caa a22 4500 475806972 CHVBK 20180406123749.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF01089294 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF01089294 Bruyns P. Bolus Herbarium, University of Cape Town, 7701, South Africa aut Phylogeny and Biogeography of the Stapeliads [Elektronische Daten] 1. Phylogeny [P. Bruyns] The stapeliads (Apocynaceae — Asclepiadoideae — Ceropegieae) form a group of highly succulent, practically leafless plants with a very diverse floral morphology. They are found in the drier parts of the Old World from southern Africa eastwards to Burma. 55 characters are selected on which a cladistic analysis is based and these are discussed in detail where necessary. From this a phylogeny is produced for the stapeliads. It is shown that they are monophyletic and that they are nested within a larger group among the tribe Ceropegieae of the subfamily Asclepiadoideae. Several of the important innovations that have led to the diversification of the stapeliads in semidesertic regions are discussed. The stapeliads appear to be mainly fly-pollinated. The methods of attraction of flies are mentioned and it is suggested that there are four basic floral types among the stapeliads. Springer-Verlag, 2000 Ceropegieae nationallicence stapeliads nationallicence cladistic analysis nationallicence Plant Systematics and Evolution Springer-Verlag 221/3-4(2000-09-01), 199-226 0378-2697 221:3-4<199 2000 221 606 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01089294 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01089294 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Bruyns P. Bolus Herbarium, University of Cape Town, 7701, South Africa aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Plant Systematics and Evolution Springer-Verlag 221/3-4(2000-09-01), 199-226 0378-2697 221:3-4<199 2000 221 606 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer