Journal
KEW BULLETIN
Volume 76, Issue 4, Pages 651-674Publisher
SPRINGER LONDON LTD
DOI: 10.1007/s12225-021-09985-w
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Caryophyllales; molecular phylogeny; new species; reproductive characters; taxonomy
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- Department of Higher Plants [12-2-21]
- Lomonosov Moscow State University [AAAA-A16-116021660106-0]
- Tomsk State University
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A new species of Sesuvium plant is described in the Caribbean Basin, showing distinct characteristics in its stems and seeds from other perennial species in the region. Molecular phylogenetic analysis places the species in the 'American' clade, but its exact relationships remain unresolved. Additionally, a diagnostic key to Sesuvium species in the West Indies is provided in this study.
A distinctive new species, Sesuvium curassavicum Sukhor. (Aizoaceae: Sesuvioideae), restricted to the Caribbean Basin (Kingdom of the Netherlands: Curacao and Bonaire Islands, North Colombia: La Guajira Department, and North Venezuela: Falcon State), is described and illustrated. It differs from all other perennial species growing in the West Indies by its papillate stems and wrinkled seeds. Based on the molecular phylogenetic analysis of nrDNA (ITS) and three plastid regions (rps16 gene intron, atpB-rbcL and trnL-trnF intergenic spacers), S. curassavicum is included in the 'American' clade, but its relationships are not fully resolved. The samples of the plants known as S. microphyllum fall within the 'Sesuvium portulacastrum' clade, and for that reason this species is considered here as a synonym of S. portulacastrum being an ecological form of the latter species. Sesuvium revolutifolium, S. ortegae and S. revolutum, described from cultivated plants are established as earlier synonyms of S. verrucosum, for which S. revolutifolium has priority and is proposed here as the correct name. These three species names seem to share the same provenance which cannot be Cuba, as stated in the protologue for S. revolutifolium, but rather Mexico. The name Sesuvium sessile is discussed and merged with S. portulacastrum. A new diagnostic key to the Sesuvium species in the West Indies is provided. In total, we accept for the West Indies the following species: S. curassavicum, S. humifusum, S. maritimum, S. portulacastrum and S. rubriflorum. The origins of collections of the neotype of Radiana petiolata and the holotypes of Sesuvium microphyllum and S. spathulatum are clarified.
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