (Acanthaceae: Acantheae). Kew Bulletin 47: 169-202.

Title Illustrations
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Scientific Name Salpixantha coccinea Hook.
Reference British Museum (BM)
Specimen Condition Dead Specimen
Collection BM
Collector George R. Procter 11046
Copyright ©
Scientific Name Holographis argyrea (Leonard) T.F. Daniel
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Copyright ©
Scientific Name Holographis ehrenbergiana Nees
Location Mexico
Reference Kew Botanical Gardens (KEW)
Specimen Condition Dead Specimen
Collection K
Collector C. A. Purpose
Copyright © 2006
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Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, California, USA

Carrie Kiel
Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden

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McDade, Lucinda A. and Carrie Kiel. 2006. Stenandrium Clade. Version 13 September 2006 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Stenandrium_Clade/52322/2006.09.13 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

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