Molecular phylogenetic analyses of internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences of nuclear ribosomal DNA indicate monophyly of the genus <i>Phytolacca</i> L. (Phytolaccaceae)

Authors

  • M. Ajmal Ali Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451
  • Joongku Lee International Biological Material Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, 125 Gwahak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-806
  • Soo-Yong Kim International Biological Material Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, 125 Gwahak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-806
  • Sang-Hong Park International Biological Material Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, 125 Gwahak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-806
  • Fahad M.A. Al-Hemaid Department of Botany and Microbiology, College of Science, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/bjpt.v22i1.23859

Keywords:

ITS, nrDNA, Phytolaccaceae, Phylogeny

Abstract

Relationships within the family Phytolaccaceae sensu lato were examined based on internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences of nuclear ribosomal DNA (nrDNA). The study revealed Phytolacca L. as taxonomically the most difficult genus in the family with completely unknown phylogeny. Molecular evidence was used from nrDNA ITS sequences of about 90% of the species for maximum parsimony analyses, and the molecular phylogenetic analyses defined a monophyletic Phytolacca. This first molecular phylogenetic study of Phytolacca concludes that the relationships among the species within the genus do not show harmony with the generic classification based on morphology. These results set the stage for a more detailed phylogenetic analysis of Phytolacca.

Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon. 22(1): 1­8, 2015 (June)

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2015-06-25

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Ali, M. A., Lee, J., Kim, S.-Y., Park, S.-H., & Al-Hemaid, F. M. (2015). Molecular phylogenetic analyses of internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences of nuclear ribosomal DNA indicate monophyly of the genus <i>Phytolacca</i> L. (Phytolaccaceae). Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy, 22(1), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.3329/bjpt.v22i1.23859

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Vol. 22 No. 1 (2015)

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