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Systematics Section Ruhfel, Brad R [1], Gustafsson, Mats H. G. [2], Bittrich, Volker [3], Philbrick, C. Thomas [4], Rutishauser, Rolf [5], Stevens, P. F. [6], Xi, Zhenxiang [1], Davis, III, Charles C. [1]. Phylogeny of the clusioid clade (Malpighiales): evidence from the plastid and mitochondrial genomes. We present the first taxon-rich mutligene phylogeny of the clusioid clade (Malpighiales). The clusioids are widely distributed across the tropics and represent five families, 87 genera and ~2,000 species (i.e., Bonnetiaceae, Calophyllaceae, Clusiaceae, Hypericaceae, and Podostemaceae). Our phylogenetic analyses of plastid (matK, ndhF, and rbcL) and mitochondrial (matR) genes included nearly 200 clusioid species sampled across all major clusioid lineages. Our results provide a very well resolved phylogeny of the broad clusioid clade. They confirm previous findings that Clusiaceae are not monphyletic and reveal that several genera are not monophyletic as presently circumscribed. We discuss the taxonomic, morphological, and biogeographical implications of these results. Broader Impacts:
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1 - Harvard University, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, 22 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA
2 - University of Aarhus, Systematic Botany, Institute of Biological Sciences, Ole Worms Allé, building 1137, Aarhus C, 1137, Denmark
3 - State University of Campinas, Botany, Cp 6109, 13083-970, Campinas, Brazil
4 - Western Connecticut State University, Biological & Environmental Sciences, 181 White Street, Danbury, CT, 06810, USA
5 - Universitat Zurich , Institut fur Systematische Botanik, Zollikerstrasse 107, CH-8008, Zurich, Switzerland
6 - University of Missouri St. Louis, Biology Department, 1 University Boulevard, St. Louis, MO, 63121, USA
Keywords:
Bonnetiaceae
Hypericaceae
Clusiaceae
Calophyllaceae
Podostemaceae
Malpighiales
phylogeny
systematics.
Presentation Type: Poster:Posters for Sections
Session: P
Location: Hall A/Convention Center
Date: Monday, August 2nd, 2010
Time: 5:30 PM
Number: PSY023
Abstract ID:604 |
