Malesherbia
Malesherbia linearifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Passifloraceae
Subfamily: Malesherbioideae
Burnett
Genus: Malesherbia
Ruiz & Pav.
Type species
Malesherbia tubulosa
Cav.
Species

25 species, see text

Range of Malesherbia as of 2023
Synonyms
  • Gynopleura Cav.

Malesherbia is a genus of flowering plants consisting of 25 species in the Passifloraceae. This is a xerophytic group endemic to the Peruvian and Chilean deserts and adjacent Argentina. The genus is currently recognized by the APG III system of classification in the family Passifloraceae, and is the sole member of the subfamily Malesherbioideae.[1][2]

Description

Malesherbia is a genus of herbaceous plants to shrub. They have perfect flowers that come in various shades of red, pink, pale yellow, white, and purple.[3]

Taxonomy

In 1794, Hipólito Ruiz López and José Antonio Pavón Jiménez would describe Malesherbia.[4] Malesherbia was distinguished from other genera due to its small five parted limbus, ovulate open jaciniis, five petals that are inserted at the interstices of the throat of the calyx, five oblong and bilocular anthers, three pistils, and several other traits.[4] The genus is named after Chrétien Guillaume de Lamoignon de Malesherbes.[4] In their original description, the type species was not named.

In 1798, Antonio José Cavanilles would describe the genera under Gynopleura. Cavanilles admitted that Malesherbia was described exactly as Gynopleura, however, the seeds of Malesherbia were not described in the original text, and thus Cavanilles felt justified in publishing the genera under Gynopleura.[5] Cacanilles would however establish M. tubulosa as the genera's type species.

Distribution

Members of Malesherbia are native to South America, specifically the arid and Andean regions of Perú, Chile and Argentina.[6][7]

Species

Species accepted by the Plants of the World Online as of 2022:[8]

Phylogeny[9]

Turnera

Outgroup

M.lactea

M.fasciculata

Section Cyanpetal

M.linearifloria

M.paniculata

Section Parvistella

M.humilis

Section Xeromontana

M.densiflora

M.deserticola

M.solanoides v. solanoides

M.lirana v. lirana

M.lirana v. subglab.

M.solanoides v. rugosa

M.bracteata v. campanulata

M.bracteata v. bracteata

Section Malesherbia

M.tubulosa

M.scarlatiflora

M.splendens

M.weberbaueri

M.haemantha

M.auristipulata

M.turbinea

M.tocopillana

M.ardens

M.arequipensis

M.angustisecta

M.tenuifolia

Please note, this phylogeny does not include Malesherbia laraosensis. As of 2022, a phylogenetic analysis including M. laraosensis has not been published.

References

  1. ↑ Stephens, P.F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 9, June 2008. http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APweb/
  2. ↑ "Angiosperm Phylogeny Website". www.mobot.org. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
  3. ↑ Bull-Hereñu, Kester; Ronse De Craene, Louis P. (2020). "Ontogenetic Base for the Shape Variation of Flowers in Malesherbia Ruiz & Pav. (Passifloraceae)". Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 8. doi:10.3389/fevo.2020.00202. ISSN 2296-701X.
  4. 1 2 3 Ruiz, López; Hipólito, Pavón; Jiménez-Villanueva, José Antonio (1794). Florae peruvianae, et chilensis prodromus, sive novorum generum plantarum peruvianarum, et chilensium descriptiones, et icones (in Latin). Madrid: Madrid: in Sancha's printing press. p. 45.
  5. ↑ Ruiz, Hipólito (1798). Florae peruvianae, et chilensis, sive, Descriptiones, et icones plantarum peruvianarum, et chilensium, secundum systema Linnaeanum digestae, cum characteribus plurium generum evulgatorum reformatis (in Latin). Vol. 3. [Madrid] : Typis Gabrielis de Sancha. pp. 2, 30–31.
  6. ↑ Gengler-Nowak, Karla (2002-01-01). "Reconstruction of the biogeographical history of Malesherbiaceae". The Botanical Review. 68 (1): 171–188. doi:10.1663/0006-8101(2002)068[0171:ROTBHO]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 1874-9372. S2CID 2664205.
  7. ↑ Guerrero, Pablo C.; Rosas, Marcelo; Arroyo, Mary T. K.; Wiens, John J. (2013-07-09). "Evolutionary lag times and recent origin of the biota of an ancient desert (Atacama–Sechura)". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110 (28): 11469–11474. Bibcode:2013PNAS..11011469G. doi:10.1073/pnas.1308721110. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 3710863. PMID 23798420.
  8. ↑ "Malesherbia Ruiz & Pav. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2022-10-05.
  9. ↑ Gengler-Nowak, Karla M. (April 1, 2003). "Molecular Phylogeny and Taxonomy of Malesherbiaceae". Systematic Botany. 28 (2): 333–44. doi:10.1043/0363-6445-28.2.333 (inactive 2023-11-14). JSTOR 3094002.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2023 (link)


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