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TrnL (UAA)-trnF (GAA) chloroplast DNA spacer sequences of three species ofMonanthes, Sedum surculosum (=Monanthes atlanticum) andS. jaccardianum were compared.S. surculosum, the systematic position of which has been disputed ever since its discovery, shares a phylogenetically highly significant 70 bp deletion withS. jaccardianum. In addition to this large deletion the two Moroccan species ofS. ser.Monanthoidea differ in three more indels as well as in four nucleotide substitutions from the species ofMonanthes. These data render strong support for the monophyly ofS. ser.Monanthoidea andMonanthes. Spacer length in seven species and one subspecies ofMonanthes is relatively uniform.
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Mes, T.H.M., Hart, H.'. Sedum surculosum andS. jaccardianum (Crassulaceae) share a unique 70 bp deletion in the chloroplast DNA trnL (UAA)-trnF (GAA) intergenic spacer. Pl Syst Evol 193, 213–221 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00983551
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