| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 1999 |
| Authors: | Wilkin |
| Journal: | Kew Bulletin |
| Volume: | 54 |
| Pagination: | 853-876 |
| Keywords: | Argyreia,, Argyreieae, Astripomoea, Blinkworthia, GS, Ipomoea, Ipomoeeae, Lepistemon, Lepistemonopsis, Rivea, Stictocardia, Systematics, tribal classification, Turbina |
| Abstract: | A cladistic analysis of the tribe Ipomoeeae based on 45 morphological and palynological characters is presented; the results obtained suggest that 1) the Ipomoeeae is monophyletic 2) all of the smaller genera of the tribe (Argyreia Lour., Astripomoea A. Meeuse, Blinkworthia Choisy, Lepistemon Blume, Lepistemonopsis Dammer, Paralepistemon Lejoly & Lisowski, Rivea Choisy, Stictocardia Hallier f., and Turbina Raf.) are nested within the largest genus, Ipomoea. The characters defining taxa within the tribe are discussed and the limits and relationships of generic and infrageneric taxa reevaluated. More research is needed in two areas; a) gene sequence data and b) into key taxa. |
| Alternate Journal: | Kew Bull. |
Taxonomic name:
Convolvulaceae (Convolvulaceae), Argyreia (Convolvulaceae), Astripomoea (Convolvulaceae), Blinkworthia (Convolvulaceae), Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae), Lepistemon (Convolvulaceae), Lepistemonopsis (Convolvulaceae), Paralepistemon (Convolvulaceae), Rivea (Convolvulaceae), Stictocardia (Convolvulaceae), Turbina (Convolvulaceae), Astripomoea (Convolvulaceae), Blinkworthia (Convolvulaceae), Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae), Lepistemon (Convolvulaceae), Lepistemonopsis (Convolvulaceae), Rivea (Convolvulaceae), Stictocardia (Convolvulaceae), Turbina (Convolvulaceae)