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Citation for Study 19364

About Citation title: "Testing the monophyly of Aesculus L. and Billia Peyr, woody genera of tribe Hippocastaneae of the Sapindaceae".
About Study name: "Testing the monophyly of Aesculus L. and Billia Peyr, woody genera of tribe Hippocastaneae of the Sapindaceae".
About This study is part of submission 19364 (Status: Published).

Citation

Harris A., Fu C., Xiang J., Holland L., & Wen J. 2016. Testing the monophyly of Aesculus L. and Billia Peyr, woody genera of tribe Hippocastaneae of the Sapindaceae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, .

Authors

  • Harris A. (submitter) Phone 4052694910
  • Fu C.
  • Xiang J.
  • Holland L.
  • Wen J.

Abstract

Hippocastaneae is a well-supported clade in Sapindaceae that comprises 15 species; 12 in Aesculus, two in Billia, and one in Handeliodendron Rehder. The monophyly of Aesculus and Billia were widely assumed, but a recent molecular phylogenetic study of Sapindanceae used seven species of Aesculus and one each of Billia and Haneliodendron and showed that Billia and Handeliodendron were nested within Aesculus. Here, we tested the hypothesis that Aesculus and Billia are mutually monophyletic using phylogenetic analyses of seven molecular markers and 31 accessions of Hippocastaneae representing 14 species. We performed phylogenetic analyses using a dataset of concatenated genes as well as with coalescent method for constructing a species tree from individual gene trees. The analysis of seven concatenated markers and the species tree strongly supported the mutual monophyly of Aesculus and Billia. We also recovered support for the traditional arrangement of genera within Hippocastaneae: Aesculus and Billia comprising a clade that is sister to Handeliodendron. However, the relationships among the genera remain incompletely resolved.

Keywords

Aesculus, Billia, Handeliodendron, Hippocastaneae, phylogeny, Sapindaceae

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