Chloroplast DNA variation and the phylogeny of Asplenium sect. Hymenasplenium (Aspleniaceae) in the New World tropics

Noriaki Murakami, Barbara A. Schaal

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Abstract

Asplenium sect. Hymenasplenium is a well-defined group in Aspleniaceae, distinguished by several morphological and cytological characters. However, interspecific relationships in the section were not clear. In this paper, we report the phylogenetic relationships of 9 Neotropical species of sect. Hymenasplenium determined by chloroplast DNA restriction site variation analyses. From the obtained phylogenetic tree, two major clades: one with A. obtusifolium, A. riparium, A. volubile and A. repandulum and another with A. delitescens, A. ortegae, A. purpurascens, A. laetum and A. hoffmannii were recognized. Asplenium delitescens was shown to have a polyphyletic origin. It was also shown that the epiphytic habit evolved only once in the New World species of sect. Hymenasplenium.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)245-251
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Plant Research
Volume107
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 1994

Keywords

  • Aspleniaceae
  • Asplenium sect. Hymenasplenium
  • Chloroplast DNA
  • Evolution
  • Molecular phylogeny
  • New World tropics
  • Restriction site variation analyses

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