Plumbaginaceae

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Plumbaginaceae

Plumbaginaceae Juss., Gen. Pl.: 92. 1789, nom. cons. sec. APG IV [Angiosperm Phylogeny Group] 20161 wfo-7000000482
      Type: Plumbago Tourn. ex L.
  • 1. APG IV [Angiosperm Phylogeny Group] 2016: APG IV: An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants. – Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 181(1): 1-20.. https://doi.org/10.1111/boj.12385
  • =Armeriaceae Horan., Prim. Lin. Syst. Nat.: 68. 1834 syn. sec. Malekmohammadi & al. 20242 wfo-0001303400
  • 2. Malekmohammadi, M., Koutroumpa, K., Crespo, M. B., Domina, G., Korotkova, N., Akhani, H., von Mering, S., Borsch, T. & Berendsohn, W. G. 2024: A species level taxonomic backbone for the Plumbaginaceae (Caryophyllales). – PhytoKeys 243: 67–103. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.243.122784
  • =Limoniaceae Ser., Fl. Pharm.: 456. 1851 syn. sec. Lledó & al. 20013 wfo-0001303439
  • 3. Lledó, M. D., Karis, P. O., Crespo, M. B., Fay, M. & Chase, M. W. 2001: Phylogenetic position and taxonomic status of the genus Aegialitis and subfamilies Staticoideae and Plumbaginoideae (Plumbaginaceae): evidence from plastid DNA sequences and morphology. – Plant Systematics and Evolution 229: 107 – 124... https://doi.org/10.1007/s006060170021
  • =Aegialitidaceae Lincz. in Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast.: 173. 1968 syn. sec. Lledó & al. 20014 wfo-7000000675
  • 4. Lledó, M. D., Karis, P. O., Crespo, M. B., Fay, M. & Chase, M. W. 2001: Phylogenetic position and taxonomic status of the genus Aegialitis and subfamilies Staticoideae and Plumbaginoideae (Plumbaginaceae): evidence from plastid DNA sequences and morphology. – Plant Systematics and Evolution 229: 107 – 124... https://doi.org/10.1007/s006060170021
  • =Limoniaceae Lincz. in Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast.: 174. 1968 syn. sec. Lledó & al. 20015 wfo-7000000677
  • 5. Lledó, M. D., Karis, P. O., Crespo, M. B., Fay, M. & Chase, M. W. 2001: Phylogenetic position and taxonomic status of the genus Aegialitis and subfamilies Staticoideae and Plumbaginoideae (Plumbaginaceae): evidence from plastid DNA sequences and morphology. – Plant Systematics and Evolution 229: 107 – 124... https://doi.org/10.1007/s006060170021

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A cosmopolitan family of primarily perennial herbs, cushion form subshrubs and small shrubs, rarely climbers, mainly distributed in the temperate zones of the Northern Hemisphere, especially in the Mediterranean and Irano-Turanian regions but also in southern and eastern Africa, southern South America and Western Australia. Numbers given in the literature vary from 18 to 30 genera and about 650-1000 species (Kubitzki, 1993). In this checklist we accept 26 genera and 1,179 species. Plumbaginaceae predominantly occur in arid and saline environments, often in coastal habitats as perennial herbs and in the high mountains as cushion form plants. The family is characterized by flowers that have stamens opposite the petals (antipetalous) and a single basal anatropous ovule with curled funicle (Kubitzki, 1993).
Molecular studies based on different markers have shown that Plumbaginaceae are well supported as a monophyletic family sister to Polygonaceae within Caryophyllales (e.g., Lledó et al. 1998; Cuénoud & al. 2002; Hilu & al. 2003). Several studies provided data about the phylogenetic relationship within Plumbaginaceae. The main ones include Lledó et al. (1998, 2001, 2005), Fuertes Aguilar and Nieto Feliner (2003), Akhani et al. (2013), Moharrek et al. (2017), Malekmohammadi et al. (2017) and Koutroumpa et. al. (2018). The family is currently divided into three morphologically distinct and monophyletic tribes: Aegialitideae, Limonieae and Plumbagineae. We abstain from futher dividing the family into the two subfamilies Limonioideae and Plumbaginoideae due to the incongruent placement of Aegialitis (comprosing Aegialitideae) observed in cpDNA vs. nrDNA molecular phylogenies (Lledo et al., 2001, 2005, Koutroumpa et al. 2018, Baker et al. 2022, Malekmohammadi et al. 2024).A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M

