Coleotrype

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Commelinaless

Familia: Commelinaceae
Subfamilia: Commelinoideae
Tribus: Tradescantieae
Subtribus: Coleotrypinae
Genus: Coleotrype
Species: C. baronii – C. brueckneriana – C. goudotii – C. laurentii – C. lutea – C. madagascarica – C. natalensis – C. synanthera – C. udzungwaensis – C. vermigera
Name

Coleotrype C.B.Clarke in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 238 (1881)

Type species: Coleotrype natalensis C.B.Clarke in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 238 (1881)

References
Primary references

Clarke, C.B. (1881) Monographiae Phanerogamarum 3: 120, 238. BHL

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2015. Coleotrype in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 Aug 29. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2015. Coleotrype. Published online. Accessed: Aug 29 2015.
Tropicos.org 2015. Coleotrype. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2015 Aug 29.

Coleotrype is a genus of perennial monocotyledonous flowering plants in the dayflower family. It is found in Africa and Madagascar.[1]

The genus is characterised by its extremely contracted inflorescences with each unit being subtended by a relatively large bract, and the petals that form a short tube at the base in which the stamens are attached to it. Flowers may be either zygomorphic or actinomorphic, and anthers release their pollen either through a pore at the tip or slits down the sides. They are typically encountered in forest understories.[2][3]

Analysis of DNA sequences has shown that Coleotrype is most closely related to the genus Amischotolype, while these two are in turn most closely related to the genus Cyanotis plus its very close relative Belosynapsis. These four genera form a clade that is found only in the Old World, while all of its immediate ancestors are present only in the New World.[4]

Species[1]

Coleotrype baronii Baker - Madagascar
Coleotrype brueckneriana Mildbr. - Kenya, Tanzania
Coleotrype goudotii C.B.Clarke - Madagascar
Coleotrype laurentii K.Schum. - western + central Africa
Coleotrype lutea H.Perrier - Madagascar
Coleotrype madagascarica C.B.Clarke - Madagascar
Coleotrype natalensis C.B.Clarke - Eswatini, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa
Coleotrype synanthera H.Perrier - Madagascar
Coleotrype udzungwaensis Faden & Layton - Tanzania
Coleotrype vermigera H.Perrier - Madagascar

References

Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Faden, Robert B. (1998), "Commelinaceae", in Kubitzki, Klaus (ed.), The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, vol. 4, Berlin: Springer, pp. 109–128, ISBN 3-540-64061-4
Faden, R. (2012). Commelinaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-244.
Evans, Timothy M.; Sytsma, Kenneth J.; Faden, Robert B.; Givnish, Thomas J. (2003), "Phylogenetic Relationships in the Commelinaceae: II. A Cladistic Analysis of rbcL Sequences and Morphology", Systematic Botany, 28 (2): 270–292, doi:10.1043/0363-6445-28.2.270