In:
American Journal of Botany, Wiley, Vol. 96, No. 7 ( 2009-07), p. 1348-1360
Abstract:
Camellia , comprising more than 200 species, is the type genus of the family Theaceae. Currently, the interspecies relationship of the economically important genus is still a matter of great debate and controversy. In an attempt to help settle this dispute using molecular phylogeny, we analyzed ITS sequences of 112 species of Camellia . The maximum parsimony and Bayesian trees grouped these species into eight major clades and four isolates. The current study supported the monophyly of sections Thea and Furfuracea , a merged section of Theopsis and Eriandra and the formation of section Oleifera by H, ‐t. Chang ( Flora of Reipulicae Popularis Sinicae . Tomus 49 (3), Science Press, China). The study suggested the polyphyletic nature of the sections Camellia, Paracamellia, Pseudocamellia , and Tuberculata and the paraphyletic nature of the section Chrysantha but did not support the sectional status of the three small sections, Archecamellia, Piquetia , and Sterocarpus . We also discuss the results in terms of morphology, geographic distribution and the results from an earlier molecular phylogeny analysis.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0002-9122
,
1537-2197
Language:
English
Publisher:
Wiley
Publication Date:
2009
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2053581-8
SSG:
12
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