Recognition of the genus Thaumatophyllum Schott − formerly Philodendron subg. Meconostigma (Araceae) − based on molecular and morphological evidence
2018
Cassia Mônica Sakuragui | Luana Silva Braucks Calazans | Leticia Loss de Oliveira | Érica Barroso de Morais | Ana Maria Benko-Iseppon | Santelmo Vasconcelos | Carlos Eduardo Guerra Schrago | Simon Joseph Mayo
Philodendron subgenus Meconostigma has been a well-circumscribed group since 1829. Members of this group are easily distinguished by diagnostic morphological characters as well as by a distinct ecology and geographical distribution. Based on molecular, morphological and cytological evidence, we propose the recognition of P. subg. Meconostigma as a distinct genus, Thaumatophyllum Schott. We also present the necessary new combinations, an emended key and some nomenclatural and taxonomic corrections regarding 21 names of Thaumatophyllum.
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