Phylogenomics and phylogeography of Menispermum (Menispermaceae).

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Phylogenomics have been widely used to resolve ambiguous and controversial evolutionary relationships among plant species and genera, and the identification of unique indels in plastomes may even help to understand the evolution of some plant families. Menispermum L. (Menispermaceae) consists of three species, M. dauricum DC., M. canadense L., and M. mexicanum Rose, which are disjuncly distributed among East Asia, Eastern North America and Mexico. Taxonomists continue to debate whether M. mexicanum is a distinct species, a variety of M. dauricum, or simply a synonym of M. canadense. To date, no molecular systematics studies have included this doubtful species in phylogenetic analyses.

Methods

In this study, we exa

SUBMITTER: Song S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9992823 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature