Cistus asper

Cistus asper
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Cistaceae
Genus:	Cistus
Species:	C. asper
Binomial name
Cistus asper Demoly & R.Mesa [1]

Cistus asper is a shrubby species of flowering plant in the family Cistaceae with purple-pink flowers. It was first described in 2005 and is endemic to El Hierro in the Canary Islands. ^[2]

Phylogeny

A 2011 molecular phylogenetic study placed C. asper as a member of the purple and pink flowered clade of Cistus species, along with some other Canary Island endemics ( Cistus chinamadensis , Cistus horrens , Cistus ocreatus , and Cistus symphytifolius ). ^[3]

Species-level cladogram of Cistus species.

Halimium spp.           Halimium spp.   PPC           Cistus crispus                 Cistus heterophyllus           Cistus albidus     Cistus creticus           Cistus asper     Cistus chinamadensis     Cistus horrens     Cistus ocreatus     Cistus osbeckiifolius     Cistus palmensis     Cistus symphytifolius     WWPC                 Cistus clusii     Cistus munbyi           Cistus inflatus     Cistus ladanifer     Cistus laurifolius     Cistus libanotis     Cistus monspeliensis     Cistus parviflorus     Cistus populifolius     Cistus pouzolzii     Cistus salviifolius     Cistus sintenisii    Purple   Pink   Clade  White   Whitish Pink   Clade

Species-level cladogram of Cistus species, based on plastid and nuclear DNA sequences. [3] [4] [5] [6]

References

1. "Cistus asper", The Plant List, retrieved 2015-03-02
2. Demoly, J.-P. (2005), "Une nouvelle espèce et une nouvelle sous-espèce du genre Cistus L. (Cistaceae) endémiques de El Hierro", Biocosme Mésogéen (in French), 22 (3): 117–120, cited in Marrero, Águedo; Pérez, Rafael Serafín Almeida & Ríos, Carlos (2008), "Cistus grancanariae sp. nov. (Cistaceae), una nueva especie para Gran Canaria (Islas Canarias)", Botánica Macaronésica (in Spanish) (27): 73–88, retrieved 2015-03-02
3. Civeyrel, Laure; Leclercq, Julie; Demoly, Jean-Pierre; Agnan, Yannick; Quèbre, Nicolas; Pélissier, Céline & Otto, Thierry (2011), "Molecular systematics, character evolution, and pollen morphology of Cistus and Halimium (Cistaceae)", Plant Systematics and Evolution, 295 (1–4): 23–54, doi:10.1007/s00606-011-0458-7, hdl: 2078.1/219851 , S2CID   21995828
4. Guzmán, B. & Vargas, P. (2009). "Historical biogeography and character evolution of Cistaceae (Malvales) based on analysis of plastid rbcL and trnL-trnF sequences". Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 9 (2): 83–99. doi:10.1016/j.ode.2009.01.001.
5. Guzmán, B. & Vargas, P. (2005), "Systematics, character evolution, and biogeography of Cistus L. (Cistaceae) based on ITS, trnL-trnF, and matK sequences", Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 37 (3): 644–660, doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2005.04.026, PMID   16055353
6. Guzman, B.; Lledo, M.D. & Vargas, P. (2009). "Adaptive Radiation in Mediterranean Cistus (Cistaceae)". PLOS ONE. 4 (7) e6362. Bibcode:2009PLoSO...4.6362G. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006362 . PMC   2719431 . PMID   19668338.