TY - JOUR
T1 - The generic concept of Lebeckia (Crotalarieae, Fabaceae)
T2 - Reinstatement of the genus Calobota and the new genus Wiborgiella
AU - Boatwright, J. S.
AU - Tilney, P. M.
AU - Van Wyk, B. E.
PY - 2009/8
Y1 - 2009/8
N2 - Evidence from the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) of nuclear ribosomal DNA and plastid rbcL data revealed that the genus Lebeckia Thunb. as currently circumscribed may not be monophyletic. These analyses, combined with morphological and anatomical data, showed that the genus could be divided into three genera: (1) Lebeckia sensu stricto (L. section Lebeckia); (2) Calobota [L. section Calobota (Eckl. and Zeyh.) Benth. and L. section Stiza (E.Mey.) Benth.] including the monotypic, North African genus Spartidium Pomel; (3) a new genus, Wiborgiella [L. section Viborgioides Benth., together with L. inflata Bolus, L. mucronata Benth. and Wiborgia humilis (Thunb.) Dahlgr.]. The reinstatement of the genus Calobota Eckl. and Zeyh. is proposed and Wiborgiella Boatwr. and B.-E. Van Wyk described as new. Synopses of the genera Calobota and Wiborgiella, including nomenclature, synonymy, descriptions and diagnostic characters are presented.
AB - Evidence from the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) of nuclear ribosomal DNA and plastid rbcL data revealed that the genus Lebeckia Thunb. as currently circumscribed may not be monophyletic. These analyses, combined with morphological and anatomical data, showed that the genus could be divided into three genera: (1) Lebeckia sensu stricto (L. section Lebeckia); (2) Calobota [L. section Calobota (Eckl. and Zeyh.) Benth. and L. section Stiza (E.Mey.) Benth.] including the monotypic, North African genus Spartidium Pomel; (3) a new genus, Wiborgiella [L. section Viborgioides Benth., together with L. inflata Bolus, L. mucronata Benth. and Wiborgia humilis (Thunb.) Dahlgr.]. The reinstatement of the genus Calobota Eckl. and Zeyh. is proposed and Wiborgiella Boatwr. and B.-E. Van Wyk described as new. Synopses of the genera Calobota and Wiborgiella, including nomenclature, synonymy, descriptions and diagnostic characters are presented.
KW - Calobota
KW - Crotalarieae
KW - Fabaceae
KW - Lebeckia
KW - Taxonomy
KW - Wiborgiella
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=68049099070&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.sajb.2009.06.001
DO - 10.1016/j.sajb.2009.06.001
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:68049099070
SN - 0254-6299
VL - 75
SP - 546
EP - 556
JO - South African Journal of Botany
JF - South African Journal of Botany
IS - 3
ER -