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- Title
The systematic position of Ehretia cortesia nom. nov. (≡ Cortesia cuneifolia: Ehretiaceae, Boraginales) inferred from molecular and morphological data.
- Authors
Gottschling, Marc; Huger, Hartmut H.
- Abstract
The systematic position of Argentinean Cortesia cuneifolia (Ehretiaceae, Boraginales) is investigated based both on morphological and on ITS1 sequence data. Inferred from a molecular phylogeny, monotypic Cortesia is not isolated from other taxa of Ehretiaceae as previously suggested, but is nested within Ehretia. Cortesia shares a two-parted endocarp with the Ehretia II subclade (including Ehretia micropthylla), which is considered as a derived condition within Ehretiaceae and is the most striking indication for a close relationship of the two. ITS1 sequence data and specialised leaf morphology suggest that Ehretia microphylla is probably the sister species of Cortesia cuneifolia, for which a new name is proposed: Ehretia cortesia.
- Subjects
MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; MOLECULAR phylogeny; BIOLOGICAL classification; MOLECULAR biology
- Publication
Taxon, 2004, Vol 53, Issue 4, p919
- ISSN
0040-0262
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/4135559