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About Citation title: "The Lucilia group (Asteraceae, Gnaphalieae): phylogenetic and taxonomic considerations based on molecular and morphological evidence".
About Study name: "The Lucilia group (Asteraceae, Gnaphalieae): phylogenetic and taxonomic considerations based on molecular and morphological evidence".
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Citation

Freire S.E., Chemisquy M.A., Anderberg A., Beck S., Meneses R.I., Loeuille B.F., & Urtubey E. 2014. The Lucilia group (Asteraceae, Gnaphalieae): phylogenetic and taxonomic considerations based on molecular and morphological evidence. Plant Systematics and Evolution, .

Authors

  • Freire S.E.
  • Chemisquy M.A. (submitter) Phone 54-11-49850306
  • Anderberg A.
  • Beck S.
  • Meneses R.I.
  • Loeuille B.F. Phone 551130917545
  • Urtubey E.

Abstract

The Lucilia group sensu Anderberg and Freire comprises nine South American genera: Belloa, Berroa, Chevreulia, Cuatecasasiella, Facelis, Gamochaetopsis, Jalcophila, Lucilia, and Luciliocline. The aims of this contribution are, using DNA sequences from plastid (rpl32-trnL, trnL-F) and nucleus (ITS and ETS) markers, together with morphological characters, to test the monophyly of the Lucilia group and provide new insight into generic circumscriptions. Our studies, including a broad taxon sampling of Gnaphalieae species, suggested that the Lucilia group is paraphyletic, since Antennaria, Chionolaena, Gamochaeta, Loricaria, Micropsis, Mniodes, and Stuckertiella are all nested within the Lucilia group. Morphology and molecular analyses combined showed that the traditional generic circumscription of most of the genera (e.g. Berroa, Chevreulia, Chionolaena, Cuatrecasasiella, Facelis, Jalcophila, and Micropsis) correlate with the inferred phylogenetic relationships. Conversely, Lucilia and Luciliocline are non-monophyletic. Lucilia is nested in a clade with Berroa, Facelis and Micropsis. Luciliocline is strongly embedded within the clade Belloa pp + Mniodes. All the analyses showed that the monotypic genera Stuckertiella and Gamochaetopsis are in a well-supported clade nested within Gamochaeta, which implies that taxonomic changes are required for these genera. Our results are consistent with Dillon?s study that considered Belloa as a montotypic genus (B. chilensis). Luciliocline and the remaining species of Belloa are accommodated in the genus Mniodes, and the necessary combinations are proposed for the expanded Mniodes. Internal relationships in the group and the key morphological characters used in the taxonomy of the group, as well as incongruences found between morphological and molecular analyses, are discussed.

Keywords

Belloa, ETS, ITS, Mniodes, rpl32-trnL, trnL-F

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