CODONOBOEA (GESNERIACEAE) SECTIONS IN PENINSULAR MALAYSIA
ABSTRACT: Codonoboea is the
largest genus of Gesneriaceae in Peninsular Malaysia with 92 species. Nine
sections, Boeopsis, Codonoboea, Didymanthus, Glossadenia, Heteroboea,
Pectinati, Reptantes, Salicini and Venusti, have been erected based on
morphological characters, such as habit, leaf arrangement and shape, type of
inflorescence, number of flowers, corolla type and nectary type. Recent
molecular phylogenetic study using ITS and trnL-F sequences show that only
section Heteroboea is monophyletic. While the sections of Codonoboea can no
longer be maintained as formal taxonomic taxa, as informal groupings they are
useful in identification and in constructing keys.
Author: LIM CHUNG LU, RUTH
KIEW
Journal Code: jpbiologigg140009
