Claim · model-written summary
Original descriptions based on opposite morphs exaggerated distinctions between the genera.
- Taxon
- L. punctataLepidocordia punctatae0
- Outcome
- exaggerated and artificial distinction between the two generae0
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Verbatim
e0“The original descriptions of L. punctata and of A. williamsii were based on very limited collections that represented only opposite morphs, thus creating an exaggerated and artificial distinction between the two genera”
Title
Dioecy and a Reevaluation of Lepidocordia and Antrophora (Boraginaceae: Ehretioideae)
James S. Miller; Joan W. Nowicke American Journal of Botany 1990. doi:10.2307/2444389
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Observation Lepidocordia punctata is dioecious with pistillate and staminate morphs.
- Observation Antrophora williamsii is dioecious with pistillate and staminate morphs.
- Observation Leaf, pollen, fruit and breeding system data support treating the two genera as congeneric.
- Observation Antrophora was reduced to Lepidocordia and A. williamsii became L. williamsii.
- Observation Lepidocordia was retained in Ehretioideae.
- Observation Lepidocordia and Rochefortia are the only dioecious genera in Ehretioideae.