Plant Diversity ›› 2015, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (05): 537-545.DOI: 10.7677/ynzwyj201514174

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Systematic Position of Allium macrostemon Based on nrDNA  ITS and cpDNA trnL-F Sequence Data

 HUANG  De-Qing-1、2, LI  Qin-Qin-3, ZHOU  Song-Dong-1, HE  Xing-Jin-1   

  1. 1 Key Laboratory of BioResources and EcoEnvironment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University,
    Chengdu 610065, China; 2 School of Pharmacy, Guilin Medical University, Guilin 541004, China; 3 College of
    Life Science and Technology, Inner Mongolia Normal University, Hohhot 010022, China
  • Received:2014-12-20 Online:2015-09-25 Published:2015-02-20
  • Supported by:

    国家自然科学基金面上项目 (31270241);国家基础条件平台教学标本资源共享平台 (http://mnh.scu.edu.cn/);广西自然科学基金青年基金 (2013GXNSFBA019108)

Abstract:

Allium macrostemon is an important medicinal and edible plant. Its systematic position and taxonmical classification remain controversial to date. To explore this issue, we reconstructed phylogenetic relationships among Amacrostemon and other related taxa using nrDNA ITS and cpDNA trnLF markers. The phylogenetic trees derived from Bayesian inference and maximumparsimony analysis showed that Amacrostemon is monophyletic, and has a close relationship with some species of polyphyletic sections Caerulea and Pallasia instead of sections Codonoprasum and Allium. The including of Amacrostemon within section Allium was not supported by both molecular data and morphological characters of spathe, filaments and ovary. Allium macrostemon should be included in a new section, however further studies using additional samples (especially those from Central Asia) is necessary. In addition, we also provided a discussion on the phylogenetic relationships among four original plants (Amacrostemon, Achinense, Acaeruleum and Aneriniflorum) of Allii Macrostemonis Bulbus and systematic position of partial species of section Pallasia.

Key words: Allium, A. macrostemon, ITS, trnL-F, Systematic position

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