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Which family? — morphological and phylogenetic analyses of the enigmatic genus Numaeacampa (Campanulaceae)

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The monospecific genus Numaeacampa Gagnep. has been considered to be closely related to Codonopsis Wall. and Campanumoea Blume (Campanulaceae), treated as a synonym of Codonopsis, or excluded from the Campanulaceae due to its unusual features for that family (10-lobed calyx, apically poricidal anthers, stellate corolla). Morphological study and molecular phylogenetic analyses clearly show that Numaeacampa kerrii is misplaced in the Campanulaceae, and is actually Lycianthes lysimachioides (Wall.) Bitter (Solanaceae). As a result, the names Numaeacampa and Numaeacampa kerrii are here reduced to synonyms of Lycianthes (Dunal) Hassl. and Lycianthes lysimachioides respectively.

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Acknowledgements

We greatly appreciate the help of Dr Florian Jabbour, the curator of the herbarium P, for supplying the meterial from the holotype of Numaeacampa kerrii. Thanks are due to the curators of the herbaria CDBI, G, KUN, MPU, PE and SZ for permission to examine specimens. Our sincere gratitude is due to Dr Gemma L. C. Bramley and Dr Mike Gilbert of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew for their valuable suggestions and improving the English, and to Mr Xin-Tang MA for his excellent photo of Codonopsis javanica. This research was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 31200157, 31110103911, J1310002), and the National Science Infrastructure Platform Foundation of China (Grant No. 2013FY112100).

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    Qiang Wang, Chao Xu, Kai-Yu Pan & De-Yuan Hong

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Appendix 1. The taxa and GenBank accessions for ndhF sequences.

Appendix 1. The taxa and GenBank accessions for ndhF sequences.

Campanula sp., L39387; Codonopsis lanceolata (Siebold & Zucc.) Trautv., AF130185; Cyananthus microphyllus Edgew., AF130186; Duboisia hopwoodii F. Muell., EU580876; Fallopia sachalinensis (F. Schmidt) Ronse Decr., JF831263; Legousia hybrida (L.) Delarbre, DQ356111; Lobelia cardinalis L., AF130187; Lycianthes jelskii (Zahlbr.) Bitter, DQ667563; Lycianthes lysimachioides (Wall.) Bitter, DQ667565; Lycianthes lysimachioides (Wall.) Bitter, KT588610 (generated in the present study, the specimen preserved in PE: China, Guizhou, Xishui, 28 August 2003, Wu 1331, PE01542494). Lycianthes lysimachioides (Wall.) Bitter, KT588611 (generated in the present study, the specimen preserved in PE: China, Hunan, Hengshan, 29 Sept. 2001, Hu 631, PE00633296); Lycianthes pilifera (Benth.) Bitter, DQ667571; Muehlenbeckia sp., JF831262 Numaeacampa kerrii Gagnep., KT588612 (generated in the present study, the specimen preserved in P: Laos, Pu-tat, Vien-chan, 21 April 1932, A. F. G. Kerr 21186, P00236810); Panderia pilosa Fisch. & C. A. Mey., HM630058; Physalis carpenteri Riddell ex Rydb., EU580926; Pratia purpurescens E. Wimm., DQ356107; Quincula lobata (Torr.) Raf., EU580936; Salsola webbii Moq., HM630077; Schizanthus grahamii Gillies, EU580939; Siphocampylus affinis (Mirb.) McVaugh; DQ356104; Trachelium caeruleum L., AF130184; Witheringia cuneata (Standl.) Hunz., EU126018.

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Wang, Q., Xu, C., Pan, KY. et al. Which family? — morphological and phylogenetic analyses of the enigmatic genus Numaeacampa (Campanulaceae). Kew Bull 72, 27 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-017-9701-x

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