The phylogeny of Seseli (Apiaceae, Apioideae): insights from molecular and morphological data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The genus Seseli L., which consists of 125-140 species distributed in the Old World from western Europe and northwestern Africa to China and Japan, is one of the largest and most taxonomically difficult genera of Apiaceae Lindl. Although several previous studies have been conducted on Seseli based on limited morphological characteristics and molecular fragments, a robust and comprehensive phylogeny of Seseli remains elusive. Plastomes provide abundant genetic information and have been widely used in studying plant phylogeny and evolution. Consequently, we newly generated the complete plastomes of eleven Seseli taxa. We combined plastome data and morphological characteristics to investigate the phylogeny of Seseli.

Results

In our study, we observed that the genome

SUBMITTER: Cai J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9667662 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature