Andicolea, formerly known as Loricaria, is a genus of South American flowering plants in the tribe Gnaphalieae within the family Asteraceae.[2][3][4]

Andicolea
Andicolea thuyoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Gnaphalieae
Genus: Andicolea
Mayta & Molinari (2021)
Synonyms[1]
  • Loricaria Wedd. (1856), non J.V.Lamour (1825).
  • Tafalla D.Don (1831), nom. illeg.
  • Thysopsis Wedd. (1856), pro syn.

Taxonomy edit

The genus was first established as Loricaria by Hugh Weddell in 1855. However, a 2021 review of the nomenclatural history of the name found that Jean Vincent Lamouroux had already used the name Loricaria to describe a genus of brown algae split off from Fucus in 1813. Because that name was referenced several times by Lamouroux and other botanists in the years following its publication, it is considered the valid name. Thus, the name Andicolea was applied to the Asteraceae genus in reference to its Andean distribution.[5]

While the exact number of accepted species has varied over the years, there are currently around twenty accepted names. These are divided into three sections based mainly on the location of the flower head: Graveoleum and Thyopsis (axillary), and Terminalia (terminal).[6] However, the 2021 nomenclatural revision changed the name of sect. Thyopsis to sect. Andicolea after the new generic name.[5]

Species[6]
Section Name Authority Distribution
Andicolea Andicolea azuayensis Cuatrec. Ecuador
Andicolea cinerea D.J.N.Hind Ecuador
Andicolea complanata (Sch.Bip.) Wedd. Ecuador, Colombia
Andicolea lagunillensis Cuatrec. Colombia
Andicolea leptothamna (Mattf.) Cuatrec. Peru
Andicolea ollgaardii M.O.Dillon & Sagást. Ecuador
Andicolea pauciflora Cuatrec. Ecuador
Andicolea scolopendra (Hook.) Kuntze Ecuador
Andicolea thuyoides (Lam.) Sch.Bip. Peru, Ecuador, Colombia
Andicolea unduaviensis Cuatrec. Bolivia
Graveoleum Andicolea graveolens (Sch.Bip.) Wedd. Peru
Terminalia Andicolea antisanensis Cuatrec. Ecuador
Andicolea colombiana Cuatrec. Colombia
Andicolea ferruginea (Ruiz & Pav.) Wedd. Peru, Ecuador
Andicolea ilinissae (Benth.) Cuatrec. Ecuador
Andicolea lycopodinea Cuatrec. Peru
Andicolea macbridei Cuatrec. Peru
Andicolea puracensis Cuatrec. Colombia
Andicolea thyrsoidea (Cuatrec.) M.O.Dillon & Sagást. Peru

References edit

  1. ^ Andicolea Mayta & Molinari. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  2. ^ Weddell, Hugh Algernon. Chloris andina :essai d'une flore de la région alpine des Cordillères de l'Amérique du Sud 1(4): 165-167 descriptions in Latin, commentary in French
  3. ^ Tropicos, Loricaria Wedd.
  4. ^ Luteyn, J. L. 1999. Páramos, a checklist of plant diversity, geographical distribution, and botanical literature. Memoirs of The New York Botanical Garden 84: viii–xv, 1–278
  5. ^ a b Mayta, Luis; Molinari-Novoa, Eduardo (2021). "Andicolea, a replacement name for Loricaria (Compositae, Gnaphaliinae)". Plant and Fungal Systematics. 66 (1): 48–52. doi:10.35535/pfsyst-2021-0004. ISSN 2544-7459. S2CID 237755886.
  6. ^ a b Kandziora, Martha; Sklenář, Petr; Kolář, Filip; Schmickl, Roswitha (2022). "How to Tackle Phylogenetic Discordance in Recent and Rapidly Radiating Groups? Developing a Workflow Using Loricaria (Asteraceae) as an Example". Frontiers in Plant Science. 12. doi:10.3389/fpls.2021.765719. ISSN 1664-462X. PMC 8777076. PMID 35069621.