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Phylogeny of Androcymbium (Colchicaceae) based on morphology and DNA sequences

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The inclusion of species of Colchicum within Androcymbium in a previous cpDNA phylogeny of the Colchicaceae, questioned the monophyly of Androcymbium, and it was proposed to unite the two genera in Colchicum. Here we expand the previous phylogenetic analyses of Androcymbium by increasing the taxon sampling and adding more data. The analysis include 29 of the 57 species of Androcymbium, more cpDNA (trnL intron, trnL-trnF IGS, trnY-trnD IGS, and trnH-psbA IGS), and nDNA (RNApol2 intron 23) regions, and morphological and life-history traits data. Both parsimony and Bayesian inference were used. According to our data there is no reason to expand Colchicum to include Androcymbium, but we support the inclusion of Bulbocodium and Merendera within Colchicum. Morphology and life history traits are the main arguments in favor of recognizing Androcymbium as a well-circumscribed genus. In the phylogeny two Androcymbium groups are clearly differentiated: (1) one including species from Western and Eastern South Africa, Namibia, and North Africa, and (2) one including species from the north west of South Africa and south of Namibia.

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Acknowledgments

The authors thank the Genetic area of the Department of Biology of the University of Girona, specially J. L. García-Marín, for his help with the sequencing of the samples, G. Petersen and O. Seberg, from the Laboratory for Molecular Systematics of the Copenhagen University, for their help with the final revision of this manuscript, and we are specially indebt with K. Persson, from the Botanical Institute of the Göteborg University, for her comments and suggestions. The authors are indebted to with the Carl Faust Foundation, which provided all the plant material, the maintenance of living collections of Androcymbium, and founded this research.

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  2. Department of Botany, Cavanilles Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, University of Valencia, Dr. Moliner 50, 46006, Burjassot, Valencia, Spain

    Joan Pedrola-Monfort

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del Hoyo, A., Pedrola-Monfort, J. Phylogeny of Androcymbium (Colchicaceae) based on morphology and DNA sequences. Plant Syst Evol 273, 151–167 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00606-008-0007-1

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