@article {4061,
	title = {Resurrection and New Species of the Neotropical Genus Adelonema (Araceae: Philodendron Clade)},
	year = {2016},
	abstract = {<p>Abstract\&mdash;Previous studies have shown Homalomena as traditionally defined to be polyphyletic, with Neotropical species phylogenetically distinct from Asian species. This study of 29 accessions of 10 Neotropical taxa, and a total of 135 accessions representing 92 taxa of Homalomena, Furtadoa, and Philodendron for nuclear ITS and plastid matK regions, supports resurrection of the genus Adelonema for Neotropical species currently assigned to Homalomena. Adelonema is here delimited as a Neotropical genus of 16 species divided into two new sections: sect. Adelonema and sect. Curmeria, based on morphologically supported molecular results. The genus Adelonema is distinguished by a hypogeal rhizome, crushed vegetative tissues smelling of anise, an extensively sheathing, sometimes prickly petiole, chartaceous often variegated leaf blades, a spadix either obliquely inserted on the spathe/peduncle (sect. Adelonema), or stipitate (sect. Curmeria), ovaries with 2\&ndash;4-pluriovulate locules, and anatropous ovules on an axile placenta. Four new species are described: Adelonema orientalis, A. palidinervia, A. panamensis, and A. yanamonoensis. Eleven new combinations are made: Adelonema allenii, A. crinipes, A. hammelii, A. kvistii, A. moffleriana, A. peltata, A. picturata, A. roezlii, A. speariae, A. wallisii, and A. wendlandii.</p>
},
	keywords = {Curmeria, Homalomena, ITS, matK, new combinations, taxonomy},
	doi = {DOI 10.1600/036364416X690732},
	author = {Wong, S.Y. and Meerow, A.W. and Croat, T.B.}
}
@article {1214,
	title = {Combined genotypic{\textendash}phenotypic phylogeny of the tribe Spathicarpeae (Araceae) with reference to independent events of invasion to Andean regions},
	journal = {Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution},
	volume = {43},
	year = {2007},
	pages = {1023-1039},
	publisher = {Elsevier Inc.},
	abstract = {The Neotropical tribe Spathicarpeae is noteworthy within the family Araceae for having members occurring in very dry and/or very high (above 3000m) areas in South America. Considering the small size of previously included genera in the tribe (10 geophytic genera, none with more than 15 described species), generic circumscription has been considered troublesome. To address these issues, we sequenced two cpDNA markers (matK and trnL-F) and reconstructed the phylogeny of the tribe using two approaches: Maximum parsimony and Bayesian Inference. We also evaluated the eVect of adding phenotypic characters in a {\textquotedblleft}total evidence{\textquotedblright} analysis. Our results conWrm the previous suggestion that the two non-geophytic genera Dieffenbachia and Bognera should be included in Spathicarpeae, but the precise placement of Bognera within the tribe is still unresolved. Our results also support the segregation of Asterostigma pavonii and Asterostigma integrifolium, recently described as new monospeciWc genera (Incarum and Croatiella, respectively). The reconstructed phylogenies suggest that the invasion of the Andean range by the Spathicarpeae occurred in at least two independent events. The inclusion of phenotypic characters in a combined analysis has improved both internal resolution and the number of strongly supported clades.},
	keywords = {Araceae, Bayesian inference, Bognera, Combined data, Dieffenbachia, matK, Spathicarpeae, Total evidence, trnL-F},
	issn = {1055-7903},
	author = {Gon{\c c}alves, E. G. and Simon Joseph Mayo and Sluys, M.-A. van and Salatino, A.}
}
