A New Subfamilial and Tribal Classification of the Pantropical Flowering Plant Family Annonaceae Informed by Molecular Phylogene
bs_bs_banner Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 2012, 169, 5–40. With 1 figure A new subfamilial and tribal classification of the pantropical flowering plant family Annonaceae informed by molecular phylogenetics LARS W. CHATROU1*, MICHAEL D. PIRIE2, ROY H. J. ERKENS3,4, THOMAS L. P. COUVREUR5, KURT M. NEUBIG6, J. RICHARD ABBOTT7, JOHAN B. MOLS8, JAN W. MAAS3, RICHARD M. K. SAUNDERS9 and MARK W. CHASE10 1Wageningen University, Biosystematics Group, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB Wageningen, the Netherlands 2Department of Biochemistry, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, Matieland 7602, South Africa 3Utrecht University, Institute of Environmental Biology, Ecology and Biodiversity Group, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH, Utrecht, the Netherlands 4Maastricht Science Programme, Maastricht University, Kapoenstraat 2, 6211 KL Maastricht, the Netherlands 5Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), UMR DIA-DE, DYNADIV Research Group, 911, avenue Agropolis, BP 64501, F-34394 Montpellier cedex 5, France 6Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, PO Box 117800, Gainesville, FL 32611-7800, USA 7Missouri Botanical Garden, PO Box 299, St. Louis, MO 63166-0299, USA 8Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity, Naturalis (section NHN), Leiden University, Einsteinweg 2, 2333 CC Leiden, the Netherlands 9School of Biological Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China 10Jodrell Laboratory, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 3DS, UK Received 14 October 2011; revised 11 December 2011; accepted for publication 24 January 2012 The pantropical flowering plant family Annonaceae is the most species-rich family of Magnoliales. Despite long-standing interest in the systematics of Annonaceae, no authoritative classification has yet been published in the light of recent molecular phylogenetic analyses.
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