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Schiekia

Schiekia is a monotypic genus of herbs belonging to the family Haemodoraceae and first described as a genus in 1957. The sole recognised species, S. orinocensis is native to South America. This plant grasped the minds of many scientists who tried fruitlessly to discover its purpose in the natural order. SubspeciesSchiekia orinocensis subsp. orinocensis - Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname Schiekia orinocensis subsp. silvestris Maas & Stoel - N Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana

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Schiekia
Schiekia orinocensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Commelinales
Family: Haemodoraceae
Subfamily: Haemodoroideae
Genus: Schiekia
Maguire & Wurdack
Species:
S. orinocensis
Binomial name
Schiekia orinocensis
Maguire & Wurdack
Synonyms1
  • Troschelia Klotzsch & M.R.Schomb.
  • Wachendorfia orinocensis Kunth
  • Troschelia orinocensis (Kunth) Klotzsch & M.R.Schomb.
  • Xiphidium angustifolium Willd. ex Link
  • Schiekia flavescens Maury

Schiekia is a monotypic genus of herbs belonging to the family Haemodoraceae and first described as a genus in 1957.23 The sole recognised species, S. orinocensis is native to South America (Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana). This plant grasped the minds of many scientists who tried fruitlessly to discover its purpose in the natural order. 1456

Subspecies1
  • Schiekia orinocensis subsp. orinocensis - Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname
  • Schiekia orinocensis subsp. silvestris Maas & Stoel - N Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana

Phylogeny

Comparison of homologous DNA has increased the insight in the phylogenetic relationships between the genera in the Haemodoroideae subfamily. The following trees represent those insights.7

subfamily Haemodoroideae
References

References

  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Meisner, Carl Daniel Friedrich. 1842. Plantarum vascularium genera :secundum ordines naturales digesta eorumque differentiae et affinitates tabulis diagnostacis expositae 2(12): 300 in Latin
  3. Tropicos, Schiekia Meisn.
  4. Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  5. Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
  6. Maas, P. J. M. & H. Maas van de Kamer. 1993. Haemodoraceae. Flora Neotropica, Monograph 61: 1–44.
  7. Hopper, Stephen D.; Smith, Rhian J.; Fay, Michael F.; Manning, John C.; Chase, Mark W. (2009). "Molecular phylogenetics of Haemodoraceae in the Greater Cape and Southwest Australian Floristic Regions". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 51 (1): 19–30. Bibcode:2009MolPE..51...19H. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.11.015. PMID 19063982.