Article
Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of the fern genus Pteris (Pteridaceae).
Annals of botany - 1 Jul 2014
Chao Yi-Shan, Rouhan Germinal, Amoroso Victor B, Chiou Wen-Liang
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Pteris (Pteridaceae), comprising over 250 species, had been thought to be a monophyletic genus until the three monotypic genera Neurocallis, Ochropteris and Platyzoma were included. However, the relationships between the type species of the genus Pteris, P. longifolia, and other species are still unknown. Furthermore, several infrageneric morphological classifications have been proposed, but...
Topics
- Base Sequence
- DNA, Chloroplast
- Evolution, Molecular
- Genetic Speciation
- Genetic Variation
- Introns
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
- Phylogeography
- Pteris
- Sequence Analysis, DNA