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Citation for Study 11902

About Citation title: "Molecular Systematics of the Cactaceae".
About Study name: "Molecular Systematics of the Cactaceae".
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Citation

Barcenas R.T., Yesson C., & Hawkins J.A. 2011. Molecular Systematics of the Cactaceae. Cladistics, 27: 1-20.

Authors

  • Barcenas R.T. Phone 52 442 19212 00 xt. 65201
  • Yesson C.
  • Hawkins J.A.

Abstract

Bayesian, maximum-likelihood, and maximum-parsimony phylogenies, constructed using nucleotide sequences from the plastid gene region trnK-matK, are employed to investigate relationships within the Cactaceae. These phylogenies sample 666 plants representing 532 of the 1438 species recognized in the family. All four subfamilies, all nine tribes, and 69% of currently recognized genera of Cactaceae are sampled. We found strong support for three of the four currently recognized subfamilies, although relationships between subfamilies were not well defined. Major clades recovered within the largest subfamilies, Opuntioideae and Cactoideae, are reviewed; only three of the nine currently accepted tribes delimited within these subfamilies, the Cacteae, Rhipsalideae, and Opuntieae, are monophyletic, although the Opuntieae were recovered in only the Bayesian and maximum-likelihood analyses, not in the maximum-parsimony analysis, and more data are needed to reveal the status of the Cylindropuntieae, which may yet be monophyletic. Of the 42 genera with more than one exemplar in our study, only 17 were monophyletic; 14 of these genera were from subfamily Cactoideae and three from subfamily Opuntioideae. We present a synopsis of the status of the currently recognized genera.

Keywords

matK phylogeny Bayesian Parsimony Likelihood

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