Taxonavigation

Familia: Aristolochiaceae
Subfamilia: Asaroideae
Genus: Hexastylis
Species: H. arifolia – H. contracta – H. harperi – H. heterophylla – H. lewisii – H. minor – H. naniflora – H. rhombiformis – H. shuttleworthii – H. sorriei – H. speciosa – H. virginica

Name

Hexastylis Raf., 1883

• Type species: A. arifolium Michx.
  

Note: Hexastylis is still often recognised at the generic level, but would be best circumscribed in Asarum subg. Heterotropa sect. Hexastylis (Sinn et al., 2015 & 2018). However, Hexastylis sorriei Gaddy, Phytoneuron 2011–47: 2. (2011) has no valid equivalent combination in Asarum according to IPNI and so this genus taxon page has to be retained in spite of the combination Asarum sorriei being published in Sinn (2015). See Goaerts et al. (2022) cf. Hassler (2022)

References

• Rafinesque, C.S., 1825. Neogenyton 3.
• Sinn, B.T. 2015. Asarum chueyi (Aristolochiaceae), a new species from the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Tennessee and Virginia, USA. Phytotaxa 224(1): 85-95. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.224.1.6 Reference page. 
• Sinn, B.T., Kelly, L.M. & Freudenstein, J.V. 2015. Phylogenetic relationships in Asarum: effect of data partitioning and a revised classification. American Journal of Botany 102(5): 765-779. DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1400316 PDF Reference page. 
• Sinn, B.T., Daragan, C., Freudenstein, J.V. & Barrett, C.F. 2018. Phylogenomics in Asarum section Hexastylis: serial innovations in floral form spawned from two geographically-widespread species. Proceedings of the West Virginia Academy of Science 90(1). PDF Reference page. 

Vernacular names

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