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- Title
Is subtribe Solidagininae (Asteraceae) monophyletic?
- Authors
Beck, James B.; Nesom, Guy L.; Calie, Patrick J.; Baird, Gary I.; Small, Randall L.; Schilling, Edward E.
- Abstract
As currently delimited, Solidagininae are a large (approximately 190 species) subtribe of tribe Astereae. Recent molecular and morphological studies have prompted a new definition of the subtribe, but the lack of absolute morphological synapomorphies raises the possibility that this assemblage may not be monophyletic. Cladistic and likelihood-based analyses were conducted on a nuclear rDNA ITS sequence dataset derived from 23 of the 24 genera included in recent Solidagininae circumscriptions. Cladistic analyses identified two clades entirely composed of proposed Solidagininae genera. The data were not able to support deeper relationships, and these two clades might or might not form one monophyletic lineage. Topology testing indicated compatibility between the taxonomic definition of Solidagininae and molecular data.
- Subjects
ASTERACEAE; CLADISTIC analysis of plants; PLANT phylogeny; PLANT classification; PLANT morphology; PLANT genomes
- Publication
Taxon, 2004, Vol 53, Issue 3, p691
- ISSN
0040-0262
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/4135444