Cladistic analysis of the genus Ebenus (Fabaceae-Hedysareae) based on morphological data
In this study, cladistic analysis of characteristics morphological dataset using 21 characters for 26 taxa, including 19 taxa of Ebenus, 2 taxa of Taverniera, 2 taxa of Onobrychis and 2 taxa of Hedysarum as ingroups plus Alhagi persarum as an outgroup were chosen in phylogenetic analyses. Maximum pa...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | fas |
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University of Isfahan
2012-09-01
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| Series: | Taxonomy and Biosystematics Journal |
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| Online Access: | http://uijs.ui.ac.ir/tbj/browse.php?a_code=A-10-127-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 |
| Summary: | In this study, cladistic analysis of characteristics morphological dataset using 21 characters for 26 taxa, including 19 taxa of Ebenus, 2 taxa of Taverniera, 2 taxa of Onobrychis and 2 taxa of Hedysarum as ingroups plus Alhagi persarum as an outgroup were chosen in phylogenetic analyses. Maximum parsimony approach as implemented in PAUP* with a heuristic search was employed. Fifty shortest trees with L=17.88 steps and a CI=0.709 and an RI=0.901 were generated. The analysis revealed that Ebenus was monophyletic. None of its multi-specific sections, Ebenidium and Euebenus, were monophyletic. E. cretica and E. stellata were basalmost branches that followed by a clade consisting of the remaining species. Onobrychis and Hedysarum were strongly allied with Ebenus. |
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| ISSN: | 2008-8906 2322-2190 |