Article
A molecular phylogeny of the fern family Pteridaceae: assessing overall relationships and the affinities of previously unsampled genera.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Sept 2007
Schuettpelz Eric, Schneider Harald, Huiet Layne, Windham Michael D, Pryer Kathleen M
Abstract excerpt
The monophyletic Pteridaceae accounts for roughly 10% of extant fern diversity and occupies an unusually broad range of ecological niches, including terrestrial, epiphytic, xeric-adapted rupestral, and even aquatic species. In this study, we present the results of the first broad-scale and multi-gene phylogenetic analyses of these ferns, and determine the affinities of several previously unsampled genera. Our...
Topics
- Ecosystem
- Evolution, Molecular
- Genetic Variation
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
- Pteridaceae