Nomenclatural notes in the Pleurothallidinae (Orchidaceae): Phloeophila
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Chiron, Guy R.
Karremans Lok, Adam Philip
van den Berg, Cassio
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Two of us found some years ago that Phloeophila nummularia, type species of the genus Phloeophila, was placed in a molecular phylogentic study in Pabstiella. In this article, we show with the inclusion of new sequences of Phloeophila that this result was not correct. Phloeophila forms a unique clade in Pleurothallidinae and is not closely related to Pabstiella. In addition, the exclusion of three species, one transferred to Dryadella and two others to Acianthera, is proposed.
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Brazilian Pleurothallidinae, Pabstiella, Phloeophila nummularia, Phylogenetics of Pleurothallidinae, ORQUIDEAS - INVESTIGACIONES, ORQUIDEAS - ANATOMÍA VEGETAL, TAXONOMÍA BOTÁNICA