摘要

The classification and phylogenetic relationships of the genera within the Malvaceae have received little recent attention despite the widespread distribution of the family and the economic importance of some of its members. Traditional classifications have utilized morphological, biogeographical, and chromosomal data. We have mapped the chloroplast genome from 23 of the approximately 110 genera of Malvaceae, representing four of the five tribes. Six equally most parsimonious phylogenetic reconstructions resulted from parsimony analysis of 236 variable restriction sites. Members of the Hibisceae and Malvavisceae did not form monophyletic groups, while members of the Gossypieae and Malveae did form monophyletic groups. The Abutilon alliance formed a sister group to the remainder of the Malveae. Members of other alliances within the Malveae did not form the monophyletic groups proposed in the classical literature.

  • 出版日期1995-9