Capitanopsis

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Capitanopsis
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Capitanopsis brevilabra
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Subfamily: Nepetoideae
Tribe: Ocimeae
Genus: Capitanopsis
S.Moore
Type species
Capitanopsis cloiselii
S.Moore
Synonyms [1]
  • DauphineaHedge
  • MadlabiumHedge
  • PerrierastrumGuillaumin

Capitanopsis is a genus of plants in the family Lamiaceae, first described in 1916. It contains six known species, all endemic to Madagascar. [1] [2]

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Taxonomy

Phylogeny

In 2019, Paton et al. published a summary cladogram for the subtribe Plectranthinae, [3] based on an earlier 2018 study. [1] The formerly recognized monotypic genera Dauphinea, Madlabium and Perrierastrum were found to form a clade with three species placed in Capitanopsis, so were transferred to that genus. Capitanopsis was a sister of the newly established genus Equilabium . [1]

Tribe Ocimeae

Subtribe Ociminae

Subtribe Plectranthinae

Alvesia (3 spp.)

Aeollanthus (42 spp.)

Tetradenia + Thorncroftia (29 spp.)

Plectranthus (72 spp.)

Capitanopsis (including Dauphinea, Madlabium and Perrierastrum; 6 spp.)

Equilabium (42 spp.)

Coleus (294 spp.)

Species

Paton et al. (2018) recognize six species: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Paton, A.; Mwanyambo, M. & Culham, A. (2018), "Phylogenetic study of Plectranthus, Coleus and allies (Lamiaceae): Taxonomy, distribution and medicinal use" (PDF), Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 188 (4): 355–376, doi: 10.1093/botlinnean/boy064
  2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. Paton, Alan J.; Mwanyambo, Montfort; Govaerts, Rafaël H.A.; Smitha, Kokkaraniyil; Suddee, Somran; Phillipson, Peter B.; Wilson, Trevor C.; Forster, Paul I. & Culham, Alastair (2019), "Nomenclatural changes in Coleus and Plectranthus (Lamiaceae): a tale of more than two genera", PhytoKeys (129): 1–158, doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.129.34988 , PMC   6717120 , PMID   31523157