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Molecular phylogenetics and character evolution of the "sacaca" clade: novel relationships of Croton section Cleodora (Euphorbiaceae).
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Aug 2011
Caruzo Maria Beatriz R, van Ee Benjamin W, Cordeiro Inês, Berry Paul E, Riina Ricarda
Abstract excerpt
Phylogenetic relationships of Croton section Cleodora (Klotzsch) Baill. were evaluated using the nuclear ribosomal ITS and the chloroplast trnL-F and trnH-psbA regions. Our results show a strongly supported clade containing most previously recognized section Cleodora species, plus some other species morphologically similar to them. Two morphological synapomorphies that support section Cleodora as a clade include...
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