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Phylogeny of theAsterales sensu lato based onrbcL sequences with particular reference to theGoodeniaceae

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TherbcL gene of 25 taxa was sequenced and analyzed cladistically in order to define more precisely the orderAsterales s.l. and to reconstruct the phylogeny ofGoodeniaceae. The cladistic analyses show that theAsterales comprise the familiesAbrophyllaceae, Alseuosmiaceae, Argophyllaceae, Asteraceae, Calyceraceae, Campanulaceae s.l.,Donatiaceae, Goodeniaceae (includingBrunoniaceae),Menyanthaceae, Pentaphragmataceae, andStylidiaceae. Abrophyllaceae, Alseuosmiaceae, Brunoniaceae, andDonatiaceae have previously not been studied in this respect. Within theGoodeniaceae, four groups supported by therbcL data can be distinguished: the genusLechenaultia, theAnthotium-Dampiera-group, the genusBrunonia, and a group formed by the remaining genera, theScaevola-Goodenia-group.

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Gustafsson, M.H.G., Backlund, A. & Bremer, B. Phylogeny of theAsterales sensu lato based onrbcL sequences with particular reference to theGoodeniaceae . Pl Syst Evol 199, 217–242 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00984906

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