Phylica

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Genus of flowering plants

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::summary Genus of flowering plants ::

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Phylica is a genus of plants in the family Rhamnaceae. It contains about 150 species, the majority of which are restricted to South Africa, where they form part of the fynbos. A few species occur in other parts of southern Africa, and on islands including Madagascar, the Mascarene Islands, Île Amsterdam, Saint Helena, Tristan da Cunha, and Gough Island. Phylica piloburmensis from the Burmese amber of Myanmar, dating to around 99 million years ago during the mid-Cretaceous, was originally described as the oldest fossil member of the genus, but subsequent studies contested its assignment to the genus Phylica and even to the family Rhamnaceae, with one study placing it in the separate genus Nothophylica.

The genus name Phylica comes from the Greek φυλλικός (phullikόs) "of leaves, concerning leaves", as the stems are densely leafy in most of the species.

Species

Species in the genus Phylica include:

References

References

  1. (2003). "Species delimitation and the origin of populations in island representatives of ''Phylica'' (Rhamnaceae)". [[Evolution (journal).
  2. (2001). "Phylogenetic analysis of ''Phylica'' L. (Rhamnaceae) with an emphasis on island species: evidence from plastid ''trnL-F'' and nuclear internal transcribed spacer (ribosomal) DNA sequences". [[Taxon (journal).
  3. (2022-01-31). "Fire-prone Rhamnaceae with South African affinities in Cretaceous Myanmar amber". Nature Plants.
  4. (2024). "Flowers from Myanmar amber confirm the Cretaceous age of Rhamnaceae but not of the extant genus ''Phylica''". Nature Plants.
  5. (2024). "Novel three-dimensional reconstructions of presumed ''Phylica'' (Rhamnaceae) from Cretaceous amber suggest Lauralean affinities". Nature Plants.
  6. Notten, Alice. (April 2007). "Phylica ericoides". SANBI.
  7. "African Plant Database". Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques, Ville de Genève.

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