Oreobliton
Oreobliton in Duch. Rev. Bot. 2: 428. 1847 sec. Kühn 19931
- Type: Oreobliton thesioides
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Hohmann & al. (2006) show that this monotypic genus belongs to Betoideae-Hablitzieae. Oreobliton thesioides Durieu & Moq. is a subshrub distributed on calcareous rocks in Tunisia and Algeria. Together with its sister genus Aphanisma it represents an interesting example of a western Eurasian – western North American disjunction (Kadereit & Baldwin 2012).A,B
Bibliography
A. Hohmann, S., Kadereit, J. W. & Kadereit, G. 2006: Understanding Mediterranean-Californian disjunctions: evidence from Chenopodiaceae–Betoideae. – Taxon 55: 67 – 78. http://doi.org/10.2307/25065529
B. Kadereit, J. W. & Baldwin, B. G. 2012: Western Eurasian–western North American disjunct plant taxa: the dry-adapted ends of formerly widespread north temperate mesic lineages – and examples of long-distance dispersal. – Taxon 61: 3 – 17. http://doi.org/10.1002/tax.611001