Sersalisia [SEP] parent taxon
Sersalisia
Sersalisia is a genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1810.
In the past, "Sersalisia" was much larger and more widely distributed than at present. Most of the former members of the genus have been transferred to other genera. Only two species remain, both endemic to Australia.
- Species
2. "Sersalisia sericea" - Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia
3. "Sersalisia sessiliflora" - Queensland
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