Abstract Following (1) the large-scale molecular phylogeny of seed plants based on plastid
rbcL gene sequences (published in 1993 by Chase et al., Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 80: 528 …

We present the results of two exploratory parsimony analyses of DNA sequences from 475
and 499 species of seed plants, respectively, representing all major taxonomic groups. The …

Previous mapping studies have revealed that the frequency and large size of inverted repeat
junction shifts in Apiaceae plastomes are unusual among angiosperms. To further examine …

Over the past decade, botanists have produced several thousand phylogenetic analyses
based on molecular data, with particular emphasis on sequencing rbcL, the plastid gene …

The current classification of angiosperms is based primarily on concatenated plastid
markers and maximum likelihood (ML) inference. This approach has been justified by the …

Plant molecular systematic studies of closely related taxa have relied heavily on sequence
data from nuclear ITS and cpDNA. Positive attributes of using ITS sequence data include the …

Using matK and rbcL sequences (3,269 bp in total) from 113 genera of 45 families, we
conducted a combined analysis to contribute to the understanding of major evolutionary …

During the 1990s, reconstruction of flowering plant phylogeny took a great step forward.
Rapidly accumulating DNA sequences, in particular from the plastid gene rbcL (eg Chase et …

DNA and derived amino acid sequences of the rbcL gene from selected photosynthetic
bacteria, green algae, bryophytes," fern allies," ferns, and seed plants were used to construct …

Plastid DNA sequences have been widely used by systematists for reconstructing plant
phylogenies. The utility of any DNA region for phylogenetic analysis is determined by ease …