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Understanding The Origin And Rapid Diversification Of The Genus Anthurium Schott (Araceae), Integrating Molecular Phylogenetics, Morphology And Fossils, Monica Maria Carlsen
Understanding The Origin And Rapid Diversification Of The Genus Anthurium Schott (Araceae), Integrating Molecular Phylogenetics, Morphology And Fossils, Monica Maria Carlsen
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Anthurium is a strictly neotropical genus of Araceae ranging from southern Mexico to northern Argentina, including ca. 900 species and displaying an enormous variation in leaf morphology, growth habit, leaf venation pattern and inflorescence and fruit colors. Despite its immense diversity, its ecological importance in Neotropical forests, and a very long history of botanical collection, cultivation, and taxonomical research, Anthurium had been almost neglected in molecular phylogenies. This study combines chloroplast (trnG intron, trnH-psbA and trnC-ycf6 intergenic spacers) and nuclear (CHS first intron) DNA sequence data for 102 Anthurium species and uses maximum parsimony, likelihood and Bayesian phylogenetic analysis to …