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Clausing, Gudrun* and Susanne S. Renner. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25) |
 | | Our poster presents a phylogenetic hypothesis for Melastomataceae and their closest relatives, Memecylaceae, Crypteroniaceae, Alzateaceae, Rhynchocalycaceae, Oliniaceae, and Penaeaceae, based on combined rbcL, ndhF, and rpl16 sequences and parsimony, minimum evolution, and maximum likelihood reconstructions. |
 | | Fifty-six exemplars, representing the 13 traditional tribes and three subfamilies, Astronioideae, Melastomatoideae, and Memecyloideae (= Memecylaceae DC.), were sequenced, with additional denser taxon sampling for ndhF. |
 | | Memecylaceae are sister to Melastomataceae, and Pternandra, a SE Asian genus of 15 species, is the first-branching Melastomataceae. |
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