Phylogeny of Malpighiaceae: evidence from chloroplast ndhF and trnl‐F nucleotide sequences

Phylogeny of Malpighiaceae: evidence from chloroplast ndhF and trnl-F nucleotide sequences.

The Malpighiaceae are a family of ∼1250 species of predominantly New World tropical flowering plants. Infrafamilial classification has long been based on fruit characters. Phylogenetic analyses of chloroplast DNA nucleotide sequences were analyzed to help resolve the phylogeny of Malpighiaceae. A total of 79 species, representing 58 of the 65 currently recognized genera, were studied. The 3' re...

Phylogeny and Biogeography of Cercis (Fabaceae): Evidence from Nuclear Ribosomal ITS and Chloroplast ndhF Sequence Data

The phylogeny of Cercis (Fabaceae) was estimated with DNA sequences of the nuclear ribosomal ITS region and the 39 end of the chloroplast gene ndhF. The combined analysis recovers three trees in which a well supported clade of North American and western Eurasian species is nested within a paraphyletic group of Chinese species. In the single most unambiguously resolved topology from these trees,...

Tribal Relationships in the Gesneriaceae: Evidence from DNA Sequences of the Chloroplast Gene ndhF

Phylogeny of Agavaceae Based on ndhF, rbcL, and its Sequences

Great advances have been made in our understanding of the phylogeny and classification of Agavaceae in the last 20 years. In older systems Agavaceae were paraphyletic due to overemphasis of ovary position or habit. Discovery of a unique bimodal karyotype in Agave and Yucca eventually led to a reexamination of concepts and relationships in all the lilioid monocots, which continues to the present...

Phylogeny of Hibiscus sect. Muenchhusia (Malvaceae) Based on Chloroplast rpL16 and ndhF, and Nuclear ITS and GBSSI Sequences

Hibiscus section Muenchhusia is a North American taxon with Žve species as recognized in the most recent taxonomic revision: H. coccineus, H. dasycalyx, H. grandiorus, H. laevis, and H. moscheutos. To investigate the monophyly of Hibiscus section Muenchhusia, its relationship to other Hibiscus species, and the phylogenetic relationships among its species, DNA sequence data were obtained. To in...