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<p>The aim of this paper is to present materials towards the taxonomic revision of <italic>Brachycorythis</italic>-complex (Orchidinae, Orchidaceae), which constitutes seven terrestrial genera and forty-eight species distributed in sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar and SW Asia. The detailed morphological descriptions, together with distribution data and ecological preferences for particular taxa are provided. Artificial keys for taxa identification were prepared. A molecular timescale for <italic>Brachycorythis</italic> species on a background of the subtribe Orchidinae was reconstructed using nuclear and plastid molecular markers. The results show that representatives of <italic>Brachycorythis</italic> separated from its last common ancestor presumably ca 20 Mya and the youngest taxa within the group seem to be its Asiatic representatives.</p>
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The aim of this paper is to present materials towards the taxonomic revision of Brachycorythis-complex (Orchidinae, Orchidaceae), which constitutes seven terrestrial genera and forty-eight species distributed in sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar and SW Asia. The detailed morphological descriptions, together with distribution data and ecological preferences for particular taxa are provided. Artificial keys for taxa identification were prepared. A molecular timescale for Brachycorythis species on a background of the subtribe Orchidinae was reconstructed using nuclear and plastid molecular markers. The results show that representatives of Brachycorythis separated from its last common ancestor presumably ca 20 Mya and the youngest taxa within the group seem to be its Asiatic representatives.

Contribution to the taxonomic revision of <italic>Brachycorythis</italic>-complex (Orchidaceae, Orchidoideae)

Departament of Plant Taxonomy and Nature Conservation

Biodiversity Research and Conservation

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Contribution to the taxonomic revision of -complex (Orchidaceae, Orchidoideae)

The aim of this paper is to present materials towards the taxonomic revision of Brachycorythis-complex (Orchidinae, Orchidaceae), which constitutes seven...

Contribution to the taxonomic revision of Brachycorythis-complex (Orchidaceae, Orchidoideae)

Published Online: Dec 30, 2021

Page range: 5 - 117

Received: May 21, 2021

Accepted: Jun 30, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/biorc-2021-0004

Keywords
-complex, ecology, molecular clock, morphology, revision, taxonomy

© 2021 Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (Poland), Department of Plant Taxonomy

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Contribution to the taxonomic revision of Brachycorythis-complex (Orchidaceae, Orchidoideae)

Published Online: Dec 30, 2021

Page range: 5 - 117

Received: May 21, 2021

Accepted: Jun 30, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/biorc-2021-0004

Keywords-complex, ecology, molecular clock, morphology, revision, taxonomy

© 2021 Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (Poland), Department of Plant Taxonomy

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
-complex, ecology, molecular clock, morphology, revision, taxonomy