Taxonomie : "
G. leyboldii and “
G. woodsonianum” (
G. leyboldii var.
woodsonianum Markgr.) are sisters. “
Gnetum woodsonianum”, endemic to Colombia and Panama (Markgraf, 1965), is currently considered synonymous with
G. urens (WCSP, 2014). Our results do not support such a treatment but are more in line with Markgraf’s (1965) opinion that “
G. woodsonianum” is a variety of
G. leyboldii. However, Markgraf (1965) reports morphological differences between the taxa:
G. leyboldii has broadly elliptic leaves, which are smooth and shiny and has inflorescences with 3–4 whorls, whereas the leaves of “
G. woodsonianum”
are elliptic and not shiny, due to the occurrence of dense subepidermal
fibres, and inflorescences have only 1–2 whorls (Markgraf, 1965).
Considering these differences, “
G. woodsonianum” and
G. leyboldii could probably both be treated as species." (Hou
et al., Taxon, 64(2):
239-253. 2015).