Biosystematic Studies on the Family Tofieldiaceae I. Phylogeny and Circumscription of the Family Inferred from DNA Sequences of matK and rbcL

Abstract

In order to specify phylogenetic positions of the genera of Tofieldiaceae (Tofieldia, Triantha, Pleea, Harperocallis, Isidrogalvia), and to suggest reasonable circumscription of the family and genera of Tofieldiaceae, we determined DNA sequences of matK and rbcL for each genus of the family, and analyzed them phylogenetically with the 45 families and 113 genera of the monocots other than Tofieldiaceae, whose matK and rbcL sequences have already been reported. We found that Tofieldia, Triantha, Pleea, and Harperocallis form the same clade, which receives 100 % bootstrap support. This clade can be regarded as corresponding to Tofieldiaceae, and is embedded in the clade of Alismatales (98 %). On the other hand, Isidrogalvia is not included in this Tofieldiaceae clade, and positioned as sister to Narthecium (100 %), embedded in the clade of Nartheciaceae (Dioscoreales) (100 %). In the Tofieldiaceae, Pleea first diverges from the remaining three genera (100 %), and then, Harperocallis diverges from the Tofieldia-Triantha complex (100 %). In the Tofieldia-Triantha complex, five Tofieldia species form the same clade (100 %), and two Triantha species form another clade (100 %). Thus, Isidrogalvia should be transferred from Tofieldiaceae to Nartheciaceae. As Isidrogalvia, as well as the Nartheciaceae, have the carpels that are fully connate into a single style, Isidrogalvia fits the Nartheciaceae well with respect to carpel connation. After this transfer, the Tofieldiaceae correspond mainly to plants with almost free carpels and three styles. Pleea is better treated as an independent genus than included in Tofieldia. Triantha can be treated either as an independent genus or as congeneric with Tofieldia.

Harperocallis - Isidrogalvia - matK - Nartheciaceae - Pleea - rbcL - Tofieldiaceae.

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1 Concerning stat. nov. of the Tofieldioideae as well as the Japonolirieae in [Tamura (1998)], these names were not validly published because their references were not enough to validate the stat. nov. Minoru N. Tamura republishes these names here, with names of the following references as the basionyms.

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