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Systematics Section/ASPT Neupane, Suman [1], Dessein, Steven [2], Wikström, Niklas [3], Birgitta, Bremer [3], Motley, Timothy J. [1]. New generic combinations within Hedyotis-Oldenlandia complex (Rubiaceae) in Asia and the Pacific. Hedyotis-Oldenlandia complex lies in the herbaceous tribe Spermacoceae of the fourth largest plant family, Rubiaceae. Members of this complex are distributed primarily in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Historically, the genus Hedyotis and its related genera from the Hedyotis-Oldenlandia complex have been taxonomically problematic due to the use of inconsistent and overlapping characters in defining the genera. The recent molecular studies suggest that the complex itself is a paraphyletic group and be split into several smaller monophyletic units. In this presentation, we discuss the usefulness of fruit, seed and pollen features in the generic delimitations of these monophyletic groups revealed by our molecular phylogenetic study. Broader Impacts:
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1 - Old Dominion University, Biological Sciences, 45th Street, 110 Mills Godwin Building, Norfolk, VA, 23529-0266, USA
2 - National Botanic Garden of Belgium, Bouchout Domain, Nieuwelaan 38, 1860 Meise, Belgium
3 - Stockholm University, Bergius Foundation, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences and Department of Botany, , SE-10691, Stockholm, Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden
Keywords:
Spermacoceae
palynology
seed morphology
fruit evolution
Phylogenetic placement.
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: PSY045
Abstract ID:669
Candidate for Awards:None |
