Anthocercis

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Solanales

Familia: Solanaceae
Subfamilia: Nicotianoideae
Tribus: Anthocercideae
Genus: Anthocercis
Species: A. angustifolia – A. anisantha – A. fasciculata – A. genistoides – A. gracilis – A. ilicifolia – A. intricata – A. littorea – A. sylvicola – A. viscosa
Name

Anthocercis Labill., Nov. Holl. Pl. 2: 19, t. 158. (1806)

Type species: Anthocercis littorea Labill., Nov. Holl. Pl. 2: 19, t. 158. (1806)

References

Labillardière, J.J.H. de 1806. Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen 2: 19, t. 158.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Anthocercis in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Oct. 25. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Anthocercis. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 25 2020.
Tropicos.org 2020. Anthocercis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2020 Oct. 25.

Anthocercis, commonly known as tailflower, is a genus of shrubs which are endemic to southern temperate Australia with the center of distribution in the South West Botanical Province of Western Australia.[1] All species of Anthocercis contain tropane alkaloids, and have occasionally caused poisoning in children or suspected of poisoning stock.[1] Anthocercis is known as the only Solanaceous plant known to produce resin compounds on glandular trichomes.[2]

Taxonomy

The genus, which is placed within the family Solanaceae, was first formally described by botanist Jacques Labillardière in Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen, Vol. 2: 19 (1806). The type species of the genus is Anthocercis littorea Labill.

Anthocercis lies in the subfamily Nicotianoideae. The genus is considered to be part of the tribe "Anthocercideae," but the monophyly of this grouping has been called into question. The species within Anthocercis, however, form a monophyletic group, and lie sister to all other genera of the "Anthocercidoid clade.".[3]

Etymology

Anthocercis; from the Greek anthos (a flower) and kerkis (a ray), in reference to the narrow corolla-lobes.
Species

Anthocercis angustifolia F.Muell.
Anthocercis anisantha Endl.
Anthocercis aromatica C.A.Gardner
Anthocercis fasciculata F.Muell.
Anthocercis genistoides Miers
Anthocercis gracilis Benth. — Slender tailflower
Anthocercis ilicifolia Hook. — Red striped yellow tailflower
Anthocercis intricata F.Muell.
Anthocercis littorea Labill. — Yellow tailflower
Anthocercis sylvicola T. D. Macfarl. & Ward.-Johnson[4]
Anthocercis viscosa R.Br. — Sticky tailflower

Hybrids

Anthocercis tenuipes Gand. (putative hybrid between Duboisia myoporoides R.Br. & Cyphanthera scabrella (Benth.) Miers)[1]

Renamed

Anthocercis microphylla F.Muell. → Cyphanthera microphylla Miers — Small-leaved anthocercis
Anthocercis odgersii F.Muell. → Cyphanthera odgersii F.Muell. — Woolly anthocercis
Anthocercis racemosa F.Muell. → Cyphanthera racemosa (F. Muell.) Haegi

References
Notes

George et al.. (1982)
Lagenheim (2003)
Garcia, V.F. and R.G. Olmstead, 2003. Phylogenetics of Tribe Anthocercideae (Solanaceae) Based on ndhF and trnL/F Sequence Data. Systematic Botany 28: 609-615

Macfarlane & Wardell-Johnson (1996)

Bibliography

George, Alexander S.; Robertson, Sir Rutherford; Briggs, Barbara G. eds. et al., (1982): Flora of Australia. Volume 29: Solanaceae, pp. 6 – 13.
Langenheim, Jean H. (2003): Plant Resins, p. 95.
Macfarlane, T.D.; Wardell-Johnson, Grant, (1996): Anthocercis sylvicola (Solanaceae), a rare new species from the tingle forests of Walpole, south western Australia, Nuytsia, Vol. 11, no.1, p. 71-78 : ill.