The Lotus angustissumus Group (Fabaceae): Can Phylogenetic Patterns Be Accommodated by a Taxonomic Concept?

ABSTRACT: The Lotus angustissimus group represents an example of obvious contradictions between the molecular and morphological data. This group includes from six to eight mostly annual species of Lotus section Lotus, with the center of species diversity in the Mediterranean. We performed a phylogenetic analysis of the genus Lotus with an expanded representation of all known species of the L. angustissimus group using both nuclear (nrITS) and a set of plastid DNA markers and compared the results with traditional taxonomy of this group. Our results demonstrated a non-monophyletic nature of the study group. In addition, the nrITS and plastid dataset tree topologies were incongruent with each other in both Bayesian and ML analyses. We revealed very complex phylogeneti

SUBMITTER: Kramina TE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10780816 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature