Phylogeny of the Diverse Plantagineae (Lamiales)
bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.07.31.230813; this version posted August 3, 2020. The copyright holder has placed this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) in the Public Domain. It is no longer restricted by copyright. Anyone can legally share, reuse, remix, or adapt this material for any purpose without crediting the original authors. How to map a plantain: phylogeny of the diverse Plantagineae (Lamiales) SHIPUNOV, ALEXEY1; FERNÁNDEZ A., JOSÉ LUIS2, HASSEMER, GUSTAVO3; ALP, SEAN1; LEE, HYE JI1; PAY, KYLE1 1Department of Biology, Minot State University 2Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Madrid, Spain 3Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Três Lagoas Campus, CEP 79610-100, Três Lagoas, MS, Brazil The tribe Plantagineae (Lamiales) is a group of plants with worldwide distribution, notorious for its complicated taxonomy, still unresolved natural history, and a trend of morphologic reduction and simplification. This tribe includes the plantains (Plantago), the small aquatic Littorella, and the northern Andean shrubs Aragoa. Some Plantago lineages exhibit remarkably high diversification rates, which further adds to the complicated classification, and the worldwide distribution of these plants raises numerous questions related to vicariance and dispersal. In this work, we present the broadest phylogeny of the group to date and discuss the evolutionary, morphological, and biogeographical implications of our phylogenetic results, including the description of two new species from the Americas. ADDITIONAL KEYWORDS: Plantago — Littorella — Aragoa bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.07.31.230813; this version posted August 3, 2020. The copyright holder has placed this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) in the Public Domain.
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