Phyllachne

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

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

Familia: Stylidiaceae
Genus: Phyllachne
Species: P. clavigera – P. colensoi – P. haastii – P. rubra – P. uliginosa
Name

Phyllachne J.R. Forst. & G. Forst., Char. Gen. Pl. 58. (1775)
Type species: Phyllachne uliginosa J.R. Forst. & G. Forst., Char. Gen. Pl. 58. (1775)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Helophyllum Hook.f.

References

Forster, J.R. & Forster, J.G.A. 1775. Characteres Generum Plantarum 58.
Wagstaff, S.J. & Wege, J. 2002. Patterns of Diversification in New Zealand Stylidiaceae, American Journal of Botany 89(5): 865–874. PDF.
Glenny, D. 2009. A revision of the genus Forstera (Stylidiaceae) in New Zealand New Zealand journal of botany, 47: 285–315.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Phyllachne 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. 4. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2014. Phyllachne. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2014 Oct. 4.
International Plant Names Index. 2014. Phyllachne. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 4 2014.

Vernacular names

Phyllachne is a genus of four cushion plant species in the family Stylidiaceae. Of the four species, two are endemic to New Zealand, while P. colensoi is also native to Tasmania and P. uliginosa is entirely endemic to southern South America and is the only species in the Stylidiaceae native to the Americas. The movement of P. colensoi to colonize Tasmania is a relatively recent move. Molecular studies group P. colensoi, P. clavigera, and P. rubra together in one clade with P. uliginosa in the sister clade. Based on molecular clock data of the rbcL gene, it is estimated that P. uliginosa last shared a common ancestor with the New Zealand clade about 6 million years ago.[1][2]
References

Wagstaff, S.J. and Wege, J. (2002). Patterns of diversification in New Zealand Stylidiaceae. American Journal of Botany, 89(5): 865-874.
Good, R. (1925). On the geographical distribution of the Stylidiaceae. New Phytologist, 24(4): 225-240.