Colletogyne [SEP] parent taxon
Colletogyne
Colletogyne is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. The single species making up the genus is Colletogyne perrieri. "Colletogyne" is endemic to northern Madagascar and is found growing in only one small region abundant with limestone. Much like the other genera in Araceae found exclusively in Madagascar "Colletogyne" is believed to be one of the most advanced aroids with regards to its flowers and pollen structure. "Colletogyne" has heart shaped leaves and is tuberous. The spathe is white with purple spots and the
Taxon in disguise
In bacteriology, a taxon in disguise is a species, genus or higher unit of biological classification whose evolutionary history reveals has evolved from another unit of similar or lower rank, making the parent unit paraphyletic. This happens when rapid evolution makes a new species appear radically different from the ancestral group, so that it is not (initially) recognised as belonging to the parent phylogenetic group, leaving the latter an evolutionary grade.
While the term is from bacteriology, parallel examples are found throughout the tree of