Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Phylogenetic relationships of the monotypic Peruvian genus Laccopetalum (Ranunculaceae)

  • Published:
Plant Systematics and Evolution Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Laccopetalum giganteum (Ranunculaceae) is a rare endemic buttercup from the montane regions of the Peruvian Andes. The systematic position of this monotypic genus within Ranunculaceae was investigated using cpDNA matK sequence data. Our findings indicate that L. giganteum forms a highly supported clade together with Krapfia. Several morphological characters are shared by these genera; large subglobose and fleshy flowers, presence of androgynophore with a separated staminal and carpellate region and many tiny achenes. The Laccopetalum-Krapfia clade is sister to the core Ranunculus group with a high bootstrap support. The number of sepals and similar characteristics of achene morphology support an affinity of Laccopetalum with Ranunculus s.s tr.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  • L. Benson (1940) ArticleTitleThe North American subdivisions of Ranunculus Amer. J. Bot. 83 516–527

    Google Scholar 

  • A. Brack (1999) Diccionario Enciclopédico de Plantas útiles del Perú Editorial Bartolomé de Las Casas Cusco

    Google Scholar 

  • J. J. Doyle J. L. Doyle (1987) ArticleTitleA rapid DNA isolation procedure from small quantities of fresh leaf tissues Phytochem. Bull. 19 11–15

    Google Scholar 

  • J. Felsenstein (1985) ArticleTitleConfidence limits on phylogenies: An approach using the bootstrap Evolution 39 783–791 Occurrence Handle10.2307/2408678

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • K. W. Hilu T. Borsch K. Muller D. E. Soltis P. S. Soltis V. Savolainen M. W. Chase M. P. Powell L. A. Alice R. Evans H. Sauquet C. Neinhuis T. A. B. Slotta J. G. Rohwer C. S. Campbell L. W. Chatrou (2003) ArticleTitleAngiosperm phylogeny based on matK sequence information Amer. J. Bot. 90 1758–1776 Occurrence Handle1:CAS:528:DC%2BD2cXhtVekt7o%3D

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • S. B. Hoot (1991) ArticleTitlePhylogeny of the Ranunculaceae based on epidermal microcharacters and macromorphology Syst. Bot. 16 741–755 Occurrence Handle10.2307/2418876

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • S. B. Hoot (1995) ArticleTitlePhylogeny of the Ranunculaceae based on preliminary atpB, rbcL and 18S nuclear ribosomomal DNA sequence data Pl. Syst. Evol. Suppl. 9 214–251

    Google Scholar 

  • E. Hörandl O. Paun J. T. Johansson C. Lehnebach T. Armstrong L. Chen P. Lockhart (2005) ArticleTitlePhylogenetic relationships and evolutionary traits in Ranunculus s.l. (Ranunculaceae) inferred from ITS sequence analysis Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 36 305–327 Occurrence Handle15955512 Occurrence Handle10.1016/j.ympev.2005.02.009 Occurrence Handle1:CAS:528:DC%2BD2MXlt1Wgsr4%3D

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • E. Janchen (1949) ArticleTitleDie systematische Gliederung der Ranunculaceen und Berberidaceen Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien Math.-Naturw. Kl. 108 1–82

    Google Scholar 

  • J. T. Johansson (1995) ArticleTitleA revised chloroplast DNA phylogeny of the Ranunculaceae Pl. Syst. Evol. Suppl. 9 253–261

    Google Scholar 

  • J. T. Johansson (1998) ArticleTitleChloroplast DNA restriction site mapping and the phylogeny of Ranunculus (Ranunculaceae) Pl. Syst. Evol. 213 1–19 Occurrence Handle10.1007/BF00988905

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Y. Kita M. Kato (2001) ArticleTitleInfrafamilial phylogeny of the aquatic angiosperm Podostemaceae inferred from the nucleotide sequences of the matK gene Pl. Biol. 3 156–163 Occurrence Handle10.1055/s-2001-12895 Occurrence Handle1:CAS:528:DC%2BD3MXkt1Oit78%3D

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • P. Lockhart P. A. McLenachan D. Havell D. Glenny D. Huson U. Jensen (2001) ArticleTitlePhylogeny, dispersal and radiation of New Zealand alpine buttercups: molecular evidence under split decomposition Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 88 458–477 Occurrence Handle10.2307/3298586

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • A. Lourteig (1956) ArticleTitleRanunculaceas de Sudamerica Tropical Mem. Soc. Ci. Nat. La Salle. 16 125–220

    Google Scholar 

  • J. F. MacBride (1937) ArticleTitleRanunculaceae, Flora of Perú Field Museum of Natural History; Botanical Series. 13 639–661

