TY - JOUR

T1 - The Old World species of Boehmeria (Urticaceae, tribus Boehmerieae)

T2 - a taxonomic revision

AU - Wilmot-Dear, Christine Melanie

AU - Friis, Ib

PY - 2013/9/27

Y1 - 2013/9/27

N2 - This is the second part of a world-wide revision of the genus Boehmeria, the previously-published parthaving dealt with the New World species. The Old World species are widely distributed in the tropics and subtropicsfrom West Africa to islands in the Pacific Ocean and from Japan and China to Southern Africa, Madagascar andAustralia, with the highest species richness in the Himalayas and their extension into China and Indochina. Noindigenous species is common to both the Old and New World. The species represent taxonomic units of very differentcomplexity: most species exhibit little infraspecific variation; in several others formal taxonomic infraspecificunits can be recognised; however, in two, B. virgata and B. japonica, a highly complex variation is seen, fittingwith difficulty into the normal hierarchy of taxonomic classification. With the conclusions reached here, 33 species,including 31 varieties, are recognised and over one hundred previously established names are placed in synonymy.Four new taxa are described: B. pilosiuscula var. suffruticosa, B. virgata subsp. macrophylla var. minuticymosa,B. virgata subsp. virgata var. velutina and B. virgata subsp. virgata var. maxima. The following new combinations aremade: B. densiflora var. boninensis, B. heterophylla var. blumei, B. japonica var. silvestrii, B. japonica var. tenera,B. sieboldiana var. fuzhouensis, B. ternifolia var. kamley, B. virgata subsp. macrophylla, B. virgata subsp. macrophyllavar. canescens, B. virgata subsp. macrophylla var. densiglomerata, B. virgata subsp. macrophylla var. longissima,B. virgata subsp. macrophylla var. macrostachya, B. virgata subsp. macrophylla var. molliuscula, B. virgata subsp.macrophylla var. rotundifolia, B. virgata subsp. macrophylla var. scabrella, B. virgata subsp. macrophylla var. strigosa,B. virgata subsp. macrophylla var. sumatrana, B. virgata subsp. macrophylla var. tomentosa and B. virgata subsp.virgata var. austroqueenslandica.

AB - This is the second part of a world-wide revision of the genus Boehmeria, the previously-published parthaving dealt with the New World species. The Old World species are widely distributed in the tropics and subtropicsfrom West Africa to islands in the Pacific Ocean and from Japan and China to Southern Africa, Madagascar andAustralia, with the highest species richness in the Himalayas and their extension into China and Indochina. Noindigenous species is common to both the Old and New World. The species represent taxonomic units of very differentcomplexity: most species exhibit little infraspecific variation; in several others formal taxonomic infraspecificunits can be recognised; however, in two, B. virgata and B. japonica, a highly complex variation is seen, fittingwith difficulty into the normal hierarchy of taxonomic classification. With the conclusions reached here, 33 species,including 31 varieties, are recognised and over one hundred previously established names are placed in synonymy.Four new taxa are described: B. pilosiuscula var. suffruticosa, B. virgata subsp. macrophylla var. minuticymosa,B. virgata subsp. virgata var. velutina and B. virgata subsp. virgata var. maxima. The following new combinations aremade: B. densiflora var. boninensis, B. heterophylla var. blumei, B. japonica var. silvestrii, B. japonica var. tenera,B. sieboldiana var. fuzhouensis, B. ternifolia var. kamley, B. virgata subsp. macrophylla, B. virgata subsp. macrophyllavar. canescens, B. virgata subsp. macrophylla var. densiglomerata, B. virgata subsp. macrophylla var. longissima,B. virgata subsp. macrophylla var. macrostachya, B. virgata subsp. macrophylla var. molliuscula, B. virgata subsp.macrophylla var. rotundifolia, B. virgata subsp. macrophylla var. scabrella, B. virgata subsp. macrophylla var. strigosa,B. virgata subsp. macrophylla var. sumatrana, B. virgata subsp. macrophylla var. tomentosa and B. virgata subsp.virgata var. austroqueenslandica.

KW - Faculty of Science

KW - botanik

KW - botany

KW - taxonomy

KW - Urticaceae

KW - descriptions

KW - ecology

KW - keys

KW - biodiversitet

KW - biodiversity

KW - revision

U2 - 10.3767/000651913X674116

DO - 10.3767/000651913X674116

M3 - Journal article

VL - 58

SP - 85

EP - 216

JO - Blumea: Journal of Plant Taxonomy and Plant Geography

JF - Blumea: Journal of Plant Taxonomy and Plant Geography

SN - 0006-5196

IS - 2

ER -