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- Title
Phylogenetic position of Meteoromyrtus (Myrtaceae).
- Authors
Wilson, Peter G.; Heslewood, Margaret M.
- Abstract
We investigated the phylogenetic affinities of the rare and threatened Indian species Meteoromyrtus wynadensis (Bedd.) Gamble. Sequences from the ITS and ETS regions of nrDNA and the trnK/matK and psbA-trnH regions of the plastid genome were compiled in a 45 taxon dataset augmented by sequences from Genbank. Phylogenetic analysis using maximum parsimony and Bayesian approaches showed that Meteoromyrtus is deeply embedded in Eugenia and sister to E. reinwardtiana in a clade with other Old World taxa. The evidence clearly indicates that the genus should be considered a synonym of Eugenia and that the species should henceforth be known by its original name E. wynadensis Bedd.
- Subjects
MYRTACEAE; PLANT species; PLASTIDS; PLANT genomes; PHYLOGENY
- Publication
Telopea, 2016, Vol 19, p45
- ISSN
0312-9764
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7751/telopea10389