Blepharidium
| Blepharidium | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cinchonoideae |
| Tribe: | Rondeletieae |
| Genus: | Blepharidium Standl. |
| Species: | B. guatemalense |
| Binomial name | |
| Blepharidium guatemalense Standl. | |
Blepharidium is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family. The genus contains only one species, viz. Blepharidium guatemalense, which is native to Guatemala, Honduras and southern Mexico (Chiapas, Campeche, Tabasco).[2] Older works might mention two species (viz. B. guatemalense and B. mexicanum).[3]
Systematics
Blepharidium was named by Paul Standley in 1918.[4] The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words blepharitis or blepharidos, meaning "on an eyelid". The similar term, blepharis means "an eyelash".[5]
A cladistic analysis of morphological characters found Blepharidium to be closely related to Cosmibuena, Balmea, and Hillia,[6] but a molecular phylogenetic study placed it closer to Rondeletia.[7]
References
- ↑ Nelson, C. 1998. Blepharidium guatemalense. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 1998. Downloaded on 20 November 2015.
- ↑ "Blepharidium in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved June 2014.
- ↑ Mabberley DJ (2008). Mabberley's Plant Book (3 ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-82071-4.
- ↑ Standley, PC. (1918). "Blepharidium page 59. In: "Blepharidium, a new genus of Rubiaceae from Guatemala"". Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 8: 58–60.
- ↑ Quattrocchi U (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names 1. Boca Raton, New York, Washington DC, London: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-2675-2.
- ↑ Andersson L (1995). "Tribes and genera of the Cinchoneae complex (Rubiaceae)". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 82 (3): 409–427. doi:10.2307/2399891.
- ↑ Manns U, Bremer B (2010). "Towards a better understanding of intertribal relationships and stable tribal delimitations within Cinchonoideae s.s. (Rubiaceae)" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 56 (1): 21–39. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.04.002. PMID 20382247.
External links
- Blepharidium in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae
- Blepharidium At:Index Nominum Genericorum At: References At: NMNH Department of Botany At: Research and Collections At: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
- Blepharidium At: Plant Names At: IPNI
- Blepharidium In: volume 8 Of: Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences At: Titles At: Biodiversity Heritage Library
- CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: A-C At: Botany & Plant Science At: Life Science At: CRC Press
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