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Malekmohammadi M., Koutroumpa K., Crespo M. B., Domina G., Korotkova N., Akhani H., von Mering S., Borsch T. & Berendsohn W. G. 2024: A taxonomic backbone for the Plumbaginaceae (Caryophyllales). – PhytoKeys 243. 67-103. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.243.122784

Bibliography

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B. Baker, W.J. & al. 2022: A comprehensive phylogenomic platform for exploring the Angiosperm tree of life. – Systematic Biology 71(2): 301–319. https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio%2fsyab035
C. Cuénoud, P. & al. 2002: Molecular phylogenetics of Caryophyllales based on nuclear 18S rDNA and plastid rbcL, atpB, and matK DNA sequences. – American Journal of Botany 89(1): 132-144. https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.89.1.132
D. Fuertes Aguilar, J. & Nieto Feliner, G. 2003: Additive polymorphisms and reticulation in an ITS phylogeny of thrifts (Armeria, Plumbaginaceae). – Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 28: 430 – 447. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1055-7903(02)00301-9
E. Hilu, K., Müller, K. F., Soltis, D. E., Soltis, P. S., Savolainen, V., Chase, M. W., Powell, M. P., Lawrence, Alice, Evans, R. C., Sauquet, H., Neinhuis, C., Slotta, T., Rohwer, J. G., Campbell, C. S. & Chatrou, L. 2003: Angiosperm phylogeny based on matK sequence information. – American Journal of Botany 90: 1758 – 1776. https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.90.12.1758
F. Koutroumpa, K., Theodoridis, S., Warren, B.H., Jiménez, A., Celep, F., Doğan, Romeiras, M.M., Santos‐Guerra, A., Fernández‐Palacios, J.M., Caujapé‐Castells, J., Moura, M., de Sequeira, M.M. & Conti, E. 2018: – Ecology and Evolution 8(24): 12397-12424. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4553
G. Kubitzki, K. 1993: Plumbaginaceae, 523 – 530. – In: Kubitzki, K., Rohwer, J.G. & Bittrich, V. (ed.), The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2. – Berlin, Heidelberg & New York: Springer
H. Lledó, M. D., Crespo, M. B., Cameron, K. M., Fay, M. & Chase, M. W. 1998: Systematics of Plumbaginaceae based upon cladistic analysis of rbcL sequence data. – Systematic Botany 28: 21-29. https://doi.org/10.2307/2419571
I. Lledó, M. D., Crespo, M. B., Fay, M. & Chase, M. W. 2005: Molecular phylogenetics of Limonium and related genera (Plumbaginaceae): Biogeographical and systematics implications. – American Journal of Botany 92: 1189 – 1198. https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.92.7.1189
J. Lledó, M. D., Karis, P. O., Crespo, M. B., Fay, M. & Chase, M. W. 2001: Phylogenetic position and taxonomic status of the genus Aegialitis and subfamilies Staticoideae and Plumbaginoideae (Plumbaginaceae): evidence from plastid DNA sequences and morphology. – Plant Systematics and Evolution 229: 107 – 124. https://doi.org/10.1007/s006060170021
K. Malekmohammadi, M., Akhani, H. & Borsch, T. 2017: Phylogenetic relationships of Limonium (Plumbaginaceae) inferred from multiple chloroplast and nuclear loci. – Taxon 66(5): 1128–1146. https://doi.org/10.12705/665.8
L. Malekmohammadi, M., Koutroumpa, K., Crespo, M. B., Domina, G., Korotkova, N., Akhani, H., von Mering, S., Borsch, T. & Berendsohn, W. G. 2024: A species level taxonomic backbone for the Plumbaginaceae (Caryophyllales). – PhytoKeys 243: 67–103. https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.243.122784
M. Moharrek, F., Kazempour Osaloo, S., Assadi, M. & Nieto Feliner, G. 2017: – Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 184: 366-386. https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean%2fbox033