Thomandersia

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Thomandersiaceae

Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Thomandersiaceae Sreem.
Genus:	Thomandersia Baill.

Species

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Thomandersiaceae is an African family of flowering plants, consisting of only one genus Thomandersia of shrubs and small trees, with six species endemic to Central and West Africa. Synonym: Scytanthus T. Anderson ex Benth. & Hook.f. [non Hook., nec Liebm].

Thomandersia traditionally has been classified within the family Acanthaceae based on morphology by several authors, including APG I 1998, APG II 2003, and in Schlegeliaceae at APG Website Missouri Botanical Garden, in a list of genera of this family, but Stevens argues further that should be considered out of this taxon by weak support and regarded Thomandersiaceae ^[1].

The genus was elevated to family status, previously by Sreemadhavan 1976 ^[2] and 1977 ^[3] on the basis of leaf anatomy and anther morphology, and more recently by Wortley et al. 2005 ^[4] and 2007 ^[5], based on phylogenetic analyses of genetic material.

List of species

Thomandersia anachoreta Heine
Thomandersia butayei De Wild.
Thomandersia congolana De Wild. & T. Durand
Thomandersia hensii De Wild. & T. Durand
Thomandersia laurentii De Wild.
Thomandersia laurifolia T. Anderson ex Baill.

[edit] References

^ Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website Version 7, May 2006. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved on 2007-08-09.
^ Sreemadhavan, C. P. (1976). Leaf architecture and systematics of Acanthaceae and related families. Ph.D. thesis. Tampa, FL:University of South Florida.
^ Sreemadhavan, C. P. (1977). Diagnosis of some new taxa and some new combinations in Bignoniales. Phytologia 37: 413–416.
^ Wortley, A.H., Rudall, P. J., & Scotland, R.W. (2005). How much data are needed to resolve a difficult phylogeny? Case study in Lamiales. Systematic Biology 54: 697–709.
^ Wortley, A.H., Harris, D.J. & Scotland, R.W. (2007). "On the Taxonomy and Phylogenetic Position of Thomandersia.". Systematic Botany 32 (2): 415–444. doi:10.1600/036364407781179716.