THE OLD WORLD SPECIES OF LUDWIGIA (INCLUDING HISSIAEA), WITH A SYNOPSIS OF THE GENUS (ONAGRACEAE)

Evidence is presented in support of the reduction of Jussiaea and Oocarpon to rigid. This combined genus then  consists  of  75  species,  distributed  among  17 .lions, of  which   Africana,   Caryopkylloidea,  Brenania,  Seminuda,   Cryptosperma, tyonia, and Miquelia are proposed in this paper, an...

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Main Author: Peter H. Raven
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Indonesian Institute of Sciences 2014-01-01
Series:Reinwardtia
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Online Access:http://e-journal.biologi.lipi.go.id/index.php/reinwardtia/article/view/224
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Summary:Evidence is presented in support of the reduction of Jussiaea and Oocarpon to rigid. This combined genus then  consists  of  75  species,  distributed  among  17 .lions, of  which   Africana,   Caryopkylloidea,  Brenania,  Seminuda,   Cryptosperma, tyonia, and Miquelia are proposed in this paper, and Prieuria, N em atopy xis, Fis-docarpa, and Oocarpon are used for the first time as sections of J-udwigia.  The ribution of species  with  pollen falling  in  tetrads has  been  compared  with  those rtich the grains fall singly. Of the 16 sections for which this character is known, have the pollen falling- in tetrads, five have it falling singly, and two (Micro-wm and Dantia) have both types of pollen in different species. A revision of the 23 ties of Lurhvigia  in   the   Old   World   is  presented,  with   complete   synonymy;   13 hese species arc restricted to the Old World. New combinations are L. inclino.t", . L. stenorraphe subsp. speciosa, subsp. macroaepala, anil subsp. rcducta; L. pv,l-ris subsp. lobayensis is described as new; L. prostrota is delimited as a tropical icies very distinct from the temperate Asian L. epilobioides and its subsp.  fjreal-(comb.   nov.,   based   on   Jussiaea  greatrexii);   the   group   formerly   referred   to ea repens sens. lat. in the  Old  World  is  divided  into three  species, Ludwigia ieiis, L.  stolonifera  (comb,   nov.),  and  L.  pcploida   (comb,   nov.)   with  subsp. Edewsts   (comb,   nov.)   in   Australia   and   New   Zealand   (probably   introduced), peploides  introduced  on  a  few  Pacific  Islands,  and   subsp.  stipidacca  (comb. ',) in north Asia;  and named varieties of L. pedustris are regarded as ecological 'ints and  reduced  to synonymy.  The  several  taxa of  Madagascar  described  and flrded as endemic by H.  Perrier de la Bathie are reduced  to  synonymy, leaving dagascar  with   no  endemic  taxa   in  this   genus.   Of  the   13   species   restricted   to Old World, 8  are endemic to Africa, 4 to  Asia and  Malesia, and  1  is  common oth regions. The genus seems to have originated in America and perhaps reached [Old World  via Africa,  spreading only  recently  to  Australia,  Malesia,  and   the lirific  islands.<br /><br />
ISSN:0034-365X
2337-8824