Scopelogena

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Scopelogena

Scopelogena L.Bolus ex A.G.J.Herre, Gen. Mesembryanthemac.: 282. 1971 sec. Hartmann 20171 wfo-4000034803
    • 1. Hartmann, H. E. K. 2017 – In: Hartmann, H. E. K., Illustrated handbook of succulent plants. Aizoaceae, ed. 2. – Berlin: Springer
    • Scopelogena L.Bolus in J. S. African Bot. 28: 9. 1962, nom. inval. syn. sec. Hartmann 20173 wfo-40000491902
      • Type: Scopelogena verruculata (L.) L.Bolus, nom. inval.
    • 2. No type indicated, 3. Hartmann, H. E. K. 2017 – In: Hartmann, H. E. K., Illustrated handbook of succulent plants. Aizoaceae, ed. 2. – Berlin: Springer

    Notes

    A small genus with two species, which was placed in a clade with two species of the polyphyletic Ruschia (Klak & al. 2013). A comprehensive revision of Ruschia should therefore also address the generic delimitation of Scopelogena.A,B

    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. https://doi.org/10.3372/wi.45.45301
    B. Klak, C., Hanáček, P. & Bruyns, P. V. 2013: A phylogenetic hypothesis for the recently diversified Ruschieae (Aizoaceae) in southern Africa. – Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 69: 1005-1020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2013.05.030