Showing papers by "Michael F. Fay published in 1997"
TL;DR: Analysis of rbcL sequence data indicates a close and strongly supported relationship to Ochnaceae and Quiinaceae, but does not resolve the relationships between these taxa.
Abstract: Medusagyne oppositifolia Baker is the sole member of Medusagynaceae Engl. & Gilg and its phylogenetic position has been unclear. Analysis of rbcL sequence data indicates a close and strongly supported relationship to Ochnaceae and Quiinaceae, but does not resolve the relationships between these taxa. Together the three families form a monophyletic group with a somewhat more distant relationship to other linalean groups including Malpighiaceae, Linaceae and phyllanthoid Euphorbiaceae.
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TL;DR: Cladistic analysis of molecular data (plastid rbcL sequences) supports the interpretation of simultaneous microsporogenesis as an apomorphy for Asparagales (Lilianae), with a reversal in the most derived 'higher' asparagoid clade, which is entirely successive.
Abstract: Cladistic analysis of molecular data (plastid rbcL sequences) supports the interpretation of simultaneous microsporogenesis as an apomorphy for Asparagales (Lilianae), with a reversal in the most d...
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TL;DR: Analysis of rbcL sequence data indicates a placement within Caryophyllidae sensu Chase, Soltis, Olmstead et al. 1993, but without a particularly close relationship to any of the other families, and support the familial rank Rhabdodendraceae and place it in Caryophylla without reference to a particular order.
Abstract: Rhabdodendron is the sole genus in Rhabdodendraceae and affinities have been suggested with Chrysobalanaceae, Rutaceae and Phytolaccaceae. Analysis of rbcL sequence data indicates a placement within Caryophyllidae sensu Chase, Soltis, Olmstead et al. 1993, but without a particularly close relationship to any of the other families. On this basis we support the familial rank Rhabdodendraceae and place it in Caryophyllidae, without reference to a particular order. The molecular results are discussed in the light of the morphological, anatomical and biochemical characters of Rhabdodendron.
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