A new Ypsilopus (Orchidaceae, Angraecinae) from Zimbabwe and notes on the parallel evolution of extreme column exsertion in African angraecoids

• Published in: Plant ecology and evolution Vol. 156; no. 3; pp. 374 - 382
• Main Authors: Farminhão, João, Cribb, Phillip J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Meise Royal Botanical Society of Belgium 01.01.2023; Pensoft Publishers; Meise Botanic Garden
• Subjects: Cultivated plants; Distribution patterns; Evolution; Geographical distribution; Morphology; National monuments; New species; Plant reproduction; Pollen; Pollination; Pollinators; RESEARCH ARTICLE; Social networks; Taxonomy; Belgium; Zimbabwe; United Kingdom; Africa; Tanzania

Background and aims – A preliminary review of hawkmoth-pollinated angraecoids from Africa unveiled a remarkable case of parallel evolution of extreme column exsertion between the two species formerly classified in in the defunct genus Barombia . These belong to one clade of Aerangis , including A. g...