Thomandersia
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 native to Central and West Africa.[3]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Thomandersiaceae Sreem. |
| Genus: | Thomandersia Baill. |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Scytanthus T. Anderson ex Benth. & Hook.f., illeg. homonym, 1876
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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.[4]
The genus was elevated to family status, previously by Sreemadhavan 1976 [5] and 1977 [6] on the basis of leaf anatomy and anther morphology, and more recently by Wortley et al. 2005 [7] and 2007,[8] based on phylogenetic analyses of genetic material.
The genus was described with this name in 1892 by French botanist Henri Ernest Baillon.[9][1]
Species
The genus includes the following species:[3]
- Thomandersia anachoreta Heine - Liberia, Ivory Coast
- Thomandersia butayei De Wild. - Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Thomandersia congolana De Wild. & T. Durand - Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea
- Thomandersia hensii De Wild. & T. Durand - from Nigeria to Angola
- Thomandersia laurentii De Wild. - Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Thomandersia laurifolia (T. Anderson ex Benth.) Baill. - Nigeria, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea
References
- Tropicos, Thomandersia Baill.
- Tropicos, search for Scytanthus
- Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- "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. S2CID 85726050.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Baillon, Henri Ernest. 1892. Histoire des Plantes 10: 456 in Latin
