New insights into the taxonomy of tribe Euclidieae (Brassicaceae), evidence from nrITS sequence data
Authors/Creators
- 1. Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China|University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- 2. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, United States of America
- 3. Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China
Description
As currently delimitated, the species-rich mustard tribe Euclidieae DC. (Brassicaceae) comprises 28 genera and 152 species distributed primarily in Asia. To date, no tribe-wide comprehensive phylogenetic analysis has been conducted. In this study, sequence data from the nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (nrITS) region of 82 species in all 28 genera of Euclidieae were used to test its monophyly and infer inter- and intra-generic relationships within. Phylogenetic analyses revealed that Rhammatophyllum and Sisymbriopsis are embedded within Solms-laubachia s.l., and Solms-laubachia lanuginosa (Eurycarpus lanuginosus) fell outside the tribe. Therefore, Solms-laubachia s.l. as currently recognized is not monophyletic and its generic delimitation needed further study. Besides, our results suggest that the genera Lepidostemon, Neotorularia, and Tetracme are polyphyletic.
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