Systematic relationships within the genus Trichomanes sensu lato (Hymenophyllaceae, Filicopsida): cladistic analysis based on anatomical and morphological data |
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Authors: | JEAN-YVES DUBUISSON |
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Institution: | Laboratoire de Paleobotanique et Evolution des Vegétaux, Institut des Sciences de ?Evolution, UMR 5554 CNRS, Universite Montpellier 2, Place Eugene Bataillon, F34095 Montpellier Cedex 05, France |
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Abstract: | Systematics within the genus Trichomanes sensu lato (Hymenophyllaceae, Filicopsida) have continued to be controversial because of the difficulty in identifying homologies and informative characters within high morphological diversity. Systematic relationships are investigated in this study by using a cladistic approach with 31 anatomical and morphological characters from 20 taxa which correspond to the sections defined by Morton. The results broadly confirm Morton's four subgenera: Trichomanes, Didymoglossum, Pachychaetum and Achomanes. The monophyly of Pachychaetum remains fragile and the section Lacostea appears to be excluded from its traditional subgenus (Achomanes). In addition, by producing two major 'ecological' clades (terrestrial and epiphytic), the analysis shows that several selected characters appear to be strongly linked with the ecology which may have a significant influence on the topology. |
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Keywords: | anatomy morphology |
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