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Issue: Vol. 280 No. 3: 21 October 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-10-21
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.280.3.4
Page range: 259–270
Abstract views: 28
PDF downloaded: 1

Towards a monophyletic classification of Lejeuneaceae V: the systematic position of Pictolejeunea

Department of Biology I and GeoBio-Center, Ludwig Maximilian University, Menzinger Str. 67, 80638 Munich, Germany
Department of Biology I and GeoBio-Center, Ludwig Maximilian University, Menzinger Str. 67, 80638 Munich, Germany School of Marine and Environmental Sciences, University of Malaysia Terengganu, Mengabang Telipot, 21030 Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia
Mittlere Letten 11, 88634 Herdwangen-Schönach, Germany
Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Mrs Macquaries Road, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia
Instituto de Botânica, Caixa Postal 68041, 04045-972 São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Department of Biology I and GeoBio-Center, Ludwig Maximilian University, Menzinger Str. 67, 80638 Munich, Germany
classification Lejeuneeae Pictolejeuneinae Porellales liverwort molecular phylogeny Bryophytes

Abstract

With more than 1,000 species in some 70 genera, Lejeuneaceae represent the largest family of liverworts. Although much progress has been made in recent years, the supraspecific classification of Lejeuneaceae has not yet been satisfactorily solved. Maximum likelihood and Bayesian analyses of a three marker dataset (nrITS, cp DNA rbcL and trnL-trnF) derived from 85 accessions of Lejeuneeae and 13 outgroup species revealed Pictolejeunea picta in a sister relationship to the remainder of Lejeuneeae, the most speciose tribe of Lejeuneaceae. Based on the outcome of the phylogenetic analyses, we establish subtribe Pictolejeuneinae subtr. nov.