Hexastylis

Hexastylis virginica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Piperales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Magnoliids Ordo: Piperales

Familia: Aristolochiaceae
Subfamilia: Asaroideae
Genus: Hexastylis
Species: H. arifolia – H. chueyi – H. contracta – H. harperi – H. heterophylla – H. finzelii – H. lewisii – H. minor – H. naniflora – H. rhombiformis – H. rollinsiae – H. rosei – H. shuttleworthii – H. sorriei – H. speciosa – H. virginica

Name

Hexastylis Raf., 1883

• Type species: A. arifolium Michx.
  

Note: Hexastylis is still often recognised at the generic level, particularly by botanists preparing local flora of the South-eastern states of the USA (Sorrie et al., 2020). However, in general it would be best circumscribed in Asarum subg. Heterotropa sect. Hexastylis (Sinn et al., 2015 & 2018).

References

Primary references

• Rafinesque, C.S., 1825. Neogenyton 3.

Additional references

• Keener, B.R. 2020. A New Hexastylis (Aristolochiaceae) from Northeast Alabama (USA) with notes on the Species Groups within the Genus. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 14(2): 161-166. JSTOR PDF Reference page. 
• Sinn, B.T. 2015. Asarum chueyi (Aristolochiaceae), a new species from the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Tennessee and Virginia, USA. Phytotaxa 224(1): 85-95. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.224.1.6 Reference page. 
• Sinn, B.T., Kelly, L.M. & Freudenstein, J.V. 2015. Phylogenetic relationships in Asarum: effect of data partitioning and a revised classification. American Journal of Botany 102(5): 765-779. DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1400316 PDF Reference page. 
• Sinn, B.T., Daragan, C., Freudenstein, J.V. & Barrett, C.F. 2018. Phylogenomics in Asarum section Hexastylis: serial innovations in floral form spawned from two geographically-widespread species. Proceedings of the West Virginia Academy of Science 90(1). PDF Reference page. 
• Sorrie, B.A., McCormick, C.A., Bridges, E.L., Orzell, S.L., Bradley, K.A., Ballard Jr, H.E., Burwell, R.N., Lockhart, S.L. & Franck, A.R. 2020. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 14(2): 199-239. JSTOR PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Hexastylis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Jan. 01. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2024. Hexastylis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Jan. 01. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Hexastylis. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 01 2022.
• Tropicos.org 2022. Hexastylis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 01 Jan. 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Heartleaf

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