Erratum to: Phylogeny and biogeography of the genus Stevia (Asteraceae: Eupatorieae): an example of diversification in the Asteraceae in the new world |
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Authors: | Soejima Akiko Tanabe Akifumi S. Takayama Izumi Kawahara Takayuki Watanabe Kuniaki Nakazawa Miyuki Mishima Misako Yahara Tetsukazu |
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Affiliation: | 1.Department of Biological Science, Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, 860-8555, Japan ;2.Department of Biology, Graduate School of Science, Kobe University, Kobe, 657-8501, Japan ;3.Department of Biology, Graduate School of Science, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 819-0395, Japan ;4.Hokkaido Research Center, Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Sapporo, 062-8516, Japan ;5.University Museum, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, 812-8581, Japan ; |
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Abstract: | The genus Stevia comprises approximately 200 species, which are distributed in North and South America, and are representative of the species diversity of the Asteraceae in the New World. We reconstructed the phylogenetic relationships using sequences of ITS and cpDNA and estimated the divergence times of the major clade of this genus. Our results suggested that Stevia originated in Mexico 7.0–7.3 million years ago (Mya). Two large clades, one with shrub species and another with herb species, were separated at about 6.6 Mya. The phylogenetic reconstruction suggested that an ancestor of Stevia was a small shrub in temperate pine–oak forests and the evolutionary change from a shrub state to a herb state occurred only once. A Brazilian clade was nested in a Mexican herb clade, and its origin was estimated to be 5.2 Mya, suggesting that the migration from North America to South America occurred after the formation of the Isthmus of Panama. The species diversity in Mexico appears to reflect the habitat diversity within the temperate pine–oak forest zone. The presence of many conspecific diploid–polyploid clades in the phylogenetic tree reflects the high frequency of polyploidization among the perennial Stevia species. |
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