Monophyly and phylogenetic relationships of Minthostachys (Labiatae, Nepetoideae) examined using morphological and nrITS data |
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Authors: | A N Schmidt-Lebuhn |
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Institution: | 1. Abteilung Systematische Botanik, Albrecht-von-Haller-Institut für Pflanzenwissenschaften, Georg-August-Universit?t G?ttingen, Untere Karspüle 2, 37073, G?ttingen, Germany 2. Abteilung Pflanzen?kologie, Institut für Biologie, Martin-Luther-Universit?t Halle-Wittenberg, Am Kirchtor, 06108, Halle, Germany
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Abstract: | Minthostachys (Benth.) Spach (Labiatae) from Andean South America was long held to be closely related to Macaronesian Bystropogon L’Hér. or to North American Pycnanthemum Michx. The possibility of a close relationship to elements of South American Satureja/Clinopodium s.l. is here proposed for the first time, and a phylogenetic analysis of nrITS data is employed to test the competing hypotheses.
For Minthostachys and its putative closest relatives, the possible evolution of morphological characters is investigated with a cladistic analysis.
The results suggest that Minthostachys is nested in a clade of South American Mentheae, and probably in the former genus Xenopoma Willd., a group of small-flowered, bee-pollinated species currently included in Clinopodium L.. Minthostachys is considered monophyletic based on nrITS data and its scandent habit. |
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Keywords: | Bystropogon ITS Labiatae Lamiaceae Mentheae Minthostachys Mu?a |
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