| Hedbergia | |
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Holotype of Hedbergia abyssinica (herbarium specimen). | |
Scientific classification
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Orobanchaceae |
| Tribe: | Rhinantheae |
| Genus: |
Hedbergia L. |
| Species: | H. abyssinica
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| Binomial name | |
| Hedbergia abyssinica (Benth.) Molau
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| Synonyms [1] | |
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Hedbergia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants, initially classified in Scrophulariaceae, and now within the broomrape family Orobanchaceae. [2] It contains a unique species, Hedbergia abyssinica. [1] It is an afromontane genus, widespread in grasslands and scrubs of the mountains of tropical Africa, and known from Ethiopia, Zaire, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Nigeria, and Cameroons. [2]
The genus name is a taxonomic patronym honoring the Swedish botanist Karl Olov Hedberg.
Description
Hedbergia abyssinica is a 1–2.5 feet (30–76 cm) high, very hispid perennial plant, with subsessile thick leaves, and densely crowded, white to pink or magenta flowers. [3] [2]
Phylogeny
The phylogeny of the genera of Rhinantheae has been explored using molecular characters. [4] [5] Hedbergia belongs to the core Rhinantheae. Hedbergia is closely related to Odontites, Bellardia, and Tozzia. In turn, these genera share phylogenetic affinities with Euphrasia, and then with Bartsia.
| Genus-level cladogram of tribe Rhinantheae. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| The cladogram has been reconstructed from nuclear and plastid DNA molecular characters ( ITS, rps16 intron and trnK region). [4] [5] |
References
- ^ a b "Hedbergia abyssinica (Benth.) Molau – The Plant List". www.theplantlist.org. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
- ^ a b c Molau, Ulf (1988). "Hedbergia, a new genus of Scrophulariaceae from Africa". Nordic Journal of Botany. 8 (2): 193–195. doi: 10.1111/j.1756-1051.1988.tb00500.x. ISSN 1756-1051.
- ^ "BARTSIA abyssinica Hochst. ex Benth. [family SCROPHULARIACEAE]". Global Plants. JSTOR. Retrieved 2020-05-03.
- ^ a b Těšitel, Jakub; Říha, Pavel; Svobodová, Šárka; Malinová, Tamara; Štech, Milan (2010-10-28). "Phylogeny, Life History Evolution and Biogeography of the Rhinanthoid Orobanchaceae". Folia Geobotanica. 45 (4): 347–367. doi: 10.1007/s12224-010-9089-y. ISSN 1211-9520.
- ^ a b Scheunert, Agnes; Fleischmann, Andreas; Olano-Marín, Catalina; Bräuchler, Christian; Heubl, Günther (2012-12-14). "Phylogeny of tribe Rhinantheae (Orobanchaceae) with a focus on biogeography, cytology and re-examination of generic concepts". Taxon. 61 (6): 1269–1285. doi: 10.1002/tax.616008.