Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2834650 | Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution | 2010 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Phylogenetic analyses were performed using nrITS variations of eight species including one variety of the genus Lysimachia sect. Nummularia in Japan and Taiwan, with another 34 Lysimachia species and Glaux maritime obtained from a DNA database. Among the four dwarf-leaf taxa in Japan and Taiwan, L. japonica var. minutissima of Japan and two Taiwanese species were placed into two different clades; and L. liukiuensis of Japan, was positioned outside of these two clades. These results suggest that three independent dwarfism events generated the four dwarf-leaf taxa; and that there were likely multiple migration events from China to Japan and Taiwan.
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Authors
Goro Kokubugata, Koh Nakamura, Wataru Shinohara, Yukiko Saito, Ching-I Peng, Masatsugu Yokota,