Boldoa

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Boldoa

Boldoa Cav. ex Lag., Gen. Sp. Pl.: 9. 1816 sec. Bittrich & Kühn 19931
    • Type: not designated
  • 1. Bittrich, V. & Kühn, U. 1993: Nyctaginaceae, 473 – 485. – In: Kubitzki, K., Rohwer, J.G. & Bittrich, V. (ed.), The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2. – Berlin, Heidelberg & New York: Springer

Notes

The genus is monotypic with B. purpurascens Cav. ex Lag. distributed from Mexico and the Antilles to northern South America. Along with Salpianthus and Cryptocarpus, Boldoa is placed within the tribe Boldoae (Douglas & Spellenberg 2010) and in several treatments (Standley 1911, 1918, 1931; Fay 1980; Pérez & al. 2000; Spellenberg 2001; Hernández-Ledesma & Flores 2003; González 2007) the genus has been included in the wide concept of the genus Salpianthus. Here we follow Bittrich & Kühn (1993) and Harling (2010) who consider them as separated genera, because of differences of the perianth: Boldoa has a campanulate perianth (2.0-3.5 mm long) with glandular and uncinated hairs, Salpianthus has a tubular perianth (6.0-7.0 mm long) with straight hairs, while Cryptocarpus has a pyriform perianth (1. 5-2. 0 mm). A revision and phylogenetic analysis including all the species of the tribe is necessary to evaluate the circumscription of the genera.A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L

Bibliography

A. Bittrich, V. & Kühn, U. 1993: Nyctaginaceae, 473 – 485. – In: Kubitzki, K., Rohwer, J.G. & Bittrich, V. (ed.), The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2. – Berlin, Heidelberg & New York: Springer
B. Douglas, N. A. & Spellenberg, R. 2010: A new tribal classification of Nyctaginaceae. – Taxon 59: 905 – 910
C. Fay, J. J. 1980: Nyctaginaceae, 1 – 54. – In: Flora de Veracruz 13, Gómez-Pompa, A., 13. – Xalapa: Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones sobre Recursos Bióticos
D. González, R. J. 2007: Nyctaginaceae, pp. 785 – 796. – In: Hammel, B. E., Grayum, M. H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N., Manual de plantas de Costa Rica 6. – St. Louis: Missouri Botanical Garden Press
E. Harling, G. W. 2010: Nyctaginaceae, 1 – 79. – In: Flora of Ecuador 36. – Göteborg: Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences
F. Hernández-Ledesma, P. & Flores-Olvera, H. 2003: Nyctaginaceae de Hidalgo, México. – Anales del Instituto de Biológia de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Série botánica 74: 231 – 287
G. 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-Bazan, 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
H. Pérez Alvarado, L.A., Fernández Nava, R. & de la Luz Arreguín Sánchez, M. 2000: La familia Nyctaginaceae en la cuenca del Río Balsas, México. – Polibotánica 11: 49-109
I. Spellenberg, R. 2001: Nyctaginaceae, pp. 1-98. – In: Flora del Bajio y de regiones adyacentes 93. – Pátzcuaro: Instituto de Ecología A. C. Centro Regional del Bajío
J. Standley, P. C. 1911: The Allionaceae of Mexico and Central America. – Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 12: 377–430
K. Standley, P. C. 1918: Allioniaceae, pp. 171–254. – In: North American Flora 21. – New York: New York Botanical Garden
L. Standley, P. C. 1931: The Nyctaginaceae and Chenopodiaceae of northwestern South America. – Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History. Botanical series 11: 171–254