Murdannia

Murdannia
Murdannia
Murdannia semiteres in Hyderabad, India
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Commelinales
Family: Commelinaceae
Subfamily: Commelinoideae
Tribe: Commelineae
Genus: Murdannia
Royle, 1839
Type species
M. edulis
(Stokes) Faden

Murdannia is a genus of annual or perennial monocotyledonous flowering plants in the dayflower family. The genus contains about 50 species, making it one of the largest in the family. They are found in tropical regions across the globe with extensions into warm temperate areas. Typically, Murdannia species are found in open areas in mesic soils. However, some are semi-aquatic, and a limited few are found in closed forest situations. They are most easily distinguished from other genera in the family by their three-lobed or spear-shaped antherodes (i.e. non-functional anthers).[1] Also, along with the closely related genus Anthericopsis, it is the only genus with staminodes (i.e. non-functional stamens) opposite the petals.[2]

References

  1. ^ Faden, Robert B. (1998), "Commelinaceae", in Kubitzki, Klaus, The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, 4, Berlin: Springer, pp. 109–128, ISBN 3-540-64061-4 
  2. ^ Evans, Timothy M.; Sytsma, Kenneth J.; Faden, Robert B.; Givnish, Thomas J. (2003), "Phylogenetic Relationships in the Commelinaceae: II. A Cladistic Analysis of rbcL Sequences and Morphology", Systematic Botany 28 (2): 270–292 

{{Mayur Nandikar and R. V. Gurav: 2011 A New Species of Murdannia Royle (Commelinaceae) from Northern Western Ghats of India 2011 vol.56 no.3pp. 227-230}}[[1]]


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