Molecular Phylogenetic Analyses Reveal Undiscovered Monospecific Genera in the tribe Episcieae (Gesneriaceae) Author(s): James F. Smith and John L. Clark Source: Systematic Botany, 38(2):451-463. 2013. Published By: The American Society of Plant Taxonomists URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/full/10.1600/036364413X666723 BioOne (www.bioone.org) is a nonprofit, online aggregation of core research in the biological, ecological, and environmental sciences. BioOne provides a sustainable online platform for over 170 journals and books published by nonprofit societies, associations, museums, institutions, and presses. Your use of this PDF, the BioOne Web site, and all posted and associated content indicates your acceptance of BioOne’s Terms of Use, available at www.bioone.org/page/terms_of_use. Usage of BioOne content is strictly limited to personal, educational, and non-commercial use. Commercial inquiries or rights and permissions requests should be directed to the individual publisher as copyright holder. BioOne sees sustainable scholarly publishing as an inherently collaborative enterprise connecting authors, nonprofit publishers, academic institutions, research libraries, and research funders in the common goal of maximizing access to critical research. Systematic Botany (2013), 38(2): pp. 451–463 © Copyright 2013 by the American Society of Plant Taxonomists DOI 10.1600/036364413X666723 Molecular Phylogenetic Analyses Reveal Undiscovered Monospecific Genera in the tribe Episcieae (Gesneriaceae) James F. Smith1 and John L. Clark2 1Department of Biological Sciences, Boise State University, 1910 University Drive, Boise, Idaho, 83725-1515, U. S. A. 2Department of Biological Sciences, Box 870345, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0345, U. S. A. 1Author for correspondence:
[email protected] Communicating Editor: Allan Bornstein Abstract—Recent molecular phylogenetic analyses have revealed that many genera in tribe Episcieae of Gesneriaceae are polyphyletic.