Cerdia

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Cerdia

Cerdia Moc. & Sessé ex DC., Prodr. 3: 377. 1828 sec. Hernández-Ledesma & al. 2015 [Type designated by Sosa & al. in Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 152: 5. 2006]. 1

• Type: Cerdia virescens Moc. & Sessé ex DC.

• 1. Hernández-Ledesma, P., Berendsohn, W. G., Borsch, T., von Mering, S., Akhani, H., Arias, S., Castañeda-Noa, I., Eggli, U., Eriksson, R., Flores-Olvera, H., Fuentes-Bazán, S., Kadereit, G., Klak, C., Korotkova, N., Nyffeler, R., Ocampo, G. & Ochoterena, H. 2015: A taxonomic backbone for the global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. – Willdenowia 45(3): 281-383. http://doi.org/10.3372/wi.45.45301

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Monotypic; endemic to Mexico. Placement within the Polycarpeae is probable (near Cardionema and Scopulophila?), but Sosa & al. (2006) suggest that further study is needed. In a broader survey using a different voucher, Greenberg & Donoghue (2011) found Cerdia clustering near Drymaria.A

Bibliography

A. Hernández-Ledesma, P., Berendsohn, W. G., Borsch, T., von Mering, S., Akhani, H., Arias, S., Castañeda-Noa, I., Eggli, U., Eriksson, R., Flores-Olvera, H., Fuentes-Bazán, S., Kadereit, G., Klak, C., Korotkova, N., Nyffeler, R., Ocampo, G. & Ochoterena, H. 2015: A taxonomic backbone for the global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. – Willdenowia 45(3): 281-383. http://doi.org/10.3372/wi.45.45301