Gundlachia (plant) explained

Gundlachia, commonly called goldenshrub, is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

Taxonomy

The genus Xylothamia was first described in 1990 with nine species. Molecular phylogenetic studies subsequently showed that these fell into two clades. Four species, including the type species of Xylothamia, were most closely related to the then Caribbean genus Gundlachia, and were transferred to that genus by Lowell E. Urbatsch and Roland P. Roberts in 2004. One of these species, Gundlachia riskindii, was later transferred to the genus Aquilula.^[8], Plants of the World Online accepted these transfers, treating Xylothamia as a synonym of Gundlachia.

Species

, Plants of the World Online accepted five species:^{[9] [10]}

• Gundlachia corymbosa (Urb.) Britton ex Bold. (including Gundlachia apiculata, Gundlachia foliosa and Gundlachia cubana) – Caribbean to Venezuela
• Gundlachia diffusa (Benth.) Urbatsch & R.P.Roberts – northwest Mexico
• Gundlachia domingensis (Spreng.) A.Gray (syns Gundlachia floribunda, Gundlachia lindeniana) – Cuba, Hispaniola
• Gundlachia triantha (S.F.Blake) Urbatsch & R.P.Roberts – southwest Texas to northeast Mexico
• Gundlachia truncata (G.L.Nesom) Urbatsch & R.P.Roberts – Mexico (Coahuila)

Notes and References

1. Gray, Asa. 1880. Notes on Some Compositae. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 16:100.
2. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=1063038-2 The International Plant Names Index
3. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40018314 Tropicos, Gundlachia A. Gray
4. Web site: Details for: Astereae . 2009-07-18 . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem . Botanical Garden in Berlin . Euro+Med PlantBase . .
5. Web site: Genus Kippistia . 2009-07-18 . National Herbarium of New South Wales . New South Wales FloraOnline . Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney.
6. Web site: Polyarrhena Cass. . 2009-07-18 . African Plants Database . South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and Tela Botanica .
7. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=114194 Flora of North America, Vol. 20 Page 84 Goldenshrub, Gundlachia A. Gray, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts. 16: 100. 1880.
8. Gundlachia riskindii (B.L.Turner & G.Langford) Urbatsch & R.P.Roberts. 60436343-2. 2024-05-21. cs1.
9. Gundlachia A.Gray. 9131-1. 2024-05-21. cs1.
10. Web site: Search for 'Gundlachia' . Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . 2024-05-21.