TY - JOUR
T1 - Towards a phylogeny for Astragalus section Caprini (Fabaceae) and its allies based on nuclear and plastid DNA sequences
AU - Riahi, Mehrshid
AU - Zarre, Shahin
AU - Maassoumi, Ali Aasghar
AU - Osaloo, Shahrokh Kazempour
AU - Wojciechowski, Martin
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors are indebted in Prof. Dr. D. Podlech (Munich) for his critical comments and suggestions. We thank the following: Dr. F. Attar, Dr. H. Ebrahimzadeh, Dr. V. Niknam, and M. Mirmasoumi (Department of Plant Sciences, University of Tehran) for providing lab facilities. We are grateful to the curators of Central Herbarium of University of Tehran (TUH) and the Herbarium of Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands (TARI) for the loan of materials and permission to extract DNA from selected specimens. Grants from the Research Council, as well as Council of International Office of the University of Tehran to S.Z. are gratefully acknowledged. Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung (Germany) also supported S.Z. through a generous scholarship.
PY - 2011/5
Y1 - 2011/5
N2 - We conducted phylogenetic analyses of the sect. Caprini and its closely related sections within Astragalus. Analyses of a combined dataset including nrDNA ETS and three cpDNA markers using maximum parsimony and Bayesian inference from 44 species of sect. Caprini and its allied taxa yielded congruent relationships among several major lineages. These results largely disagree with previously recognized taxonomic groups, most notably in the following ways: (1) subsects. Caprini and Purpurascentes of sect. Caprini are not natural groups; (2) sects. Alopecuroidei and Laxiflori are nested within sect. Astragalus; and (3) subsect. Chronopus constitutes a separate phylogenetic lineage. Representatives of sects. Astragalus, Alopecuroidei, and Laxiflori share a common ancestor with that of sect. Caprini. Our studies indicate that Astragalus annularis is an outlier species for the genus Astragalus and sect. Caraganella is the first-diverging clade within the genus Astragalus. Results of these analyses are supported by morphology and suggest the need for new taxonomic delimitations, which are forthcoming. Key morphological characters were mapped onto the phylogenetic tree and discussed.
AB - We conducted phylogenetic analyses of the sect. Caprini and its closely related sections within Astragalus. Analyses of a combined dataset including nrDNA ETS and three cpDNA markers using maximum parsimony and Bayesian inference from 44 species of sect. Caprini and its allied taxa yielded congruent relationships among several major lineages. These results largely disagree with previously recognized taxonomic groups, most notably in the following ways: (1) subsects. Caprini and Purpurascentes of sect. Caprini are not natural groups; (2) sects. Alopecuroidei and Laxiflori are nested within sect. Astragalus; and (3) subsect. Chronopus constitutes a separate phylogenetic lineage. Representatives of sects. Astragalus, Alopecuroidei, and Laxiflori share a common ancestor with that of sect. Caprini. Our studies indicate that Astragalus annularis is an outlier species for the genus Astragalus and sect. Caraganella is the first-diverging clade within the genus Astragalus. Results of these analyses are supported by morphology and suggest the need for new taxonomic delimitations, which are forthcoming. Key morphological characters were mapped onto the phylogenetic tree and discussed.
KW - Astragalus
KW - ETS rDNA
KW - cpDNA
KW - sect. Alopecuroidei
KW - sect. Caprini
KW - sect. Laxiflori
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/79955930734
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/79955930734#tab=citedBy
U2 - 10.1007/s00606-011-0417-3
DO - 10.1007/s00606-011-0417-3
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79955930734
SN - 0378-2697
VL - 293
SP - 119
EP - 133
JO - Plant Systematics and Evolution
JF - Plant Systematics and Evolution
IS - 1-4
ER -