Claim · model-written summary
Conoscyphus has a stem perigynium and a conspicuous tubular perianth.
- Taxon
- ConoscyphusConoscyphuse0
- Outcome
- a stem perigynium and a conspicuous perianth that forms a tubee0
- Comparator
- other Acrobolbaceaee0
Verbatim
e0“Conoscyphus differs from other Acrobolbaceae in possessing a stem perigynium and a conspicuous perianth that forms a tube”
Title
Conoscyphus belongs to Acrobolbaceae (Jungermanniineae) not Lophocoleaceae (Lophocoleineae)
Richard J. Dimon; Jiri Vána; Alfons Schäfer-Verwimp; et al. Australian Systematic Botany 2018. doi:10.1071/sb17041
Other claims from this paper (4)
- Observation Molecular evidence places Conoscyphus in Acrobolbaceae rather than Lophocoleaceae.
- Observation Conoscyphus has large underleaves producing rhizoids in fascicles and inverted shoots when freely hanging.
- Observation Conoscyphus shares granular brown oil bodies, multistratose capsules, no terminal branching and papillose leaf surfaces with Acrobolbaceae.
- Recommendation The authors retain Conoscyphoideae and transfer it to Acrobolbaceae.