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- Title
Revisiting the phylogeny and taxonomy of the Pithecellobium clade (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae) with new generic circumscriptions.
- Authors
Tamayo-Cen, Iván; Torke, Benjamin M.; López Contreras, José Enrique; Carnevali Fernández-Concha, German; Ramírez Morillo, Ivón; Itza, Lilia Lorena Can; Duno de Stefano, Rodrigo
- Abstract
We present the most complete molecular phylogeny to date of the Pithecellobium clade of subfamily Caesalpinioideae. This neotropical group was informally recognised (as the Pithecellobium alliance) at the end of the 20th century by Barneby and Grimes (1996) and includes five genera and 33 species distributed from the southern United States and Caribbean Islands to north-eastern South America. Our aims were to further test the monophyly of the group and its genera and to identify sister group relationships within and amongst the genera. A phylogenetic analysis of nuclear ribosomal DNA sequences (ITS and ETS) was performed. The results provide further support for the monophyly of the Pithecellobium clade. The genera Ebenopsis, Pithecellobium and Sphinga were strongly supported as monophyletic. Havardia and Painteria were found to be non-monophyletic, prompting their re-circumscriptions and the description of two new genera: Gretheria and Ricoa. New combinations are made for the three species transferred to the new genera.
- Subjects
WEST Indies; CAESALPINIACEAE; LEGUMES; RIBOSOMAL DNA; NUCLEAR DNA; MOLECULAR phylogeny
- Publication
PhytoKeys, 2022, Issue 205, p279
- ISSN
1314-2011
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3897/phytokeys.205.82728