First molecular phylogenetic insights into the evolution of Eriocaulon (Eriocaulaceae, Poales).

ABSTRACT: Eriocaulon is a genus of c. 470 aquatic and wetland species of the monocot plant family Eriocaulaceae. It is widely distributed in Africa, Asia and America, with centres of species richness in the tropics. Most species of Eriocaulon grow in wetlands although some inhabit shallow rivers and streams with an apparent adaptive morphology of elongated submerged stems. In a previous molecular phylogenetic hypothesis, Eriocaulon was recovered as sister of the African endemic genus Mesanthemum. Several regional infrageneric classifications have been proposed for Eriocaulon. This study aims to critically assess the existing infrageneric classifications through phylogenetic reconstruction of infrageneric relationships, based on DNA sequence data of four chloroplast markers and one nuclear marker. Th

SUBMITTER: Larridon I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6713687 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature