Thaumatophyllum (formerly Meconostigma) is a genus of flowering plants in the arum family, Araceae. Its species are native to northern (tropical) South America.[1]

Thaumatophyllum
Thaumatophyllum xanadu
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Alismatales
Family: Araceae
Subfamily: Aroideae
Tribe: Philodendreae
Genus: Thaumatophyllum
Schott[1]
Species

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Synonyms
  • Philodendron subg. Meconostigma[2]

Taxonomy

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The genus Thaumatophyllum was erected by Heinrich Wilhelm Schott in 1859,[3] with the sole species Thaumatophyllum spruceanum.[4] In 1962, G.M. Barroso transferred T. spruceanum to Philodendron. (However, the transfer was not made correctly and Barroso's name Philodendron spruceanum is illegitimate.) While in Philodendron, T. spruceanum was placed, along with other species, in subgenus Meconostigma.[5] A series of molecular phylogenetic studies, particularly from 2008 onwards, suggested that, when broadly circumscribed, Philodendron was not monophyletic. In 2018, it was proposed that subgenus Meconostigma should be raised to the rank of genus, under the name Thaumatophyllum.[2] The proposal has been accepted by Plants of the World Online,[1] among other taxonomic databases.

The generic epithet Thaumatophyllum comes from Ancient Greek θαυμα (thaûma, "miracle") + φύλλον (phúllon, "leaf").

Phylogeny

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Relationships among the former subgenera of Philodendron and related genera are not yet fully resolved. Several studies that have produced a resolved tree suggest that relationships may be of the form:[2]

Homalomena + Furtadoa

Adelonema

Thaumatophyllum

Philodendron subg. Pteromischum

Philodendron subg. Philodendron

Species

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As of October 2020, Plants of the World Online accepted the following species:

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Thaumatophyllum Schott", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2020-10-05
  2. ^ a b c Sakuragui, Cassia Mônica; Calazans, Luana Silva Braucks; Oliveira, Leticia Loss de; Morais, Érica Barroso de; Benko-Iseppon, Ana Maria; Vasconcelos, Santelmo; Schrago, Carlos Eduardo Guerra & Mayo, Simon Joseph (2018), "Recognition of the genus Thaumatophyllum Schott − formerly Philodendron subg. Meconostigma (Araceae) − based on molecular and morphological evidence", PhytoKeys (98): 51–71, doi:10.3897/phytokeys.98.25044, PMC 5943393, PMID 29750071
  3. ^ "Thaumatophyllum Schott", The International Plant Names Index, retrieved 2020-10-06
  4. ^ Schott, H. (1859), "Aroideenskizzen", Bonplandia. Zeitschrift für die gesammte Botanik (in German and Latin), 7 (3): 26–31, p. 31
  5. ^ Mayo, S.J. (1991), "A revision of Philodendron subgenus Meconostigma (Araceae)", Kew Bulletin, 46 (4): 601–668, doi:10.2307/4110410, JSTOR 4110410