Skiatophytum

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Skiatophytum

Skiatophytum L.Bolus in S. African Gard. 17: 435. 1927 sec. Klak & al. 20151

• ≡Gymnopoma N.E.Br. in Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 83: 194. 1928 syn. sec. Hartmann 20172
• Type: Skiatophytum tripolium (L.) L.Bolus

• 1. Klak, C., Hanáček, P. & Bruyns, P. V. 2015: A phylogeny and revised classification for the Apatesieae (Aizoaceae: Ruschioideae) with a comparison of centres of diversity. – Taxon 64: 507-522. http://doi.org/10.12705/643.7, 2. Hartmann, H. E. K. 2017 – In: Hartmann, H. E. K., Illustrated handbook of succulent plants. Aizoaceae, ed. 2. – Berlin: Springer

• =Caryotophora Leistner, Notes Mesembryanthemum 3: 289. 1958 syn. sec. Klak & al. 20153
• Type: Caryotophora skiatophytoides Leistner

• 3. Klak, C., Hanáček, P. & Bruyns, P. V. 2015: A phylogeny and revised classification for the Apatesieae (Aizoaceae: Ruschioideae) with a comparison of centres of diversity. – Taxon 64: 507-522. http://doi.org/10.12705/643.7

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Skiatophytum forms part of the tribe Apatesieae, which consists of only 11 species. The tribe is considered to be monophyletic (Ihlenfeldt & Gerbaulet 1990; Klak & al. 2015). Skiatophytum includes only three species, which are endemic to the south-western Cape of South Africa (Klak & al. 2015). Based on a phylogenetic study, Klak & al. (2015) proposed that the monotypic Caryotophora Leistner should be considered part of Skiatophytum. In addition, it was shown that the lectotype and protologue of Mesembryanthemum flaccidum did not correspond to the species currently associated with this name, which was described as S. flaccidifolium Klak (Klak & al. 2015). The type of the monotypic Saphesia N.E.Br., which is Mesembryanthemum flaccidum Jacq., was found to be an insufficiently known species.A,B,C

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

B. Ihlenfeldt, H.-D. & Gerbaulet, M. 1990: Untersuchungen zum Merkmalsbestand und zur Taxonomie der Gattungen Apatesia N.E.Br., Carpanthea N.E.Br., Conicosia N.E.Br., Herrea Schwantes und Hymenogyne Haw. (Mesembryanthemaceae Fenzl). – Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 111: 457 – 498

C. Klak, C., Hanáček, P. & Bruyns, P. V. 2015: A phylogeny and revised classification for the Apatesieae (Aizoaceae: Ruschioideae) with a comparison of centres of diversity. – Taxon 64: 507-522. http://doi.org/10.12705/643.7