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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Implications of a molecular phylogenetic study of the Malagasy genus Cedrelopsis and its relatives (Ptaeroxylaceae)
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Volume 57, No. 1, Year 2010
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Ptaeroxylaceae is an Afro-Malagasy family containing three genera, Bottegoa, Cedrelopsis, and Ptaeroxylon. Although the family is morphologically well delimited, it is currently considered part of the subfamily Spathelioideae in a broadly circumscribed orange family (Rutaceae). The Malagasy Cedrelopsis has traditionally been associated with different families of the order Sapindales and its phylogenetic placement in Rutaceae sensu lato has yet to be tested with molecular data. The present molecular phylogenetic study reaffirms the monophyly of Ptaeroxylaceae and its placement in Spathelioideae. Therefore, molecules and morphology support close affinities between Bottegoa, Cedrelopsis, and Ptaeroxylon and also their current generic circumscriptions. We report a case of an evolutionary change from one-seeded to two-seeded carpels within the Harrisonia-Cneorum-Ptaeroxylaceae clade of Spathelioideae. Finally, the sister-group relationship between the African Bottegoa and the Afro-Malagasy Ptaeroxylon-Cedrelopsis clade suggests an African origin of Cedrelopsis. © 2010.
Authors & Co-Authors
Razafimandimbison, Sylvain G.
Sweden, Stockholm
Stockholms Universitet
Appelhans, Marc S.
Netherlands, Leiden
Universiteit Leiden
Rabarison, Harison
Madagascar, Antananarivo
Université D'antananarivo
Haevermans, Thomas
France, Paris
Museum National D'histoire Naturelle
Rakotondrafara, Andriarimalala
Madagascar, Antananarivo
Centre National D'application Des Recherches Pharmaceutiques
Rakotonandrasana, Stéphan Richard
Madagascar, Antananarivo
Centre National D'application Des Recherches Pharmaceutiques
Ratsimbason, Michel A.
Madagascar, Antananarivo
Centre National D'application Des Recherches Pharmaceutiques
Labat, Jean Noël
France, Paris
Museum National D'histoire Naturelle
Keßler, P. J.A.
Netherlands, Leiden
Universiteit Leiden
Smets, Erik F.
Netherlands, Leiden
Universiteit Leiden
Belgium, Leuven
Ku Leuven
Cruaud, C.
France, Evry
Genoscope - Centre National de Séquençage
Couloux, Arnaud
France, Evry
Genoscope - Centre National de Séquençage
Randrianarivelojosia, Milijaona
Madagascar, Antananarivo
Institut Pasteur de Madagascar
South Africa, Durban
University of Kwazulu-natal
Statistics
Citations: 14
Authors: 13
Affiliations: 9
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.ympev.2010.06.023
ISSN:
10557903
e-ISSN:
10959513