Claim · model-written summary
Lepidocordia and Rochefortia are the only dioecious genera in Ehretioideae.
- Taxon
- LepidocordiaLepidocordiat0
- Outcome
- only dioecious genera in this subfamilye0
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Verbatim
e0“it and Rochefortia (3 spp) are the only dioecious genera in this subfamily”
t0“Lepidocordia”
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 Original descriptions based on opposite morphs exaggerated distinctions between the genera.
- 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.