Afropectinariella (Vandeae, Orchidaceae), a new genus of the Angraecum alliance

By

Simo-Droissart, Murielle
Sonké, Bonaventure
Droissart, Vincent
Stévart, Tariq

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2018

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

96

Pages

79-86

Subjects

Angraecoid orchids , continental Africa , Malagasy and Indian Ocean islands , Pectinaria , phylogenetics , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.96.23933

 

Abstract

A recent phylogenetic study showed that species assigned to the newly recognised genus Pectinariella Szlach., Mytnik & Grochocka (previously treated as AngraecumBorysect.Pectinaria Benth.) are polyphyletic, comprising a clade with species primarily in Madagascar and the Western Indian Ocean islands (including the type) and another non-sister clade whose members occur in continental Africa and the Gulf of Guinea islands. In order to render Pectinariella monophyletic, the five continental African species must therefore be removed. A new genus, Afropectinariella M.Simo & Stévart, is described and the following combinations are made: Afropectinariellaatlantica (Stévart & Droissart) M.Simo & Stévart, Afropectinarielladoratophylla (Summerh.) M.Simo & Stévart, Afropectinariellagabonensis (Summerh.) M.Simo & Stévart, Afropectinariellapungens (Schltr.) M.Simo & Stévart and Afropectinariellasubulata (Lindl.) M.Simo & Stévart.