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    • Keywords

       

      India; Memecylon; phylogenetic relationships; monophyly.

    • Abstract

       

      Memecylon (Melastomaceae) is a large genus of the Old-World predominantly woody species. Many species of Memecylon are used for timber, ornamental and medicinal purposes. The objective of the present study was to undertake a phylogenetic analysis of Indian Memecylon based on nuclear ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer (nrDNA-ITS) and rbcL sequence data. Sampling included 26 species and one variety (20 endemics) representing 67% of the total Indian species. Molecular phylogeny data for analysed species revealedthat the Indian Memecylon is monophyletic. Monophyly is strongly supported in the ITS, rbcL and ITS + rbcL combined analyses. Memecylon species are grouped in a major clade with strong support in ITS sequence data and moderate support in combined ITS + rbcL analyses.

    • Author Affiliations

       

      AMBIKABAI RAGHAVANPILLAI SIVU1 NEDIYAPARAMBU SUKUMARAN PRADEEP2 ALAGRAMAM GOVINDASAMY PANDURANGAN3 MAYANK D. DWIVEDI4 5 ARUN K. PANDEY4 6

      1. Department of Botany, Mahatma Gandhi College, Kesavadasapuram PO, Thiruvananthapuram 695 004, India
      2. Malabar Botanical Garden and Institute for Plant Sciences, GA College PO, Kozhikode 673 014, India
      3. Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Karimankode PO., Thiruvananthapuram 695 562, India
      4. Department of Botany, University of Delhi, Delhi 110 007, India
      5. Botanic Garden of Indian Republic, Botanical Survey of India, Capt. V. Thapar Marg, Noida 201 303, India
      6. Mansarovar Global University, Sehore 466 001, India

    • Dates

       
      Published
      15 January 2022
      Manuscript received
      4 August 2020
      Manuscript revised
      18 July 2021
      Accepted
      9 September 2021

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