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Generic criteria and an infrageneric system for Hedysarum and related genera (Papilionoideae‐Leguminosae)
Author(s) -
Choi Byoung-Hee,
Ohashi Hiroyoshi
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
taxon
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.819
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1996-8175
pISSN - 0040-0262
DOI - 10.2307/3647455
Subject(s) - biology , taxon , nomenclature , botany , genus , key (lock) , type (biology) , taxonomy (biology) , sect , zoology , ecology
New generic delimitations for Corethrodendron, Hedysarum, Sulla and Taverniera are proposed together with new infrageneric systems for Hedysarum , with special reference to morphological evidence. Hedysarum sect. Spinosissima is treated as a distinct genus Sulla , and H. sect. Hedysarum is newly circumscribed on the basis of its conserved type, H. alpinum . Hedysarum sections Crinifera, Multicaulia and Subacaulia are very similar to each other and are merged into an enlarged H. section Multicaulia . Hedysarum sect. Fruticosa is transferred to the genus Corethrodendron . On the other hand, Stracheya is reduced to a section of the genus Hedysarum . A key to the genera and the infrageneric taxa, their nomenclature, synonymy and short descriptions are provided.