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A chloroplast DNA phylogeny of eastern Phlox (Polemoniaceae): implications of congruence and incongruence with the ITS phylogeny¹

²Herbarium and Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506-4901 USA; ³Section of Integrative Biology, Plant Resources Center, and Institute of Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712 USA

The comparison of independent phylogenies is a valuable approach to the study of evolutionary pattern and process. Available data on eastern North American Phlox, including our recent ITS phylogeny, suggest that relationships are complicated in the group and that hybridization may have been a contributing factor. We used restriction site data from the chloroplast genome to develop a second phylogeny for eastern Phlox. Sampling was the same as that for the ITS study and consisted of 79 samples (including all 22 eastern Phlox species and most eastern subspecies, as well as multiple populations of many taxa). The resulting cpDNA phylogeny agrees with the ITS phylogeny in many respects, strengthening earlier conclusions. Nevertheless, incongruence between the trees is noteworthy: many samples, particularly of members of the P. pilosa and P. glaberrima complexes, are placed in different clades. A variety of tests were carried out to assess congruence in terms of topological patterns, character congruence, and homogeneity of data sets. Significant conflict between the phylogenies is discussed in light of the hypothesis that hybridization has affected relationships in this genus.

Key Words: hybridization • incongruence • introgression • Phlox • phylogeny • Polemoniaceae • restriction site data

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