Schiekia

Schiekia
Schiekia orinocensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Commelinales
Family:	Haemodoraceae
Subfamily:	Haemodoroideae
Genus:	Schiekia Maguire & Wurdack
Species:	S. orinocensis
Binomial name
Schiekia orinocensis Maguire & Wurdack
Synonyms [1]
TroscheliaKlotzsch & M.R.Schomb. Wachendorfia orinocensisKunth Troschelia orinocensis(Kunth) Klotzsch & M.R.Schomb. Xiphidium angustifoliumWilld. ex Link Schiekia flavescensMaury

Schiekia is a monotypic genus of herbs belonging to the family Haemodoraceae and first described as a genus in 1957. ^{[2] [3]} The sole recognised species, S. orinocensis is native to South America (Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana). This plant grasped the minds of many scientists who tried fruitlessly to discover its purpose in the natural order.^{[ clarification needed ] [1] [4] [5] [6]}

Subspecies ^[1]

• Schiekia orinocensis subsp. orinocensis - Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname
• Schiekia orinocensis subsp. silvestrisMaas & Stoel - N Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana

Phylogeny

Comparison of homologous DNA has increased the insight in the phylogenetic relationships between the genera in the Haemodoroideae subfamily. The following trees represent those insights. ^[7]

subfamily Haemodoroideae	Dilatris Lachnanthes Haemodorum Barberetta Wachendorfia Xiphidium Schiekia

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Meisner, Carl Daniel Friedrich. 1842. Plantarum vascularium genera :secundum ordines naturales digesta eorumque differentiae et affinitates tabulis diagnostacis expositae 2(12): 300 in Latin
3. Tropicos, Schiekia Meisn.
4. Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
5. Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
6. Maas, P. J. M. & H. Maas van de Kamer. 1993. Haemodoraceae. Flora Neotropica, Monograph 61: 1–44.
7. Hopper, Stephen D.; Smith, Rhian J.; Fay, Michael F.; Manning, John C.; Chase, Mark W. (2009). "Molecular phylogenetics of Haemodoraceae in the Greater Cape and Southwest Australian Floristic Regions". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 51 (1): 19–30. Bibcode:2009MolPE..51...19H. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.11.015. PMID   19063982.