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Plant Biol (Stuttg) 2004; 6(4): 454-464
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-820968
Original Paper

Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart KG · New York

Molecular Phylogeny of Anthyllis spp.

L. Nanni1 , N. Ferradini1 , F. Taffetani2 , R. Papa1
  • 1Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Brecce Bianche, 60131 Ancona, Italy
  • 2Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali e delle Produzioni Vegetali, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Brecce Bianche, 60131 Ancona, Italy
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12 July 2004 (online)

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Abstract

For the genus Anthyllis (Fam. Fabaceae, tribe Loteae), with few exceptions, little information is available on the genetic variation among and within species. This genus contains 20 species distributed throughout Europe, Africa, and the Mediterranean basin. The most widespread species is A. vulneraria, and over 30 intraspecies taxa have been identified based on plant morphology. To study the molecular phylogeny of the genus, the sequences of the internal transcribed spacers ITS1 and ITS2 of the nuclear ribosomal DNA of 10 Anthyllis species, including 11 subspecies of A. vulneraria and three subspecies of A. montana, were obtained and analysed together with sequences of five other species of the genus obtained from GenBank. Our results suggest that the genus Anthyllis is not monophyletic and is divided in two main clades: the Anthyllis sensu strictu and the “tetraphylla clade”. The former includes most of the Anthyllis species, and the latter includes three annual species more closely related to Lotus. All the taxa were also analysed according to seven chloroplast microsatellites, and these data closely confirm the results obtained with the ITS phylogeny.

Key words

Anthyllis spp - Loteae - phylogeny - ITS - CpSSR

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R. Papa

Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti
Università Politecnica delle Marche

Via Brecce Bianche

60131 Ancona

Italy

Email: rpapa@univpm.it

Section Editor: F. Salamini