Open AccessFirst record of the genus Cryptotaenia (Apiaceae, Oenantheae) in Colombia
Author(s) -
Andrés Fonseca-Cortés,
Jairo A. Peña-Torres
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
darwiniana
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.31
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1850-1699
pISSN - 0011-6793
DOI - 10.14522/darwiniana.2021.91.942
Subject(s) - pedicel , biology , flora (microbiology) , botany , genus , inflorescence , taxon , tribe , disjunct distribution , disjunct , zoology , phylogenetic tree , paleontology , sociology , bacteria , population , biochemistry , demography , anthropology , gene
Cryptotaenia japonica Hassk., a native species of Eastern Asia, is reported for the first time for the flora of Colombia. This taxon is easily recognized by its ternate leaves, rhombic leaflets, leaf margins irregularly serrate, cymose inflorescences, irregular rays and pedicels, white petals, cylindric stylopodium, erect stiles, and oblong fruits with five ribs. To date, this species has been recorded only in one locality in Cundinamarca department. A neotypification of C. japonica is proposed and keys for the genera of the tribe Oenantheae present in Colombia, and the species of Cryptotaenia s. str., are presented. Additionally, we report for the first time the family Empididae (Diptera) as floral visitor of this species.