Oxygyne

Oxygyne triandra

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Dioscoreales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Dioscoreales

Familia: Thismiaceae
Genus: Oxygyne
Species: O. confusa – O. duncanii – O. frankei – O. hyodoi – O. shinzatoi – O. triandra – O. yamashitae

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Oxygyne in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jul. 11. Reference page.

Name

Oxygyne Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 38(2): 140 (1906).

• Type species: Oxygyne triandra Schltr., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 38(2): 140 (1906).

• Heterotypic
  • Saionia Hatus., Journ. Geobot. 24(1): 2 (1976). (nom. inval.)
    • Type species: Saionia shinzatoi Hatus., Journ. Geobot. 24(1): 2 (1976). (nom. inval.)
  • Saionia Hatus. in Ohashi, Journ. Jap. Bot. 90(2): 116 (2015). (validated)
    • Type species: Saionia shinzatoi Hatus. in Ohashi, Journ. Jap. Bot. 90(2): 116 (2015). (validated)
      

Note: Very often still found in Burmanniaceae s.l.. Its circumscription in Thismiaceae is a taxonomic opinion to date.

References

Primary references

• Schlechter, R. 1906. Burmanniaceae africanae. In Engler (ed.), Beiträge zur Flora von Afrika. XXIX. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 38(2): 137–143. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Cheek, M., Tsukaya, H., Rudall, P.J. & Suetsugu, K. 2018. Taxonomic monograph of Oxygyne (Thismiaceae), rare achlorophyllous mycoheterotrophs with strongly disjunct distribution. PeerJ 6(6, e4828): 1–34. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.4828 . ResearchGate . Reference page. 
• Hatus. 1976. Two new species of Burmanniaceae from Japan. The Journal of Geobotany (The Hokuriku Journal of Botany) 24(1): 2–10. Reference page. 
• Ohashi, H. 2015. Resurrection of Saionia (Thismiaceae). [ホシザキシャクジョウ属 (タヌキノショクダイ科) の復活]. The Journal of Japanese Botany 90(2): 115–118. DOI: 10.51033/jjapbot.90_2_10567 . Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Oxygyne in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Mar. 4. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2015. Oxygyne. Published online. Accessed: Sept. 12 2015.
• Tropicos.org 2015. Oxygyne. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 Sept. 2015.

Vernacular names

日本語: ヒナノボンボリ属

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