Arthroclianthus Explained

Arthroclianthus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. Its 13–19 species are all endemic to New Caledonia.^[1] Its closest relatives include Nephrodesmus, also endemic to New Caledonia,^[2] Ohwia and Hanslia.^[3]

Species

13 species are accepted:^[4]

• Arthroclianthus andersonii
• Arthroclianthus angustifolius
• Arthroclianthus balansae
• Arthroclianthus cuneatus
• Arthroclianthus deplanchei
• Arthroclianthus grandifolius
• Arthroclianthus leratii
• Arthroclianthus macrobotryosus
• Arthroclianthus macrophyllus
• Arthroclianthus maximus
• Arthroclianthus microbotrys
• Arthroclianthus obovatus
• Arthroclianthus sanguineus

Notes and References

1. Morat, P., T. Jaffré, F. Tronchet, J. Munzinger, Y. Pillon, J. M. Veillon, and M. Chalopin (2012). The taxonomic reference base Florical and characteristics of the native vascular flora of New Caledonia. Adansonia 34 (2): 179–221. https://dx.doi.org/10.5252/a2012n2a1
2. Egan, Ashley N., Mohammad Vatanparast, and William Cagle. (2016) Parsing Polyphyletic Pueraria: Delimiting Distinct Evolutionary Lineages through Phylogeny.” Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 104: 44–59. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.08.001.
3. Jabbour, F., Gaudeul, M., Lambourdière, J., Ramstein, G., Hassanin, A., Labat, J. N., & Sarthou, C. (2018). Phylogeny, biogeography and character evolution in the tribe Desmodieae (Fabaceae: Papilionoideae), with special emphasis on the New Caledonian endemic genera. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 118:108-121 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2017.09.017
4. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:21720-1 Arthroclianthus Baill.