| Rhynchocorys | |
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| Rhynchocorys orientalis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Orobanchaceae |
| Tribe: | Rhinantheae |
| Genus: | Rhynchocorys Griseb. |
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Rhynchocorys boissieri | |
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Rhynchocorys is a small genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Orobanchaceae. It was formerly classified in the family Scrophulariaceae.
It is native to Europe, Morocco and Algeria.
Etymology
The genus name Rhynchocorys derives from the two ancient greek words ῥύγχος (rhúnkhos), meaning "snout, muzzle, nose", and κόρυς (kórus), meaning "helmet, head", which is a reference to the shape of the style.
Phylogeny
The phylogeny of the genera of Rhinantheae has been explored using molecular characters. Rhynchocorys is the sister genus to Lathraea and Rhinanthus. These three genera share phylogenetic affinities with members of the core Rhinantheae: Bartsia, Euphrasia, Tozzia, Hedbergia, Bellardia, and Odontites. Melampyrum appears as a more distant relative.
| Genus-level cladogram of tribe Rhinantheae. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| The cladogram has been reconstructed from nuclear and plastid DNA molecular characters (ITS, rps16 intron and trnK region). |
Taxonomy
The genus was described in 1844 by August Heinrich Rudolf Grisebach. The type species is Rhynchocorys elephas.
Species
According to the Plant List, 8 species are recognized in the genus Rhynchocorys:
- Rhynchocorys boissieri Post
- Rhynchocorys elephas (L.) Griseb.
- Rhynchocorys intermedia Albov
- Rhynchocorys kurdica Nábělek
- Rhynchocorys maxima Richt. ex Stapf, possibly to be reduced under synonymy of R. elephas
- Rhynchocorys odontophylla R.B.Burb. & I.Richardson
- Rhynchocorys orientalis Benth.
- Rhynchocorys stricta Albov
References
- ^ "Rhynchocorys Griseb". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
- "Rhynchocorys Griseb". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
- Laribi, Mahmoud; Acherar, Mohand; Mathez, Joël; Derridj, Arezki (1 March 2011). "Découverte de Rhynchocorys elephas (L.) Griseb. dans l'Akfadou (Grande Kabylie, Algérie) : première mention pour l'Afrique du Nord". J. Bot. Soc. Bot. France (in French). 53: 31–36.
- Bailly, Anatole (1981-01-01). Abrégé du dictionnaire grec français. Paris: Hachette. ISBN 978-2010035289. OCLC 461974285.
- Bailly, Anatole. "Greek-french dictionary online". www.tabularium.be. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
- ^ Těšitel, Jakub; Říha, Pavel; Svobodová, Šárka; Malinová, Tamara; Štech, Milan (2010-10-28). "Phylogeny, Life History Evolution and Biogeography of the Rhinanthoid Orobanchaceae". Folia Geobotanica. 45 (4): 347–367. Bibcode:2010FolGe..45..347T. doi:10.1007/s12224-010-9089-y. ISSN 1211-9520.
- ^ Scheunert, Agnes; Fleischmann, Andreas; Olano-Marín, Catalina; Bräuchler, Christian; Heubl, Günther (2012-12-14). "Phylogeny of tribe Rhinantheae (Orobanchaceae) with a focus on biogeography, cytology and re-examination of generic concepts". Taxon. 61 (6): 1269–1285. doi:10.1002/tax.616008.
- Grisebach, August H. R. (1844), Spicilegium florae rumelicae et bithynicae, vol. 2, p. 12
- "The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Published on the Internet". Retrieved 14 May 2018.
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