Phylogenetic Relationships in Eleocharis (Cyperaceae): C-4 Photosynthesis Origins and Patterns of Diversification in the Spikerushes

dc.contributor.authorRoalson, Eric H.
dc.contributor.authorHinchliff, Cody E.
dc.contributor.authorTrevisan, Rafael
dc.contributor.authorda Silva, Carlos R. M. [UNESP]
dc.contributor.institutionWashington State Univ
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.date.accessioned2014-05-20T15:31:02Z
dc.date.available2014-05-20T15:31:02Z
dc.date.issued2010-04-01
dc.description.abstractEleocharis (Cyperaceae) is a morphologically and physiologically diverse lineage of 250 + species with a cosmopolitan distribution. We here explore phylogenetic relationships in this lineage using maximum parsimony and Bayesian inference analyses of nrDNA ITS and cpDNA trnC-ycf6 and ycf6-psbM sequence data with the goals of comparing our phylogenetic hypotheses to previous classifications, morphological variation, and photosynthetic pathway variation. Our results suggest that in Eleocharis C, photosynthesis has been derived at least three times, with several cases of possible reversion to C-3-like or intermediate pathways and several additional origins of C-3-C-4 intermediate photosynthetic pathways, as inferred by carbon isotope ratio measurements. Many classification units currently recognized in Eleocharis are not monophyletic, however, E. subgenus Limnochloa and E. subgenus Scirpidium are monophyletic. Other classification units largely corresponding to clades include E. subgenus Zinserlingia, E. subseries Chaetariae, and E. series Maculosae. Problems with species circumscription and morphological variation in several groups are discussed in light of the phylogeny, particularly in the context of species membership of seven focal clades found in the analyses.en
dc.description.affiliationWashington State Univ, Sch Biol Sci, Pullman, WA 99164 USA
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Programa Posgrad Bot, BR-91501970 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUniv Estadual Paulista, Inst Biociencias Letras & Ciencias Exatas, BR-15054000 São Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUnespUniv Estadual Paulista, Inst Biociencias Letras & Ciencias Exatas, BR-15054000 São Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.sponsorshipNSF
dc.description.sponsorshipIdNSF: 0515975
dc.format.extent257-271
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1600/036364410791638270
dc.identifier.citationSystematic Botany. Laramie: Amer Soc Plant Taxonomists, v. 35, n. 2, p. 257-271, 2010.
dc.identifier.doi10.1600/036364410791638270
dc.identifier.issn0363-6445
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/40284
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000279236500005
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherAmer Soc Plant Taxonomists
dc.relation.ispartofSystematic Botany
dc.relation.ispartofjcr1.515
dc.relation.ispartofsjr0,862
dc.rights.accessRightsAcesso restrito
dc.sourceWeb of Science
dc.subjectC-4en
dc.subjectclassificationen
dc.subjectCyperaceaeen
dc.subjectEleocharisen
dc.subjectphotosynthetic pathway evolutionen
dc.titlePhylogenetic Relationships in Eleocharis (Cyperaceae): C-4 Photosynthesis Origins and Patterns of Diversification in the Spikerushesen
dc.typeArtigo
dcterms.rightsHolderAmer Soc Plant Taxonomists
unesp.author.orcid0000-0003-1655-3681[1]

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