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The morphology and generic position of Australian Kailarsenia (Rubiaceae: Gardenieae)
Author(s) -
Puttock Christopher F.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
nordic journal of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.333
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1756-1051
pISSN - 0107-055X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1756-1051.1994.tb00645.x
Subject(s) - biology , stipule , rubiaceae , genus , botany , pollen , morphology (biology) , key (lock) , zoology , ecology
The characters that define the genus Kailarsenia (Rubiaceae), namely the stipule morphology, seed‐coat perimeter thickening and colporate pollen, are entirely consistent with the morphology of three Australian species placed in that genus. A preliminary cladistic analysis of the genus indicates that the Queensland species K. ochreata and K. jardinei are more closely related to the Bornean K. campanula than to K. suffruticosa an endemic of the Northern Territory, Australia. Kailarsenia suffruticosa has its affinities with the type of the genus K. tentaculata and K. lineata of tropical Asia. The recently described genus, Larsenaikia is reduced to synonomy.