Implications of morphological phylogenetics for the placement of the generaAdenocaulon andEriachaenium (Asteraceae) |
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Authors: | L Katinas |
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Institution: | (1) Departamento Científico de Plantas Vasculares, Museo de La Plata, Paseo del Bosque, 1900 La Plata, Argentina |
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Abstract: | Adenocaulon andEriachaenium are two problematic genera because their tribal and subfamilial placement in Asteraceae is uncertain. Previous cladistic analyses based on molecular data undertaken to analyze the relationships within Asteraceae, placeAdenocaulon in the tribe Mutisieae (Cichorioideae). This paper investigates cladistic relationships amongAdenocaulon andEriachaenium and tribes of subfamilies Cichorioideae and Asteroideae using morphological data. Thirty-eight characters were scored across 52 genera selected as exemplar taxa to represent the current classification system. In the analysis (one tree, length = 86, c.i. = 0.55, r.i. = 0.64)Adenocaulon andEriachaenium are sister taxa and appear as an isolated clade nested in Cichorioideae. A new, tentative position among the tribes of the paraphyletic Cichorioideae is proposed for these two isolated genera. |
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Keywords: | Asteraceae Cichorioideae Adenocaulon Eriachaenium problematic genera morphology phylogenetic analysis |
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