@ARTICLE{TreeBASE2Ref15338,
author = {Erika J. Edwards and Reto Nyffeler and Michael J Donoghue},
title = {Basal cactus phylogeny: Pereskia paraphyly and implications for early cactus evolution},
year = {2005},
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doi = {},
url = {},
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journal = {American Journal of Botany},
volume = {92},
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pages = {1177--1188},
abstract = {The cacti are well-known desert plants, widely recognized by their specialized growth form and essentially leafless condition. Pereskia, a group of 17 species with regular leaf development and function, is generally viewed as representing the ancestral cactus, though its placement within Cactaceae has remained uncertain. Here we present a new hypothesis of phylogenetic relationships at the base of the Cactaceae, inferred from DNA sequence data from five gene regions representing all three plant genomes. Our data support a basal split in Cactaceae between a clade of eight Pereskia species, centered around the Caribbean basin, and all other cacti. Two other Pereskia clades, distributed mostly in the southern half of South America, are part of a major clade comprising Maihuenia plus Cactoideae, and Opuntioideae. This result highlights several events in the early evolution of the cacti. First, during the transition to stem-based photosynthesis, the evolution of stem stomata and delayed bark formation preceded the evolution of the stem cortex into a specialized photosynthetic tissue system. Second, the basal split in cacti separates a northern from an initially southern cactus clade, and the major cactus lineages probably originated in southern or west-central South America.}
}
Citation for Study 1396
Citation title:
"Basal cactus phylogeny: Pereskia paraphyly and implications for early cactus evolution".
This study was previously identified under the legacy study ID S1327
(Status: Published).
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Edwards E., Nyffeler R., & Donoghue M.J. 2005. Basal cactus phylogeny: Pereskia paraphyly and implications for early cactus evolution. American Journal of Botany, 92: 1177-1188.
Authors
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Edwards E.
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Nyffeler R.
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Donoghue M.J.
Abstract
The cacti are well-known desert plants, widely recognized by their specialized growth form and essentially leafless condition. Pereskia, a group of 17 species with regular leaf development and function, is generally viewed as representing the ancestral cactus, though its placement within Cactaceae has remained uncertain. Here we present a new hypothesis of phylogenetic relationships at the base of the Cactaceae, inferred from DNA sequence data from five gene regions representing all three plant genomes. Our data support a basal split in Cactaceae between a clade of eight Pereskia species, centered around the Caribbean basin, and all other cacti. Two other Pereskia clades, distributed mostly in the southern half of South America, are part of a major clade comprising Maihuenia plus Cactoideae, and Opuntioideae. This result highlights several events in the early evolution of the cacti. First, during the transition to stem-based photosynthesis, the evolution of stem stomata and delayed bark formation preceded the evolution of the stem cortex into a specialized photosynthetic tissue system. Second, the basal split in cacti separates a northern from an initially southern cactus clade, and the major cactus lineages probably originated in southern or west-central South America.
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@ARTICLE{TreeBASE2Ref15338,
author = {Erika J. Edwards and Reto Nyffeler and Michael J Donoghue},
title = {Basal cactus phylogeny: Pereskia paraphyly and implications for early cactus evolution},
year = {2005},
keywords = {},
doi = {},
url = {},
pmid = {},
journal = {American Journal of Botany},
volume = {92},
number = {},
pages = {1177--1188},
abstract = {The cacti are well-known desert plants, widely recognized by their specialized growth form and essentially leafless condition. Pereskia, a group of 17 species with regular leaf development and function, is generally viewed as representing the ancestral cactus, though its placement within Cactaceae has remained uncertain. Here we present a new hypothesis of phylogenetic relationships at the base of the Cactaceae, inferred from DNA sequence data from five gene regions representing all three plant genomes. Our data support a basal split in Cactaceae between a clade of eight Pereskia species, centered around the Caribbean basin, and all other cacti. Two other Pereskia clades, distributed mostly in the southern half of South America, are part of a major clade comprising Maihuenia plus Cactoideae, and Opuntioideae. This result highlights several events in the early evolution of the cacti. First, during the transition to stem-based photosynthesis, the evolution of stem stomata and delayed bark formation preceded the evolution of the stem cortex into a specialized photosynthetic tissue system. Second, the basal split in cacti separates a northern from an initially southern cactus clade, and the major cactus lineages probably originated in southern or west-central South America.}
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TY - JOUR
ID - 15338
AU - Edwards,Erika J.
AU - Nyffeler,Reto
AU - Donoghue,Michael J
T1 - Basal cactus phylogeny: Pereskia paraphyly and implications for early cactus evolution
PY - 2005
UR -
N2 - The cacti are well-known desert plants, widely recognized by their specialized growth form and essentially leafless condition. Pereskia, a group of 17 species with regular leaf development and function, is generally viewed as representing the ancestral cactus, though its placement within Cactaceae has remained uncertain. Here we present a new hypothesis of phylogenetic relationships at the base of the Cactaceae, inferred from DNA sequence data from five gene regions representing all three plant genomes. Our data support a basal split in Cactaceae between a clade of eight Pereskia species, centered around the Caribbean basin, and all other cacti. Two other Pereskia clades, distributed mostly in the southern half of South America, are part of a major clade comprising Maihuenia plus Cactoideae, and Opuntioideae. This result highlights several events in the early evolution of the cacti. First, during the transition to stem-based photosynthesis, the evolution of stem stomata and delayed bark formation preceded the evolution of the stem cortex into a specialized photosynthetic tissue system. Second, the basal split in cacti separates a northern from an initially southern cactus clade, and the major cactus lineages probably originated in southern or west-central South America.
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JF - American Journal of Botany
VL - 92
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SP - 1177
EP - 1188
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