Phylogenetic relationships within Zygophyllaceae based on DNA sequences of three plastid regions, with special emphasis on Zygophylloideae

MC Sheahan, MW Chase - Systematic Botany, 2000 - BioOne
Parsimony analysis of nucleotide sequences of the plastid gene rbcL and non-coding trnL-F
region was used to examine phylogenetic relationships of 36 members of Zygophyllaceae …

Phylogenetic relationships among Dracaenoid genera (Asparagaceae: Nolinoideae) inferred from chloroplast DNA loci

PL Lu, CW Morden - Systematic Botany, 2014 - ingentaconnect.com
The global evolutionary pattern among the dracaenoid plant genera Dracaena, Pleomele,
and Sansevieria has remained ambiguous. Their classification has been disputed due to …

Molecular phylogenetics of Ruscaceae sensu lato and related families (Asparagales) based on plastid and nuclear DNA sequences

JH Kim, DK Kim, F Forest, MF Fay… - Annals of Botany, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Background Previous phylogenetics studies of Asparagales, although extensive and
generally well supported, have left several sets of taxa unclearly placed and have not …

Timing of rapid diversification and convergent origins of active pollination within Agavoideae (Asparagaceae)

MR McKain, JR McNeal, PR Kellar… - American journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
PREMISE OF THE STUDY: Yucca species are ideal candidates for the study of coevolution
due to the obligate mutualism they form with yucca moth pollinators (genera Tegeticula and …

Phylogeny of the Asparagales based on three plastid and two mitochondrial genes

O Seberg, G Petersen, JI Davis, JC Pires… - American Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
• Premise of the study: The Asparagales, with ca. 40% of all monocotyledons, include a host
of commercially important ornamentals in families such as Orchidaceae, Alliaceae, and …

Phylogenomic analysis of transcriptome data elucidates cooccurrence of a paleopolyploid event and the origin of bimodal karyotypes in Agavoideae (Asparagaceae)

MR McKain, N Wickett, Y Zhang… - American journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
• Premise of the study: The stability of the bimodal karyotype found in Agave and closely
related species has long interested botanists. The origin of the bimodal karyotype has been …

Molecular evidence for the age, origin, and evolutionary history of the American desert plant genus Tiquilia (Boraginaceae)

MJ Moore, RK Jansen - Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2006 - Elsevier
Although the deserts of North America are of very recent origin, their characteristic arid-
adapted endemic plant lineages have been suggested to be much older. Earlier researchers …

Agavaceae

J Thiede, U Eggli - Monocotyledons, 2020 - Springer
A diagnostic description of the family is given with special emphasis on the occurrence of
succulence. This is followed by information on the ordinal placement, a selection of …

Molecular phylogeny of the genus Kalanchoe (Crassulaceae) inferred from nucleotide sequences of the ITS-1 and ITS-2 regions

H Gehrig, O Gaußmann, H Marx, D Schwarzott… - Plant Science, 2001 - Elsevier
The study presents an analysis of genotypic diversity in the genus Kalanchoe
(Crassulaceae) on the level of Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) sequences and the attempt …

Phylogenetic relationships of monocots based on the highly informative plastid gene ndhF

TJ Givnish, JC Pires, SW Graham… - Aliso: A Journal of …, 2006 - scholarship.claremont.edu
We used ndhF sequence variation to reconstruct relationships across 282 taxa representing
78 monocot families and all 12 orders. The resulting tree is highly resolved and places …