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Systematics Section/ASPT Floden, Aaron J [1]. A new genus in the Hamamelidaceae from Vietnam based on molecular data, morphology, and cytology. A peculiar small, evergreen tree from Vietnam is shown through molecular data of one nuclear and two chloroplast genes, cytology, and micromorphology to represent a new genus from the Fanxipan area of endemism. This genus is sister to Disanthus native to a small area of southeast China and Japan, and thus an expansion of the previously monotypic Disanthoideae. The presence of ballistically dispersed seeds from multi-ovulate carpels in this genus may represent the first evolution of this character within the Hamamelidaceae as its sister, Disanthus, has variably been reported as wind dispersed or ballistic. Broader Impacts:
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1 - University of Tennessee, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 569 Dabney Hall, Knoxville, TN, 37996, USA
Keywords:
Hamamelidaceae
Vietnam
Fanxipan
rare endemics.
Presentation Type: Poster:Posters for Sections
Session: P
Location: Grand Salon A - D/Riverside Hilton
Date: Monday, July 29th, 2013
Time: 5:30 PM
Number: PSY018
Abstract ID:842
Candidate for Awards:None |
