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Clarifying Early Euasterid Evolution: A Synthesis of Phylogeny, Morphology, and the Fossil Record Byng, James W. [1], Lens, Frederic [2], Stull, Greg [3]. Metteniusaceae: Towards a global monograph of the recently expanded family by integrating macro- and micro-morphological characters. In the last couple of years molecular and genomic studies have changed the circumscriptions of orders and families in the basal lamiids. Most notably ten genera were transferred from Icacinaceae to the previously monotypic South American Metteniusaceae. The eleven genera now included in Metteniusaceae are poorly understood with varying numbers of species estimated in some genera (e.g. Apodytes, Emmotum, Rhaphiostylis) and in others distributions and ecological data are almost non-existent. Notable unique synapomorphies for the family as a whole are also lacking. Following extensive herbarium work and micro-morphological studies (including wood anatomy, palynology and pubescence structure) we present progress to date on a global monograph for the family.
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1 - Plant Gateway, 5 Talbot Street, Hertford, SG13 7BX, UK
2 - Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, Netherlands
3 - University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
Keywords:
Metteniusaceae
wood anatomy
monograph
pubescence.
Presentation Type: Colloquium Presentations
Session: C3, Clarifying early euasterid evolution: A synthesis of phylogeny, morphology, and the fossil record
Location: Chatham Ballroom - C/Savannah International Trade and Convention Center
Date: Wednesday, August 3rd, 2016
Time: 9:45 AM
Number: C3006
Abstract ID:515
Candidate for Awards:None |
