Arachnothryx Explained

Arachnothryx is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It contains about 107 species. It is found from Mexico to Peru and in Trinidad.[1]

Taxonomy

Arachnothryx was named by Jules Émile Planchon in 1849.[2] [3] This generic name is derived from Ancient Greek: arachne or arachnos, "a spider", and thrix or trichos, "hair".[4]

As currently circumscribed, Arachnothryx is paraphyletic over Cuatrecasasiodendron, Gonzalagunia, and Javorkaea. Some authors have included these genera in a broadly defined Rondeletia, but molecular phylogenetic studies have shown that they are more closely related to Guettarda than to Rondeletia.[5]

Species

External links

At: Index Nominum Genericorum At: References At: NMNH Department of Botany At: Research and Collections At: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History At Plant Names At: IPNI In: Volume 5 (1849) Of: Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. At: Titles At: Botanicus At: List of Genera At: Rubiaceae At: List of families At: Families and Genera in GRIN At: Queries At: GRIN taxonomy for plants At: Choose a Plant At: Meet the Plants At: National Tropical Botanical Garden

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Arachnothryx in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae. 15 January 2013.
  2. Arachnothryx In: International Plant Names Index. (see External links below).
  3. Jules Émile Planchon. 1849. Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe 5:442 and illustration. (see External links below).
  4. Book: Quattrocchi U. 2000. CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names. 1. CRC Press. Boca Raton, New York, Washington DC, London. 978-0-8493-2675-2.
  5. Manns U, Bremer B . 2010 . Towards a better understanding of intertribal relationships and stable tribal delimitations within Cinchonoideae s.s. (Rubiaceae) . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . 56 . 21–39 . 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.04.002 . 20382247 . 1 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110927023612/http://www.bergianska.se/pub/publikationer/Manns/Manns_Bremer_2010.pdf . 2011-09-27 .

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