Phylogenetics, ancestral state reconstruction, and a new infrafamilial classification of the pantropical Ochnaceae (Medusagynaceae, Ochnaceae s.str., Quiinaceae) based on five DNA regions

Author(s)

Schneider, Julio V. ^{[1, 2, 3, 4]} ; Bissiengou, Pulcherie ^{[5, 6, 7]} ; Amaral, Maria do Carmo E. ^[8] ; Tahir, Ali ^{[1, 2, 3, 4]} ; Fay, Michael F. ^[9] ; Thines, Marco ^{[1, 2, 3, 4]} ; Sosef, Marc S. M. ^{[5, 6, 10]} ; Zizka, Georg ^{[1, 2, 3, 4]} ; Chatrou, Lars W.

Affiliation

^[1] Senckenberg Res Inst, D-60325 Frankfurt - Germany

^[2] Nat Hist Museum, Dept Bot & Mol Evolut, D-60325 Frankfurt - Germany

^[3] Goethe Univ Frankfurt, Dept Ecol Evolut & Div, D-60439 Frankfurt - Germany

^[4] Biodivers & Climate Res Ctr BiKF, D-60325 Frankfurt - Germany

^[5] Nat Biodivers Ctr, Sect NHN, NL-2333 CR Leiden - Netherlands

^[6] Wageningen Univ, Biosystemat Grp, NL-6708 PB Wageningen - Netherlands

^[7] Herbier Natl Gabon IPHAMETRA CENAREST, Libreville - Gabon

^[8] Univ Estadual Campinas, Inst Biol, Dept Plant Biol, BR-13083970 Campinas, SP - Brazil

^[9] Jodrell Lab, Royal Bot Gardens Kew, Richmond TW9 3DS, Surrey - England

^[10] Bot Garden Meise, B-1860 Meise - Belgium

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution; v. 78, p. 199-214, SEP 2014.
• Web of Science Citations: 19

Abstract

Ochnaceae s.str. (Malpighiales) are a pantropical family of about 500 species and 27 genera of almost exclusively woody plants. Infrafamilial classification and relationships have been controversial partially due to the lack of a robust phylogenetic framework. Including all genera except Indosinia and Perissocarpa and DNA sequence data for five DNA regions (ITS, matK, ndhF, rbcL, trnL-F), we provide for the first time a nearly complete molecular phylogenetic analysis of Ochnaceae s.l. resolving most of the phylogenetic backbone of the family. Based on this, we present a new classification of Ochnaceae s.l., with Medusagynoideae and Quiinoideae included as subfamilies and the former subfamilies Ochnoideae and Sauvagesioideae recognized at the rank of tribe. Our data support a monophyletic Ochneae, but Sauvagesieae in the traditional circumscription is paraphyletic because Testulea emerges as sister to the rest of Ochnoideae, and the next clade shows Luxemburgia + Philacra as sister group to the remaining Ochnoideae. To avoid paraphyly, we classify Luxemburgieae and Testuleeae as new tribes. The African genus Lophira, which has switched between subfamilies (here tribes) in past classifications, emerges as sister to all other Ochneae. Thus, endosperm-free seeds and ovules with partly to completely united integuments (resulting in an apparently single integument) are characters that unite all members of that tribe. The relationships within its largest clade, Ochnineae (former Ochneae), are poorly resolved, but former Ochninae (Brackenridgea, Ochna) are polyphyletic. Within Sauvagesieae, the genus Sauvagesia in its broad circumscription is polyphyletic as Sauvagesia serrata is sister to a clade of Adenarake, Sauvagesia spp., and three other genera. Within Quiinoideae, in contrast to former phylogenetic hypotheses, Lacunaria and Touroulia form a clade that is sister to Quiina. Bayesian ancestral state reconstructions showed that zygomorphic flowers with adaptations to buzz-pollination (poricidal anthers), a syncarpous gynoecium (a near-apocarpous gynoecium evolved independently in Quiinoideae and Ochninae), numerous ovules, septicidal capsules, and winged seeds with endosperm are the ancestral condition in Ochnoideae. Although in some lineages poricidal anthers were lost secondarily, the evolution of poricidal superstructures secured the maintenance of buzz-pollination in some of these genera, indicating a strong selective pressure on keeping that specialized pollination system. (C) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 99/05246-9 - Phylogeny of ochnaceae revisisted.
• Grantee: Maria do Carmo Estanislau do Amaral
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Meeting - Abroad