Abstract
ABSTRACT Molecular analyses of recently acquired sequences from eight specimens from the Russian Pacific region (Kamchatka, Commander Islands and Kurile Islands) reveal necessary taxonomic changes for members of the family Kallymeniaceae: (1) Kallymeniopsis lacera, the generitype, is transferred to Erythrophyllum, resulting in the synonymy of these two genera; K. verrucosa from the Kurile Islands has not been subjected to molecular analyses and remains orphaned and in need of taxonomic study; (2) Velatocarpus is shown to be a distinct genus sister to Erythrophyllum; (3) Hommersandia palmatifolia is sister to Euthora, but is sufficiently genetically and anatomically distinct to continue to be recognised it as a separate genus; and (4) Cirrulicarpus ruprechtianus is resolved as a unique lineage near Metacallophyllis, Pugetia and Salishia and is transferred to a new genus, Commanderella, and the combination C. ruprechtiana (E.S.Sinova) comb. nov. is proposed.
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