1. Phylogeny, evolutionary trends and classification of the Spathelia-Ptaeroxylon clade: morphological and molecular insights
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Milijaona Randrianarivelojosia, Paul J. A. Kessler, Thomas Haevermans, Sylvain G. Razafimandimbison, Eric Smets, Marc S. Appelhans, E. J. van Marle, Harison Rabarison, Arnaud Couloux, Hortus botanicus Leiden = Jardin botanique de l'université de Leyde, Universiteit Leiden [Leiden], Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity Naturalis (section NHN), Laboratory of Plant Systematics, Catholic University of Leuven - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven)-Institute of Botany and Microbiology, Department of Botany, Bergius Foundation, Stockholm University, Département Systématique et Évolution, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN), Genoscope - Centre national de séquençage [Evry] (GENOSCOPE), Direction de Recherche Fondamentale (CEA) (DRF (CEA)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, Département de Biologie et Ecologie Végetales, Université d'Antananarivo, School of Chemistry, University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN), Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP), This work was supported by the Leids Universiteits Fonds (LUF, 9103/27-1-09\N,Slingelands), the Alberta Mennega Stichting, the 'Sud Expert Plantes' program # 347 funded by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the 'Consortium National de Recherche en Génomique', and the 'Service de Systématique Moléculaire' of the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (CNRS UMS 2700). It is part of agreement no. 2005/67 between the Genoscope and the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle on the project 'Macrophylogeny of life' directed by Guillaume Lecointre. LITERATURE CITED, Universiteit Leiden, Naturalis Biodiversity Center [Leiden], Université Paris-Saclay-Direction de Recherche Fondamentale (CEA) (DRF (CEA)), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA), and University of KwaZulu-Natal [Durban, Afrique du Sud] (UKZN)
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Genetic Markers ,0106 biological sciences ,DNA, Plant ,MESH: Microscopy, Electron, Scanning ,MESH: Bayes Theorem ,MESH: Genome, Plastid ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,Genome, Plastid ,Molecular Sequence Data ,MESH: Sequence Alignment ,Zoology ,Plant Science ,MESH: Genetic Markers ,Genes, Plant ,010603 evolutionary biology ,01 natural sciences ,Spathelia ,Evolution, Molecular ,Phylogenetics ,MESH: Genes, Plant ,Clade ,MESH: DNA, Plant ,MESH: Phylogeny ,Rutaceae ,Phylogeny ,MESH: Evolution, Molecular ,MESH: Molecular Sequence Data ,biology ,Phylogenetic study ,Bayes Theorem ,Original Articles ,15. Life on land ,biology.organism_classification ,Plant Leaves ,MESH: Plant Leaves ,MESH: Seeds ,Ptaeroxylon ,Seeds ,Microscopy, Electron, Scanning ,MESH: Rutaceae ,Sequence Alignment ,human activities ,010606 plant biology & botany - Abstract
International audience; BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The Spathelia-Ptaeroxylon clade is a group of morphologically diverse plants that have been classified together as a result of molecular phylogenetic studies. The clade is currently included in Rutaceae and recognized at a subfamilial level (Spathelioideae) despite the fact that most of its genera have traditionally been associated with other families and that there are no obvious morphological synapomorphies for the clade. The aim of the present study is to construct phylogenetic trees for the Spathelia-Ptaeroxylon clade and to investigate anatomical characters in order to decide whether it should be kept in Rutaceae or recognized at the familial level. Anatomical characters were plotted on a cladogram to help explain character evolution within the group. Moreover, phylogenetic relationships and generic limits within the clade are also addressed. METHODS: A species-level phylogenetic analysis of the Spathelia-Ptaeroxylon clade based on five plastid DNA regions (rbcL, atpB, trnL-trnF, rps16 and psbA-trnH) was conducted using Bayesian, maximum parsimony and maximum likelihood methods. Leaf and seed anatomical characters of all genera were (re)investigated by light and scanning electron microscopy. KEY RESULTS: With the exception of Spathelia, all genera of the Spathelila-Ptaeroxylon clade are monophyletic. The typical leaf and seed anatomical characters of Rutaceae were found. Further, the presence of oil cells in the leaves provides a possible synapomorphy for the clade. CONCLUSIONS: The Spathelia-Ptaeroxylon clade is well placed in Rutaceae and it is reasonable to unite the genera into one subfamily (Spathelioideae). We propose a new tribal classification of Spathelioideae. A narrow circumscription of Spathelia is established to make the genus monophyletic, and Sohnreyia is resurrected to accommodate the South American species of Spathelia. The most recent common ancestor of Spathelioideae probably had leaves with secretory cavities and oil cells, haplostemonous flowers with appendaged staminal filaments, and a tracheidal tegmen.
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