Claim · model-written summary
Most currently recognized Smilax sections were polyphyletic.
- Outcome
- most currently recognized sections are polyphyletice0
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SmilaxNot reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorSettingDirectionValueQualifier
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Verbatim
e0“Within Smilax most currently recognized sections are polyphyletic”
Title
A phylogenetic analysis of the Smilacaceae based on morphological data
Shi-Chao CHEN Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica 2006. doi:10.1360/aps050065
Other claims from this paper (8)
- Observation The phylogeny had moderate resolution but poor bootstrap support.
- Observation Ripogonum was sister to Smilax in the strict MP and NJ trees.
- Recommendation The authors suggest Ripogonum may merit separate family status.
- Observation Heterosmilax appeared derived from ancestral Smilax and as the most derived Smilacaceae clade.
- Recommendation The authors propose retaining Heterosmilax as a Smilax section.
- Observation Some major Smilax lineages were distinct.
- Observation Herbaceous Smilax species formed a monophyletic clade.
- Observation South American Smilax species formed a monophyletic clade.