Journal article
Phylogenetic relationships among the North American cleomoids (Cleomaceae): A test of Iltis's reduction series
American journal of botany, Vol.100(10), pp.2102-2111
10/2013
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/102619
PMID: 24107582
Abstract
• Premise of Study: A monophyletic group composed of five genera of the Cleomaceae represents an intriguing lineage with outstanding taxonomic and evolutionary questions. Generic boundaries are poorly defined, and historical hypotheses regarding the evolution of fruit type and phylogenetic relationships provide testable questions. This is the first detailed phylogenetic investigation of all 22 species in this group. We use this phylogenetic framework to assess generic monophyly and test Iltis's evolutionary “reduction series” hypothesis regarding phylogeny and fruit type/seed number.
• Methods: Maximum likelihood and Bayesian analyses of four plastid intergenic spacer region sequences (rpl32‐trnL, trnQ‐rps16, ycf1‐rps15, and psbA‐trnH) and one nuclear (ITS) region were used to reconstruct phylogenetic relationships among the NA cleomoid species. Stochastic mapping and ancestral‐state reconstruction were used to study the evolution of fruit type.
• Key Results: Both analyses recovered nearly identical phylogenies. Three of the currently recognized genera (Wislizenia, Carsonia, and Oxystylis) are monophyletic while two (Cleomella and Peritoma) are para‐ or polyphyletic. There was a single origin of the two‐seeded schizocarp in the ancestor of the Oxystylis–Wislizenia clade and a secondary derivation of elongated capsule‐type fruits in Peritoma from a truncated capsule state in Cleomella.
• Conclusions: Our well‐resolved phylogeny supports most of the current species circumscriptions but not current generic circumscriptions. Additionally, our results are inconsistent with Iltis's hypothesis of species with elongated many‐seed fruits giving rise to species with truncated few‐seeded fruits. Instead, we find support for the reversion to elongated multiseeded fruits from a truncate few‐seeded ancestor in Peritoma.
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- Title
- Phylogenetic relationships among the North American cleomoids (Cleomaceae): A test of Iltis's reduction series
- Creators
- James P RiserWarren M Cardinal‐McTeagueJocelyn C HallWilliam J HahnKenneth J SytsmaEric H Roalson
- Publication Details
- American journal of botany, Vol.100(10), pp.2102-2111
- Academic Unit
- Biological Sciences, School of
- Publisher
- Botanical Society of America
- Number of pages
- 10
- Grant note
- NSERC
- Identifiers
- 99900546683901842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article