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Phylogenetic relationships among genera in theLiliaceae-Asparagoideae-Polygonatae s.l. inferred fromrbcL gene sequence data

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The chloroplast gene encoding ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate-carboxylase (rbcL) was sequenced for phylogenetic analysis of 13 species (10 genera) in the tribePolygonatae s.l. of theLiliaceae-Asparagoideae. The data were analysed using maximum parsimony and neighbour-joining methods. There were 233 phylogenetically informative sites out of 1368 base pairs compared. The results suggest that there are three monophyletic groups withinPolygonatae s.l. with high bootstrap confidence values. Group A representsPolygonatae s.str., with generaMaianthemum, Smilacina, Convallaria, Disporopsis, andPolygonatum. Group B containsUvularia andDisporum and group C includesStreptopus, Tricyrtis, Clintonia, andProsartes. The study suggests thatPolygonatae s.l. are not a monophyletic group, including at least three groups of different phylogenetic origin. Monophyly of the taxa within groups A, B, and C is supported by the high bootstrap confidence values (85–100%) of the bootstrap replications for both parsimony and neighbour-joining methods. The differences between each group (calculated as 100x base substitutions per site) were 6.99–9.03 for group A and B, 4.92–7.35 for A and C, and 6.66–7.57 for B and C.

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    Hidetoshi Kato, Ryohei Terauchi & Shoichi Kawano

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Shinwari, Z.K., Kato, H., Terauchi, R. et al. Phylogenetic relationships among genera in theLiliaceae-Asparagoideae-Polygonatae s.l. inferred fromrbcL gene sequence data. Pl Syst Evol 192, 263–277 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00986256

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