Schiekia Explained

Schiekia is a genus of herbs in the family Haemodoraceae, first described as a genus in 1957.^{[1] [2]} It contains only one recognized species, Schiekia orinocensis, native to South America (Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana). This plant grasped the minds of many scientists who tried fruitlessly to discover its purpose in the natural order. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

Subspecies^[3]

• Schiekia orinocensis subsp. orinocensis - Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname
• Schiekia orinocensis subsp. silvestris Maas & Stoel - N Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana

Phylogeny

Comparison of homologous DNA has increased the insight in the phylogenetic relationships between the genera in the Haemodoroideae subfamily. The following trees represent those insights.^[7]

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/95709#page/754/mode/1up Meisner, Carl Daniel Friedrich. 1842. Plantarum vascularium genera :secundum ordines naturales digesta eorumque differentiae et affinitates tabulis diagnostacis expositae 2(12): 300
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40031333 Tropicos, Schiekia Meisn.
3. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=262835 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
4. Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
5. Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
6. Maas, P. J. M. & H. Maas van de Kamer. 1993. Haemodoraceae. Flora Neotropica, Monograph 61: 1–44.
7. Stephen D.. Hopper. Rhian J.. Smith. Michael F.. Fay. John C.. Manning. Mark W.. Chase. 2009. Molecular phylogenetics of Haemodoraceae in the Greater Cape and Southwest Australian Floristic Regions. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 51. 1. 19–30. 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.11.015. 19063982. 2009MolPE..51...19H.