Chromosome Numbers and Relationships of Certain African and American Genera of Haemodoraceae
Year: 1979
Type: article
Abstract: Chromosome numbers of n = 15 are reported for Barberetta aurea, Wachendorfia paniculata, and W. thyrsiflora; n -ca.19-21 for Dilatris pillansii; n -24 for Lachnanthes caroliniana; n -21 for Lophiola au: aurea; and n -36 for Lanaria plumosa, a genus of uncertain familial position sometimes assigned to Haemodoraceae.Barberetta and Wachendorfia are believed to be closely related, but the relationships of the other genera are unclear and indicate that further detailed study is merited.The family Haemodoraceae has been variously circumscribed by different authors.A recent detailed study of familial limits recognized 14 genera ( Geerinck, 1969; but see de Vos, 1956, and Hutchinson, 1973).The tribe Conostylideae contains the Australian genera Anigozanthos, Conostylis, and Tribonanthes.The tribe Haemodoreae contains the Australasian-Oceanic genera Haemodorum and Phlebocarya; the New World genera Lophiola, Lachnanthes, Schiekia, Pyrrorhiza, Hagenbackia, and Xiphidium; and the South African Barberetta, Dilatris, and Wachendorfia.The New World genera are monotypic; only Barberetta of the Old World genera is monotypic, with the others containing a few to many species.
DOI: 10.2307/2398851
Author: Robert Ornduff
Institution: Missouri Botanical Garden
Language: English
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1967221496