Based on:
Int. J. Plant Sci. 168(5):639671. 2007.
© 2007 by The University of Chicago
PHYLOGENY OF NYMPHAEA (NYMPHAEACEAE): EVIDENCE FROM
SUBSTITUTIONS AND MICROSTRUCTURAL CHANGES IN THE CHLOROPLAST
trnT-trnF REGION
Thomas Borsch, 1,* Khidir W. Hilu,
2, John H. Wiersema, 3, Cornelia Löhne,* Wilhelm Barthlott,*
and Volker Wilde§
*Nees-Institut für Biodiversita¨t
der Pflanzen, Universität Bonn, Meckenheimer Allee 170,
53115 Bonn, Germany; 2 Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia
Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, U.S.A.; 3 USDA, Agricultural
Research Service, Building 011A, BARC-West, Beltsville, Maryland
20705, U.S.A.; and §Sektion Paläobotanik, Forschungsinstitut
Senckenberg, Senckenberganlage 25, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Nymphaea lotus and N. pubescens are "well separated genetically"
(confirming that they are indeed separate species).
Formerly included in N. subgenus
Brachyceras,
N. petersiana is now grouped with Nymphaea subgenus
Lotos. |