ISSN:
1618-0860
Keywords:
Aspleniaceae
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Asplenium sect.Hymenasplenium
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Chloroplast DNA
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Evolution
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Molecular phylogeny
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New World tropics
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Restriction site variation analyses
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Abstract Asplenium sect.Hymenasplenium is a well-defined group in Aspleniaceae, distinguished by several morphological and cytological characters. However, interspecific relationships in the section were not clear. In this paper, we report the phylogenetic relationships of 9 Neotropical species of sect.Hymenasplenium determined by chloroplast DNA restriction site variation analyses. From the obtained phylogenetic tree, two major clades: one withA. obtusifolium, A. riparium, A. volubile andA. repandulum and another withA. delitescens, A. ortegae, A. purpurascens, A. laetum andA. hoffmannii were recognized.Asplenium delitescens was shown to have a polyphyletic origin. It was also shown that the epiphytic habit evolved only once in the New World species of sect.Hymenasplenium.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02344251
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