Biology:Leuenbergeria

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Short description: Genus of cacti

Leuenbergeria
Leuenbergeria bleo cropped.jpg
Leuenbergeria bleo
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Leuenbergerioideae
Mayta & Mol.Nov.[2]
Genus: Leuenbergeria
Lodé[1]
Type species
Leuenbergeria quisqueyana

Leuenbergeria is a genus of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae, mostly native around the Caribbean.[1] Unlike most cacti, it has persistent leaves and develops bark on its stems early in its growth. The genus was created in 2012 by Joël Lodé. Before the creation of Leuenbergeria as a genus, the species within it were included in a broadly circumscribed genus, Pereskia. Leuenbergeria is the only genus in the subfamily Leuenbergerioideae.

Description

Species of Leuenbergeria grow as trees or shrubs, up to 10 m (33 ft) in the case of L. lychnidiflora. They differ from most cacti in having leaves even when mature – as also do species of Pereskia and Rhodocactus, with which Leuenbergeria species were once united in a single genus. Leuenbergeria differs from those other genera in that the stems of Leuenbergeria species form bark at an early stage in their growth and do not have stomata, preventing them from acting as organs of photosynthesis. Like other cacti, they have areoles bearing spines. In most species, the areoles also bear leaves. Their flowers are mostly pink, orange or red, although some species have yellow flowers.[3][4]

Taxonomy

Joël Lodé created the genus Leuenbergeria in 2012.[5] The name honours the Swiss botanist Beat Ernst Leuenberger.[3] The genus Pereskia was previously broadly defined so that it included Leuenbergeria. Molecular phylogenetic studies suggested that there were three clades within Pereskia when circumscribed in this way.[6][7] Leuenbergeria was created for the "Northern clade". By 2016, all three clades were recognized as separate genera.[3][2] A consensus cladogram from a 2005 study is shown below with the more recent generic assignments added.[8] It shows that the three genera are basal to the rest of the cacti.

Cactaceae

Leuenbergeria

Pereskia s.s.

Rhodocactus 

core cacti

Pereskia as previously defined

Leuenbergeria has been placed as the only genus in the subfamily Leuenbergerioideae.[2]

Within the genus, a 2005 molecular phylogenetic study suggested the species were related as shown in the following cladogram. The position of the ovary appears to have some phylogenetic significance.[8] The sister species L. aureiflora and L. guamacho are the only two with yellow flowers.[3]

L. lychnidiflora

L. guamacho

L. aureiflora

L. bleo

L. quisqueyana

L. zinniflora

L. portulacifolia 

L. marcanoi

semi-inferior ovary
inferior ovary

Species

(As of May 2019), Plants of the World Online accepted eight species:[1]

Image Scientific name Distribution
Leuenbergeria aureiflora (F.Ritter) Lodé eastern Brazil
玫瑰麒麟 Leuenbergeria bleo 20200424231122 01.jpg Leuenbergeria bleo (Kunth) Lodé Panama and Colombia
Pereskia guamacho.jpg Leuenbergeria guamacho (F.A.C.Weber) Lodé S. Caribbean, N. Colombia to Venezuela
Leuenbergeria lychnidiflora Cutler P1630494.jpg Leuenbergeria lychnidiflora (DC.) Lodé Mexico (Guerrero, Oaxaca) to Central America
Leuenbergeria marcanoi 2020-02-08 7082.jpg Leuenbergeria marcanoi (Areces) Lodé Hispaniola (Dominican Republic)
Leuenbergeria portulacifolia (L.) Lodé Hispaniola (Haiti)
Flor Nacional.jpg Leuenbergeria quisqueyana (Alain) Lodé Hispaniola (Dominican Republic)
Pereskia zinniiflora 01 SSZ.jpg Leuenbergeria zinniiflora (DC.) Lodé Cuba

Distribution

Leuenbergeria has a discontinuous distribution. Most species are native to southwest Mexico and around the Caribbean, in both the West Indies and northern South America. L. aureiflora is the exception, being found in eastern Brazil .[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Leuenbergeria Lodé", Plants of the World Online (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew), https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60461842-2, retrieved 2019-05-27 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Mayta, Luis; Molinari-Novoa, E.A. (2015), "L'intégration du genre Leuenbergeria Lodé dans sa propre sous-famille, Leuenbergerioideae Mayta & Mol. Nov., subfam. nov." (in French), Succulentopi@ 15: 6–7, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/270339566, retrieved 2015-01-20 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Lodé, J. (2013), "Leuenbergeria, un nouveau genre de cactées" (in fr), Cactus-Aventures International 97: 26–27 , cited in (Mayta Molinari-Novoa); English translation: Lodé, J. (2013), "Leuenbergeria, a new genus in Cactaceae", International Cactus-Adventures 97: 25–27, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/334459529, retrieved 2021-04-28 
  4. Anderson, Edward F. (2001), "Pereskia", The Cactus Family, Pentland, Oregon: Timber Press, pp. 566–572, ISBN 978-0-88192-498-5 ; Anderson's Pereskia includes Leuenbergeria.
  5. "Plant Name Details for Leuenbergeria Lodé", The International Plant Names Index, http://www.ipni.org/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=60461842-2, retrieved 2019-05-27 
  6. Bárcenas, Rolando T.; Yesson, Chris; Hawkins, Julie A. (2011), "Molecular systematics of the Cactaceae", Cladistics 27 (5): 470–489, doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2011.00350.x, PMID 34875796 
  7. Asai, Issaku; Miyata, Kazunori (2016), "An Emendation of Rhodocactus, a Genus Segregated from Pereskia (Cactaceae)", Journal of Japanese Botany 91: 7–12, http://www.jjbotany.com/pdf/JJB_091_7_12.pdf, retrieved 2021-04-25 
  8. 8.0 8.1 Edwards, Erika J.; Nyffeler, Reto; Donoghue, Michael J. (2005), "Basal cactus phylogeny: implications of Pereskia (Cactaceae) paraphyly for the transition to the cactus life form", American Journal of Botany 92 (7): 1177–1188, doi:10.3732/ajb.92.7.1177, PMID 21646140 

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