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Citation for Study 11490

About Citation title: "The status of Urocarpidium (Malvaceae): insight from nuclear and plastid-based phylogenies".
About Study name: "The status of Urocarpidium (Malvaceae): insight from nuclear and plastid-based phylogenies".
About This study is part of submission 11480 (Status: Published).

Citation

Tate J.A. 2011. The status of Urocarpidium (Malvaceae): insight from nuclear and plastid-based phylogenies. Taxon, .

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  • Tate J.A. (submitter) Phone +64-6-350-5515

Abstract

An evaluation of the taxonomic status and phylogenetic position of the monotypic genus Urocarpidium Ulbr. (Malvaceae) was undertaken using DNA sequence data. Nuclear (internal transcribed spacers 1 and 2) and plastid (ndhF, rpl16 intron, and 3? matK-trnK intron) sequence data were used to reconstruct independent phylogenies for related genera of tribe Malveae, to which Urocarpidium belongs. The nuclear and plastid phylogenies indicate that Urocarpidium albiflorum is not synonymous with Tarasa operculata as previously suggested, consistent with earlier phylogenetic studies. Instead, this species is more closely related to Fuertesimalva and Palaua, although its position relative to these two genera differs in the nuclear and plastid trees. Given the unresolved phylogenetic position and unique suite of morphological characters, Urocarpidium is maintained as a monotypic genus. Full synonymy for Urocarpidium albiflorum is also provided.

Keywords

Fuertesimalva, Malvaceae, phylogeny, Tarasa, Urocarpidium

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