Phylogenetic Hypotheses for the Monocotyledons Constructed from rbcL Sequence Data

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Abstract

DNA sequences for the plastid locus that encodes the large subunit if ribulose 1.5 bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase ( rbc L) were determined for 18 species of monocotyledons in 15 families. These data were analyzed together with sequences for 60 other monocot species in a total of 52 families by the maximum likelihood method producing one, presumably optimal, topology. An additional 26 species were added (104 total monocot species) and analyzed by the parsimony method with an outgroup of 18 dicot species producing 109 trees of 3,932 steps. The rbc L data show at least moderate support for seven lineages corresponding to the following orders, superoders, or combinations: Arecanae; Asparagales (excludng Hypoxideceae) plus Iridaceae; Cyclanthanae plus Pandananea; Dioscoreales, Orchidales; Typhales; amd Zingiberales. Six clades corresponding to families or genera are well supported, including: Agavaceae, Asphodelaceae, Bromeliaceae, Hypoxidaceaem Poaceaem and Tradescantia . The two earliest diverging multispecies clades in our rbc L phylogenies, Alistmatanae and Aranae, are only weakly supported, and Bromelianae, Commelinanae, and Lilianae are paraphyletic. In all analyses Acorus calamus is phylogenetically isloated as the sister species to the remaining species of monocotyledons.

Original languageAmerican English
JournalAnnals of the Missouri Botanical Garden
StatePublished - 1 Jan 1993

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