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A Phylogenetic Analysis of Molecular and Morphological Data Reveals a Paraphyletic Poecilanthe (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae)

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Author(s):
Meireles, Jose Eduardo [1] ; Azevedo Tozzi, Ana Maria G. [2] ; Lavin, Matt [3]
Total Authors: 3
Affiliation:
[1] Duke Univ, Dept Biol, Durham, NC 27708 - USA
[2] Univ Estadual Campinas, Inst Biol, Dept Biol Vegetal, BR-13083970 Sao Paulo - Brazil
[3] Montana State Univ, Dept Plant Sci & Plant Pathol, Bozeman, MT 59717 - USA
Total Affiliations: 3
Document type: Journal article
Source: SYSTEMATIC BOTANY; v. 39, n. 4, p. 1142-1149, OCT-DEC 2014.
Web of Science Citations: 6
Abstract

Separate and combined Maximum Likelihood and Bayesian analyses of the papilionoid legume genus Poecilanthe sensu lato (Leguminosae) and other Genistoid genera were performed using molecular (nuclear ribosomal and chloroplast matK) and morphological data. The data are in excellent agreement that Poecilanthe is paraphyletic with respect to other genera of the tribe Brongniartieae. Each of the three independent lineages of Poecilanthe sensu lato combines a morphological, geographical, and ecological distinction. They will be ranked at the genus level and Poecilanthe sensu stricto is recircumscribed to encompass the extra-Amazonian species that occur in highly seasonal dry forests. (AU)