Phlyctidocarpa
Genus of plants
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Phlyctidocarpa is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae.[1] It contains a single species, Phlyctidocarpa flava. Its native range is Namibia.[1]
| Phlyctidocarpa | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Genus: | Phlyctidocarpa Cannon & W.L.Theob.[1] |
| Species: | P. flava |
| Binomial name | |
| Phlyctidocarpa flava Cannon & W.L.Theob.[1] | |
Taxonomy
The genus and sole species were first described in 1967.[1] It has been placed in subfamily Apioideae (possibly in its own tribe Phlyctidocarpeae), but a 2021 molecular phylogenetic study found that it was sister to a clade composed of the subfamilies Saniculoideae and Apioideae so that including it in Apioideae rendered that subfamily paraphyletic. One possibility is to include it in an expanded Saniculoideae; another is to merge Saniculoideae into an expanded Apioideae.[2]