Plant Diversity ›› 1981, Vol. 3 ›› Issue (04): 1-3.

• Articles •    

ANOTHER NEW GENUS OF AD0XACEAE, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCES ON THE INFRAFAMILIAR EVOLUTION AND THE SYSTEMATlC POSlTI0N OF THE FAMILY

Wu Cheng-yih   

  1. Kunmming Institute of Botany,Academia sinica
  • Online:1981-08-25 Published:1981-08-25

Abstract: Based on the very recently described Adoxa omeiensis Hara, Tetradoxa C. Y. Wu is raised as second new genus in the Adoxaceae, in making this formerly monotypic family to 3-generic. A thorough comparison among Tetra-doxa, Adoxa and Sinadoxa is made and the infrafamiliar evolution being widely discussed. The systematic position of the family is also elucidated according to the palynological data by SEM.

Key words: new genus, adoxaceae, special, infrafamiliar