@ARTICLE{TreeBASE2Ref24838,
author = {Pedro Escobar Garc?a and Peter Sch?nswetter and Javier Fuertes Aguilar and Gonzalo Nieto Feliner and Gerald M Schneeweiss},
title = {Five molecular markers reveal extensive morphological homoplasy and reticulate evolution in the Malva alliance (Malvaceae).},
year = {2009},
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doi = {10.1016/j.ympev.2008.10.015},
url = {http://},
pmid = {},
journal = {Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution},
volume = {50},
number = {},
pages = {226--239},
abstract = {The Malva alliance is a well-defined group with extensive morphological homoplasy. As a result, the rela- tionships among the taxa as well as the evolution of morphological traits have remained elusive and the traditional classifications are highly artificial. Using five molecular markers (nuclear ITS, plastid matK plus trnK, ndhF, trnL-trnF, psbA-trnH), we arrived at a phylogenetic hypothesis of this group, the genera Alcea, Althaea and Malvalthaea being studied here for the first time with molecular data. Althaea and, in particular, Lavatera and Malva are highly polyphyletic as currently circumscribed, because their diag- nostic characters, the number and degree of fusion of the epicalyx bracts, evolve in a highly homoplasious manner. In contrast, fruit morphology largely agrees with the molecularly delimited groups. Hybrid ori- gins confirmed for the genus Malvalthaea and for Lavatera mauritanica and hybridization in the group of ruderal small-flowered mallows underline the importance of reticulate evolution in shaping the history of this group and complicating the interpretation of morphological evolution.}
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Citation title: "Five molecular markers reveal extensive morphological homoplasy and reticulate evolution in the Malva alliance (Malvaceae).".
