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Lennoaceae Solms
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Distribution Map
Photographs
Lennoa
- Lennoa madreporoides
- Photo.
Habit of plant emerging from sand. Mexico, Edo. de
Oaxaca La Ventosa, in stabilized dunes on Pacific coast. Photo by Kevin
Nixon, 1978. Archived at PlantSystematics.org.
- Photo. Close-up of
inflorescence. Mexico, Edo. de Oaxaca La Ventosa, in stabilized dunes
on Pacific coast. Photo by Kevin Nixon, 1978.
- Photo showing habit of
excavated flowering shoot and another Photo
of a closer view of the flowers. Guatemala, Peten District, Cerro
Cahui Biotope Preserve, 2 km from El Remate along the eastern edge of
Lake Peten Itza. Photos December 2007 by Katharine B. Gregg.
- Photos.
Habit of the plant. Guerrero, México. Photo by Itzi Fragoso. Link goes to Flickr.
Pholisma
(including Ammobroma)
- Pholisma arenarium
- Photo. Habitat.
Sand flats of Morro Bay, California. Photo by Wm. Vance Baird.
- Photo.
Habit of plants. Grapevine Canyon, Kern County, California. Photo by
Naomi Fraga. Link goes to
Flickr.
- Photo.
Inflorescence. Sand flats of Morro Bay, California. Photo by Wm. Vance
Baird.
- Photo.
Inflorescence. Eastern Kern County, California. Photo by Benjamin Lowe.
Link goes to Flickr.
- Photo.
Inflorescence. Mojave Desert, California. Photo by John Salter. Link goes to Flickr.
- Photo.
Close-up of flower. Sand flats of Morro Bay, California. Photo by Wm.
Vance Baird.
- Photo.
Inflorescence in hand. Sand flats of Morro Bay, California. Photo by
Wm. Vance Baird.
- Photo. Excavated
plants showing various developmental stages. Sand flats of Morro Bay,
California. Photo by Wm. Vance Baird.
- Photo.
Haustorial connection. Sand flats of Morro Bay, California. Photo by
Wm. Vance Baird.
- Photo.
Connection to host root (light). Sand flats of Morro Bay, California.
Photo by Wm. Vance Baird.
- Photo. Habit
of plants. Baja, California. Photo by George Yatskievych.
- Photo.
Inflorescence. Josua Tree N. M., California. Photo by George
Yatskievych.
- Pholisma culiacana
- Photo. Excavated
plants attached to host root. Photo by George Yatskievych.
- Photo.
Plant in full flower. Photographed 11 July 2009 by Orlando
Linares.
- Pholisma sonorae
- Photo. Habitat.
Southern California. Photo by Wm. Vance Baird.
- Photo. Top view of
inflorescence in sand. Southern California. Photo by Wm. Vance Baird.
- Photo. Top view of
inflorescence in sand. Photo by George Yatskievych.
- Photo.
Top view of inflorescence in sand. Algondones Dunes, California. Photo
by Alan J. Hahn. Link goes to
Flickr.
- Photo. Excavated
plant. Southern California. Photo by Wm. Vance Baird.
- Photo. Side view of
inflorescences emerging from the sand. Southern California. Photo by
Wm. Vance Baird.
Phylogeny
The classification of Lennoaceae
has been controversial, mainly owing to different interpretations of
how families within the order should be delimited. The work by
Gottschling et al. (2014.
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 72: 1-6) showed the two genera Lennoa and Pholisma were a
component of a monophyletic Ehretiaceae. It was for this reason that the classification on Parasitic Plant Connection
was changed. More recently, Luebert et al. (2016, Taxon 65:502-522)
used more recent molecular phylogenetic data as well as morphological
features to propose a consensus classification where the order consists
of eleven monophyletic families. Here Lennoaceae is recognized
and is sister to Ehretiaceae. Because this classification took
into consideration nomenclatural stability, hopefully the taxonomic
volatility of this order has been settled.
Last updated: 06-Dec-16 / dln
