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Cerebellar Regional Dissection for Molecular Analysis
Published on: December 5, 2020
Molecular systematics of Goodyerinae (Cranichideae, Orchidoideae, Orchidaceae) based on multiple nuclear and plastid
Shi-Pin Chen1, Huai-Zhen Tian2, Qiu-Xiang Guan1
1Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration for Orchid Conservation and Utilization, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China.
Abstract:
Goodyerinae are one of the most species-rich and widespread subtribes of Orchidaceae but notorious for their taxonomic difficulty. Here, a comprehensive molecular phylogenetic study of the subtribe is presented based on two nuclear (ITS, Xdh) and five plastid (matK, psaB, rbcL, trnL, trnL-F) regions. A total of 119 species were included representing all clades recovered by previous phylogenetic analyses as well as seven outgroups. Maximum parsimony, maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference methods were used to infer the phylogenetic relationships. The results show that the Goodyerinae subdivided into three major subdivisions and six groupings: Pachyplectron, Goodyera clade (including Goodyera procera, Microchilus subclade and Goodyera subclade) and Cheirostylis clade (including Gonatostylis, Cheirostylis subclade and Ludisia subclade). Four genera, Erythrodes, Goodyera, Myrmechis and Odontochilus, are not monophyletic. The results support Odontochilus s. l. to include Myrmechis and Kuhlhasseltia. The systematic positions of Goodyera procera and two isolated genera, Herpysma and Orchipedum, are difficult to determine.
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