Resurrection of the genus Staphisagria J. Hill, sister to all the other Delphinieae (Ranunculaceae)

By

Jabbour, Florian
Renner, Susanne, 1954-

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2011

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

7

Pages

21-26

Subjects

Aconitum , Delphinium , Mediterranean Region , molecular phylogeny , Nomenclature , Staphisagria

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.7.2010

 

Abstract

Molecular sequence data show that the three species of Delphinium subg. Staphisagria (J. Hill) Peterm. form the sister clade to Aconitum L., Aconitella Spach, Consolida (DC.) S.F. Gray, and all remaining species of Delphinium L. To account for this finding we resurrect Staphisagria J. Hill (1756). Names in Staphisagria are available for two of the species. We here make the required new combination for the third species, Staphisagria picta (Willd.) F. Jabbour, provide a key to the species, and illustrate one of them.