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A trn L‐ F cpDNA sequence study of the Condamineeae‐Rondeletieae‐Sipaneeae complex with implications on the phylogeny of the Rubiaceae
Author(s) -
Rova Johan H. E.,
Delprete Piero G.,
Andersson Lennart,
Albert Victor A.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
american journal of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.218
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1537-2197
pISSN - 0002-9122
DOI - 10.3732/ajb.89.1.145
Subject(s) - biology , sensu , rubiaceae , tribe , clade , chloroplast dna , taxon , zoology , sensu stricto , botany , evolutionary biology , phylogenetics , genus , genetics , gene , sociology , anthropology
DNA sequences from the chloroplast trnL‐F region of 154 Rubiaceae and 11 outgroup taxa were analyzed cladistically. An emphasis was placed on the tribes Rondeletieae, Sipaneeae, and Condamineeae. Sipaneeae are not close to Rondeletieae and belong in the Ixoroideae. There is no support for a widely distributed Rondeletieae in a broad sense. Instead, Rondeletieae sensu stricto form an almost entirely Antillean clade. Support was found for the separation of Arachnothryx , Rogiera , Roigella , and Suberanthus from Rondeletia . The Guettardeae as well as Gonzalagunia are found close to a complex formed by Arachnothryx , Javorkaea , and Rogiera . Condamineeae, in a strict sense, belongs in the Ixoroideae. A number of Rondeletieae genera should be transferred to Condamineeae or other parts of Ixoroideae. Support is found for an emended tribe Naucleeae, comprising several genera with spherical pseudanthia. For the first time, tribal or subfamilial affiliation based on molecular sequence data is suggested for Allenanthus , Blepharidium , Chione , Coutaportla , Dolichodelphys , Mazaea , Neobertiera , Neoblakea , Phialanthus , Phyllacanthus , Phyllomelia , Schmidtottia , and Suberanthus .