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Molecular data (nrITS‐sequencing) reveal relationships among Iranian endemic taxa of the Umbelliferae
Author(s) -
ValiejoRoman C. M.,
Terentieva E. I.,
Samigullin T. H.,
Pimenov M. G.,
GhahremaniNejad F.,
Mozaffarian V.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
feddes repertorium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 1522-239X
pISSN - 0014-8962
DOI - 10.1002/fedr.200611106
Subject(s) - taxon , biology , monophyly , clade , molecular phylogenetics , botany , systematics , taxonomy (biology) , tribe , evolutionary biology , phylogenetics , zoology , genetics , gene , sociology , anthropology
The majority of endemic and subendemic Iranian Umbelliferae taxa have never been investigated using molecular approachs to phylogeny. 36 species from 28 genera of the Umbelliferae from this region were included for the first time in analysis using ITS sequence data to clarify their systematics. For some newly investigated ( Leiotulus , Semenovia , Ducrosia , Echinophora , Pycnocycla , Turgenia lisaeoides , Prangos , Alococarpum , Bilacunaria , Elaeosticta , Johreniopsis , Pseudotrachydium ) taxa the molecular data correspond to, or at least do not contradict with, their traditional, morphologically grounded taxonomy. Leutea was shown closely related to Ferula (not Peucedanum ), and Opsicarpium – to Pimpinella . A taxonomically isolated position of Mozaffariania has been demonstrated. Haussknechtia appeared to be the closest relative of Demavendia and Zeravschania . It was shown that Calyptrosciadium belongs to Komarovia ‐clade, having long‐distant geographical disjunction. Close affinity of Heptaptera and Prangos was not supported. Similarly, Thecocarpus appeared to be distant from other Echinophoreae, putting monophyly of the tribe in question. As a result, new molecular data have cleared up systematic questions in some taxonomically uncertain Iranian Umbelliferae. (© 2006 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)