Molecular evolutionary relationships of Euphorbia scordifolia Jacq. within the genus inferred from analysis of internal transcribed spacer sequences

Fahad M.A. Al-Hemaid, M. Ajmal Ali, Joongku Lee, Soo-Yong Kim, Md. Oliur Rahman

Abstract

The present study explored molecular phylogenetic analysis of 28 species of Euphorbia L. for the identification and establishment of molecular evolutionary relationships of Euphorbia scordifolia Jacq. within the genus based on the internal transcribed spacers (ITS) sequences (ITS1-5.8S-ITS2) of nuclear ribosomal DNA (nrDNA). The sequence similarity search using Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST) of the ITS sequence of E. scordifolia showed the closest sequence similarity to E. supina Raf. The analysis of ITS sequence data revealed four major clades consistent with subgeneric classifications of the genus. Molecular data support placement of E. scordifolia in the subgenus Chamaesyce.

Bangladesh J. Plant Taxon. 22(2): 111-118, 2015 (December)

Keywords

Euphorbia scordifolia; Euphorbiaceae; ITS; Genotyping.

Full Text:

PDF


DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjpt.v22i2.26072

Copyright (c) 2015 Bangladesh Association of Plant Taxonomists

Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Impact Factor 2016 of Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy is 0.356

Indexed by Biological Abstracts; Web of Science; BIOSIS Previews; Journal Citation Reports Science; Science Citation Index Expanded; Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences; ETH-Bibliothek; Ulrich’s Periodical Directories; SCOPUS; Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and CAB Abstracts

© 2003-2017 Bangladesh Association of Plant Taxonomists. Articles in Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy are Open Access articles published under the Creative Commons CC BY License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). This license permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.