2012/07/09 by David R. Morgan, Blake Holland · 1 citation
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Sesquiterpenes and Asteraceae Studies #Plant Diversity and Evolution #Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions #Subgenus #Biology #Internal transcribed spacer #Clade #Systematics #Asteraceae #Reticulate evolution #Evolutionary biology #Phylogenetic tree #Phylogenetics #Botany #Taxonomy (biology) #Genetics #Gene
paper · doi:10.1600/036364412x648760
openalex publication_date 2012/07/09 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/26
Abstract The systematics of subtribe Symphyotrichinae were studied with sequence data from two nuclear regions: the 18S–26S nrDNA internal and external transcribed spacers (ITS and ETS) and the 5S nrDNA non-transcribed spacer. The primary objective was to use data from these two regions to resolve relationships among Almutaster, Psilactis, and Symphyotrichum. The combined ITS + ETS data and the 5S data were subjected to phylogenetic analyses using parsimony and Bayesian methods. Both datasets identified two major clades in Symphyotrichinae: one consisting of Almutaster, Psilactis, and Symphyotrichum subgenus Virgulus, and the other consisting of most other species of Symphyotrichum, including all species of S. subgenus Symphyotrichum. In addition, there were seven instances of disagreement between the ITS + ETS and 5S results. Assessments of these incongruences suggested that there have been three occurrences of reticulate evolution, involving six species of Symphyotrichum: 1) S. tenuifolium, 2) S. moranense + S. trilineatum, and 3) S. concolor + S. ericoides + S. pratense.