Systematics of Vitaceae from the viewpoint of plastid rbcL DNA sequence data |
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| Authors: | MARTIN J INGROUILLE MARK W CHASE FLS MICHAEL F FAY FLS DIANE BOWMAN MICHELLE VAN DER BANK ANETTE D E BRUIJN |
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| Institution: | Department of Biology, Birkbeck College, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX; Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3AE; Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts 01063 USA; Department of Botany, Rand Afrikaans University, Auckland Park, Johannesburg 2006, Republic of South Africa |
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| Abstract: | A phylogenetic analysis of plastid rbcL DNA sequences for 20 species of Vitaceae s.l. (including Leeaceae) and eight outgroups from Dilleniaceae and Santalales is presented. Patterns of floral and vegetative morphology and ontogeny within the family are compared to the phylogenetic trees produced. Despite the limited sampling of large and variable genera, there is a good correspondence with hypothesized floral and vegetative ontogenetic trends, with Leea and Ampelopsis ancestral, Cissus and Ampelocissus intermediate and Vitis most derived. A clade containing Parthenocissus , Tetrastigma , Cyphostemma and Vitis is found in all shortest trees. Cyphostemma and Parthenocissus are shown to be closely related to Vitis , to which clade Tetrastigma and Cayratia comprise the sister clade. © 2002 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society , 2002, 138 , 421–432. |
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| Keywords: | Ampelidaceae development Leeaceae morphology tendrils Vitidaceae |
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