Article
Evidence of three parallel evolutions of leaf dwarfism and phytogeography in Lysimachia sect. Nummularia in Japan and Taiwan.
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Feb 2010
Kokubugata Goro, Nakamura Koh, Shinohara Wataru, Saito Yukiko, Peng Ching-I, Yokota Masatsugu
Abstract excerpt
Phylogenetic analyses were performed using nrITS variations of eight species including one variety of the genus Lysimachia sect. Nummularia in Japan and Taiwan, with another 34 Lysimachia species and Glaux maritime obtained from a DNA database. Among the four dwarf-leaf taxa in Japan and Taiwan, L. japonica var. minutissima of Japan and two Taiwanese species were placed into two different clades; and L....
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