Pattalias
{{Short description|Genus of plants}}
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|taxon = Pattalias
|authority = S.Watson (1889)
|synonyms =
- Lyonia {{small|Elliott (1817), nom. illeg.}}, not Lyonia {{small|Raf. (1808), nom. rej.}} or Lyonia {{small|Nutt. (1818), nom. cons.}}
- Macbridea {{small|Raf. (1818), nom. rej.}}, not Macbridea {{small|Elliot (1818), nom. cons.}}
- Seutera {{small|Rchb. (1828), nom. superfl.}}
|synonyms_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:296829-2 Pattalias S.Watson]. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
|subdivision_ranks = species
|subdivision =
- Pattalias palmeri {{small|S.Watson}}
- Pattalias palustris {{small|(Pursh) Fishbein}}
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Pattalias is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae. It is native to Mexico, Belize, the West Indies, and the southeastern United States.
Taxonomy
The two species placed in the genus were for many years sunk into a broadly defined genus Cynanchum. In 2005, on the basis of both molecular phylogenetic and morphological evidence, it was proposed that they should be placed in a separate genus. Determining the correct name to be used for this genus involves a complex taxonomic history. The genus was first described in 1817 by Elliott using the name Lyonia. However, this name had already been published in 1808 by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque for a genus in the family Polygonaceae, so Elliott's name is an illegitimate later homonym. In 1818, Rafinesque published a replacement name, Macbridea. This too has been treated as an illegitimate later homonym, as Thomas Nuttall had published Macbridea in the same year for a genus in the family Lamiaceae, ascribing the name to Elliott. In 1828, Ludwig Reichenbach published Seutera as a replacement name for Elliott's Lyonia, unaware of Rafinesque's Macbridea. In 1889, Sereno Watson published the name Pattalias. It is now considered that Rafinesque may have published Macbridea a few weeks before Nuttall, so Seutera is superfluous. (It could also be confused with Sutera.) A proposal to conserve Seutera was rejected. As Macbridea {{small|Elliott}} has been conserved against Macbridea {{small|Raf.}}, the remaining legitimate name is Watson's Pattalias.{{Cite journal |last1=Fishbein |first1=Mark |last2=Stevens |first2=W.D. |date=2006 |title=Resurrection of Seutera Reichenbach (Apocynaceae:Asclepiadoideae) |journal=Novon |volume=15 |pages=531–533 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/644705#page/531/mode/1up |access-date=2023-07-26 |name-list-style=amp }}{{Citation |last1=Reveal |first1=J.L. |last2=Gandhi |first2=K.N. |date=2010 |title=(1929-1930) Proposals to conserve Macbridea Elliott (Lamiaceae) and Seutera (Asclepiadaceae) against Macbridea Raf. (Asclepiadaceae) |journal=Taxon |volume=59 |issue=2 |pages=646–647 |doi=10.1002/tax.592035 |name-list-style=amp |doi-access=free }}{{Cite journal |last1=Brummitt |first1=R.K. |date=2011 |title=Report of the Nomenclature Committee for Vascular Plants: 63 |journal=Taxon |volume=60 |issue=4 |pages=1202–1210 |doi=10.1002/tax.604025 |doi-access=free }}Carnevali, G., J. L. Tapia-Muñoz, R. Duno de Stefano & I. M. Ramírez Morillo. 2010. Flora Ilustrada de la Peninsula Yucatán: Listado Florístico 1–326
=Species=
- Pattalias palmeri S. Watson - Baja California Sur
- Pattalias palustris (Pursh) Fishbein - Cuba, southeastern United States, Veracruz, Yucatán Peninsula
References
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