Amischotolype

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Commelinaless

Familia: Commelinaceae
Subfamilia: Commelinoideae
Tribus: Tradescantieae
Subtribus: Coleotrypinae
Genus: Amischotolype
Species: A. barbarossa – A. divaricata – A. dolichandra – A. glabrata – A. gracilis – A. griffithii – A. hirsuta – A. hispida – A. hookeri – A. irritans – A. laxiflora – A. leiocarpa – A. lobata – A. marginata – A. mollissima – A. monosperma – A. parvifructa – A. pedicellata – A. rostrata – A. sphagnorrhiza – A. strigosa – A. tenuis – A. welzeniana
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Amischotolype in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Nov 23. Reference page.

Name

Amischotolype Hassk., Flora 46: 391 (1863)

Type species: Amischotolype glabrata Hassk., Flora 46: 392 (1863)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Forrestia A.Rich. in J.S.C.Dumont d'Urville, Voy. Astrolabe 2: 1 (1834), nom. illeg.

References

Hasskarl, J.C. (1863) Flora 46: 391. BHL
Govaerts, R. et al. 2015. Amischotolype in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 Aug 29. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2015. Amischotolype. Published online. Accessed: Aug 29 2015.
Tropicos.org 2015. Amischotolype. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 Aug 29.

Amischotolype is a genus of perennial monocotyledonous flowering plants in the dayflower family. It is found in Central Africa and from India through Southeast Asia to New Guinea,[2][3][4] with the great majority or species found in Asia.[5]

The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words αμισχος, meaning 'unstalked', and τολυπη, meaning 'tangle'.[1] The genus is characterised by its rather compact inflorescences which are composed on two or more cincinni that pierce through the base of the leaf sheath, and also by its seeds that are embedded in red arils. Flowers are actinomorphic, and anthers release their pollen either through a pore at the tip or slits down the sides. They are typically encountered in forest understories. The closely related genus Porandra, which consists of three Asian species, is considered by Robert Faden, a leading authority on the family, to be "doubtfully distinct" from Amischotolype.[3] Analysis of DNA sequences has shown that Amischotolype is most closely related to the genus Coleotrype, while these two are in turn most closely related to the genus Cyanotis plus its very close relative Belosynapsis. These four genera form a clade that is found only in the Old World, while all of its immediate ancestors are present only in the New World.[4][6]

Species[2]

Amischotolype barbarossa Duist. - Myanmar, Thailand, Sumatra
Amischotolype divaricata Duist. - Indochina, Sumatra
Amischotolype dolichandra Duist. - Assam
Amischotolype glabrata Hassk. - Himalayas, southern China, Tibet, Indochina, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, western, Indonesia
Amischotolype gracilis (Ridl.) I.M.Turner - Borneo, Malaya, Sumatra
Amischotolype griffithii (C.B.Clarke) I.M.Turner - Malaya, Riau Islands
Amischotolype hirsuta (Hallier f.) Duist. - Borneo, Sumatra
Amischotolype hispida (A.Rich.) D.Y.Hong - Borneo, Sulawesi, Philippines, Maluku, New Guinea
Amischotolype hookeri (Hassk.) H.Hara - Nepal, Bangladesh, Assam, Bhutan, Arunachal Pradesh
Amischotolype irritans (Ridl.) I.M.Turner - Thailand, Sumatra, Malaya
Amischotolype laxiflora (Merr.) Faden - Borneo, Sulawesi
Amischotolype leiocarpa (Hallier f.) Duist. - Borneo
Amischotolype lobata Duist. - Borneo
Amischotolype marginata (Blume) Hassk - Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia,, Indonesia, Philippines
Amischotolype mollissima (Blume) Hassk - Java, Sumatra
Amischotolype monosperma (C.B.Clarke) I.M.Turner - Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Borneo
Amischotolype parvifructa Duist. - Cameron Highlands of Malaysia
Amischotolype pedicellata Duist. - Borneo
Amischotolype rostrata (Hassk.) Duist. - Java, Sumatra, Maluku
Amischotolype sphagnorrhiza Cowley - Brunei, Sarawak
Amischotolype strigosa Duist. - Sumatra
Amischotolype tenuis (C.B.Clarke) R.S.Rao - Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Equatorial Guinea, Central African Republic, Zaire
Amischotolype welzeniana Duist. - Myanmar, Thailand

References

Hasskarl, J.K. (1863). "Adumbrationes Commelinacearum quarundam, quas in Africae orientalis littore, Mozambique reperit Prof. Peters et amplius in hujus opere "Reise etc." descripsit". Flora (in Latin). 46 (25): 385–393.
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Faden, Robert B. (1998), "Commelinaceae", in Kubitzki, Klaus (ed.), The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, vol. 4, Berlin: Springer, pp. 109–128, ISBN 3-540-64061-4
Hong, Deyuan; DeFillipps, Robert A. (2000), "Amischotolype", in Wu, Z. Y.; Raven, P.H.; Hong, D.Y. (ed.), Flora of China, vol. 24, Beijing: Science Press; St. Louis: Missouri Botanical Garden Press, p. 23
Duistermaat, H. (2012). A taxonomic revision of Amischotolype (Commelinaceae) in Asia. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 64: 51-131.
Evans, Timothy M.; Sytsma, Kenneth J.; Faden, Robert B.; Givnish, Thomas J. (2003), "Phylogenetic Relationships in the Commelinaceae: II. A Cladistic Analysis of rbcL Sequences and Morphology", Systematic Botany, 28 (2): 270–292, doi:10.1043/0363-6445-28.2.270