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(American Journal of Botany. 2000;87:1300-1308.)
© 2000 Botanical Society of America, Inc.

Polemoniaceae phylogeny and classification: implications of sequence data from the chloroplast gene ndhF1

L. Alan Prather5,2, Carolyn J. Ferguson3 and Robert K. Jansen4

2 Herbarium and Department of Botany & Plant Pathology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824-1312 USA; 3 Herbarium and Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506-4901 USA; and 4 Section of Integrative Biology, Plant Resources Center, and Institute of Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712 USA

The chloroplast gene ndhF was used to study phylogenetic relationships of the Polemoniaceae at two levels: among members of the Ericales and among genera of the family. Sequence data for interfamilial analyses consisted of 2266 bp for 14 members of the Ericales, including four species of the Polemoniaceae, plus three outgroup taxa. The Polemoniaceae were found to be related to Diospyros, Fouquieria, the Primulales, Rhododendron, and Impatiens, but relationships among taxa were generally not well supported. The precise position of the Polemoniaceae within the Ericales remains obscure. Data for intrafamilial analyses consisted of 1031 bp for 27 species of the Polemoniaceae, including at least one species from most genera of the family, plus five outgroup taxa. A single most parsimonious tree was identified. The analyses suggested that subfamily Cobaeoideae, excluding Loeselia, is monophyletic and that Huthia is sister to Cantua. Acanthogilia was sister to the remainder of subfamily Cobaeoideae. Subfamily Polemonioideae plus Loeselia formed four subclades that were strongly supported as monophyletic and represent the major lineages of the subfamily.

Key Words: Acanthogilia • classification • Ericales • Huthia • Loeselia • molecular phylogeny • ndhF • Polemoniaceae




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