Scaphispatha [SEP] parent taxon
Scaphispatha
Scaphispatha is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. It contains two species, "S. gracilis" and "S. robusta". The genus was believed to be monotypic until 2003 when a new species, "S. robusta" was discovered by Eduardo Gomes Gonçalves in northern Brazil. The plant had been grown in cultivation for some years, but had always been assumed to be a "Caladium" until it flowered.
1. "Scaphispatha gracilis" - Bolivia, Brazil
2. "Scaphispatha robusta
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