    Google Scholar 

  • W. J. Nowicke J. J. Skvarla (1995) Pollen morphology. I. General Part P. Hiepko (Eds) Natürliche Pflanzenfamilien, ed. 2, 17aIV Duncker et Humblot Berlin 129–159

    Google Scholar 

  • O. Paun C. Lehnebach J. T. Johansson P. Lockhart E. Hörandl (2005) ArticleTitlePhylogenetic relationships and biogeography of Mediterranean and European alpine Ranunculi (Ranunculaceae) inferred from nrITS and plastid sequence data Taxon 54 911–930 Occurrence Handle10.2307/25065478

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • D. Posada K. A. Crandall (1998) ArticleTitleModeltest: testing the model of DNA substitution Bioinformatics 14 817–818 Occurrence Handle9918953 Occurrence Handle10.1093/bioinformatics/14.9.817 Occurrence Handle1:CAS:528:DyaK1MXktlCltw%3D%3D

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • T. Santisuk (1979) ArticleTitleA palynological study of the tribe Ranunculeae (Ranunculaceae) Opera Bot. 48 1–74

    Google Scholar 

  • B. H. Song X. Q. Wang F. Z. Li D. Y. Hong (2001) ArticleTitleFurther evidence for paraphyly of the Celtidaceae from the chloroplast gene matK Pl. Syst. Evol. 228 107–115 Occurrence Handle10.1007/s006060170041 Occurrence Handle1:CAS:528:DC%2BD3MXnslSksLk%3D

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • H. Sun W. McLewin M. Fay (2001) ArticleTitleMolecular phylogeny of Helleborus (Ranunculaceae), with an emphasis on the East Asian-Mediterranean disjunction Taxon 50 1001–1018 Occurrence Handle10.2307/1224717

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • D. L. Swofford (2001) PAUP*: Phylogenetic Analysis using Parsimony. Version 4.0b10 Sinauer Associates Sunderland, Massachusetts

    Google Scholar 

  • Tamura M. (1993a) Ranunculaceae. In: Kubitzki K., Rohwer J. G., Bittrich V. (eds.) The families and genera of vascular plants. 2. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons, Magnoliid, Hamamelid, and Caryophyllid Families. Springer, Berlin, pp. 563–583.

  • M. Tamura (1993b) ArticleTitleNew species and combinations in the Ranunculaceae Acta Phytotax Geobot. 44 27–28

    Google Scholar 

  • M. Tamura (1995) Angiospermae. Ordnung Ranunculales. Fam. Ranunculaceae. II. Systematic Part P. Hiepko (Eds) Natürliche Pflanzenfamilien, ed. 2, 17aIV Duncker and Humblot Berlin 223–519

    Google Scholar 

  • J. D. Thompson T. J. Gibson F. Plewniak F. Jeanmougin D. G. Higgins (1997) ArticleTitleThe ClustalX windows interface: flexible strategies for multiple sequence alignment aided by quality analysis tools Nucleic Acids Res. 24 4876–4882 Occurrence Handle10.1093/nar/25.24.4876

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ulbrich E. (1906) Ranunculaceae. In: Urban I. (ed.) Plantae novae andinae imprimis Weberbauerianae I. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 37: 404.

  • E. Ulbrich (1922) ArticleTitleRanunculaceae novae vel criticae V Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 8 251–272

    Google Scholar 

  • Weddell H. A. (1861) Ranunculaceae. In: Bertrand P. (ed.) Chloris Andina 2, pp. 303–305.

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Allan Wilson Centre for Molecular Ecology and Evolution, Massey University, Private Bag 11 222, Palmerston North, New Zealand

    C. A. Lehnebach, P. McLenachan & P. Lockhart

  2. Laboratorio de Florística, Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Macros, Lima, Perú

    A. Cano & C. Monsalve

  3. Instituto de Investigación de Ciencias Biológicas ``Antonio Raimondi'', Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Perú

    A. Cano

  4. Department of Higher Plant Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Botany, University of Vienna, Rennweg 14, 1030, Vienna, Austria

    E. Hörandl

Authors
  1. C. A. Lehnebach
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. A. Cano
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. C. Monsalve
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. P. McLenachan
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. E. Hörandl
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  6. P. Lockhart
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to C. A. Lehnebach.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Lehnebach, C.A., Cano, A., Monsalve, C. et al. Phylogenetic relationships of the monotypic Peruvian genus Laccopetalum (Ranunculaceae). Plant Syst. Evol. 264, 109–116 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00606-006-0488-8

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00606-006-0488-8

Keywords

Search

Navigation