Fadogiella
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Fadogiella is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It was described by Walter Robyns in 1928.{{cite journal|author=Robyns W|year=1928|title=Tentamen monographiae Vanguerieae generumque affinium|journal=Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'état Bruxelles|volume=11|issue=1|pages=1–359|doi=10.2307/3666476|jstor=3666476}}
Distribution
It is found in Central and East Tropical Africa: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Angola, Malawi, and Zambia.{{cite web|url=http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/qsearch.do?plantName=Fadogiella |title=Fadogiella in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae |accessdate= }}
Bacterial leaf symbiosis
Endophytic bacteria are housed in the intercellular space of the leaf mesophyll tissue. The presence of these bacteria can only be microscopically ascertained. The bacteria are identified as Burkholderia, which is a genus that is also found in the leaves of other Rubiaceae species.{{cite journal|vauthors=Verstraete B, Janssens S, Smets E, Dessein S|year=2013|title=Symbiotic beta-proteobacteria beyond legumes: Burkholderia in Rubiaceae|journal=PLOS ONE|volume=8|issue=1|pages=e55260|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0055260|pmid=23372845|pmc=3555867|doi-access=free}}{{cite journal|vauthors=Verstraete B, Janssens S, Lemaire B, Smets E, Dessein S|year=2013|title=Phylogenetic lineages in Vanguerieae (Rubiaceae) associated with Burkholderia bacteria in sub-Saharan Africa|journal=American Journal of Botany|volume=100|issue=12|pages=2380–2387|doi=10.3732/ajb.1300303|pmid=24275705}} The hypothesis is that these endophytic bacteria provide chemical protection against insect herbivory.{{cite journal|vauthors=Sieber S, Carlier A, Neuburger M, Grabenweger G, Eberl L, Gademann K|year=2015|title=Isolation and total synthesis of kirkamide, an aminocyclitol from an obligate leaf nodule symbiont|journal=Angewandte Chemie International Edition|volume=54|issue=27|pages=7968–7970|doi=10.1002/anie.201502696|pmid=26033226|url=https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/120735/7/angewandte_authac.pdf}}
Taxonomy
This genus is morphologically similar to and related to Fadogia,{{cite journal|vauthors=Lantz H, Bremer B |year=2004|title=Phylogeny inferred from morphology and DNA data: characterizing well-supported groups in Vanguerieae (Rubiaceae)|journal=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society|volume=146|issue=3|pages=257–283|doi=10.1111/j.1095-8339.2004.00338.x|doi-access=free}} but Fadogiella is (3-)4-5 locular, while Fadogia is 3-4(-5) locular.
Species
- Fadogiella cana (K.Schum.) Robyns
- Fadogiella rogersii (Wernham) Bridson
- Fadogiella stigmatoloba (K.Schum.) Robyns
References
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External links
- [http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/rubiaceae/ World Checklist of Rubiaceae]
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Category:Taxa named by Frans Hubert Edouard Arthur Walter Robyns