Melanoseris

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Cichorioideae
Tribus: Cichorieae
Subtribus: Lactucinae
Genus: Melanoseris
Species: M. aitchisoniana – M. astorensis – M. atropurpurea – M. beesiana – M. bonatii – M. bracteata – M. brunoniana – M. ciliata – M. cyanea – M. decipiens – M. dolichophylla – M. filicina – M. gilgitensis – M. graciliflora – M. henryi – M. hirsuta – M. kashmiriana – M. lahulensis – M. leiolepis – M. leptantha – M. lessertiana – M. likiangensis – M. macrantha – M. macrocephala – M. macrorhiza – M. monocephala – M. pectiniformis – M. petiolata – M. polyclada – M. qinghaica – M. rhombiformis – M. sichuanensis – M. souliei – M. stewartii – M. taliensis – M. tenuis – M. violifolia – M. yunnanensis
Name

Melanoseris Decne., Voy. Inde [Jacquemont] 4(Bot.): 101, t. 109. [Apr 1835 - Dec 1844]

Type species: Melanoseris lessertiana (DC.) Decne., Voy. Inde [Jacquemont] 4(Bot.): 102. [Apr 1835 - Dec 1844]

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Chaetoseris C.Shih pro parte et Cicerbita
Kovalevskiella Kamelin, Opred. Rast. Sred. Azii 10: 628 (1993) vide Kovalevskiella Klein, (1963) (Limnocytheridae).
Zollikoferiastrum (Kirp.) Kamelin, Opred. Rast. Sred. Azii 10: 628. (1993) prop parte inc. type
Parasyncalathium J.W.Zhang, Boufford & H.Sun, Taxon 60(6): 1680. (2011)

References
Primary references

Decaisne, J. 1835. Voyage dans l'Inde pendant les annees 1828 a 1832. Publie sous les auspices de M. Guizot 101, t. 109.

Additional references

Kilian, N., Sennikov, A.N., Wang, Z.H., Gemeinholzer, B. & Zhang, J.W. 2017. Sub-Paratethyan origin and Middle to Late Miocene principal diversification of the Lactucinae (Compositae: Cichorieae) inferred from molecular phylogenetics, divergence-dating and biogeographic analysis. Taxon 66(3): 675–703. DOI: 10.12705/663.9 Paywall ResearchGate Reference page.
Wang, Z.H., Peng, H. & Kilian, N. 2013. Molecular phylogeny of the Lactuca alliance (Cichorieae subtribe Lactucinae, Asteraceae) with focus on their Chinese centre of diversity detects potential events of reticulation and chloroplast capture. PloS one 8(12): p.e82692. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082692 Reference page.

Links

Hassler, M. 2018. Melanoseris. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 June 29. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Melanoseris. Published online. Accessed: June 29 2018.
Tropicos.org 2018. Melanoseris. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 JUne 29.