Allenanthus
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Allenanthus was a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae but is no longer recognized. It has been sunk into synonymy with Machaonia.[1]
Taxonomy
Allenanthus was named by Paul Standley in 1940 in Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden.[2] It was named in honor of Paul Hamilton Allen (1911-1963).
Until 2004, two species had been recognized, but fieldwork has shown that there is a continuum of variation between them.[3]
Comparisons of morphological characters and DNA sequences have shown that Allenanthus is embedded in Machaonia. This was confirmed by a molecular phylogenetic study of the subfamily Cinchonoideae in 2010.[1] Because of these results, Allenanthus is no longer maintained as a separate genus.
Species
References
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External links
- World Checklist of Rubiaceae
- Allenanthus At: Plant Names At: IPNI
- Allenanthus In: Volume 27 Of: AMBG At: Biodiversity Heritage Library
- Allenanthus At: Index Nominum Genericorum At: References At: NMNH Department of Botany At: Research and Collections At: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
- Allenanthus At: Guettardeae At: Cinchonoideae At: Rubiaceae In: Embryophyta At: Streptophytina At: Streptophyta At: Viridiplantae At: Eukaryota At: Taxonomy At: UniProt