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An Overview to the Index to Chromosome Numbers in Asteraceae Database: Revisiting Base Chromosome Numbers, Polyploidy, Descending Dysploidy, and Hybridization
A brief overview to the Index to Chromosome Numbers in Asteraceae database is provided. The database contains karyological information on Asteraceae and has been repeatedly improved and updated and is now host...
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Erratum to: Phylogeny and biogeography of the genus Stevia (Asteraceae: Eupatorieae): an example of diversification in the Asteraceae in the new world
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Phylogeny and biogeography of the genus Stevia (Asteraceae: Eupatorieae): an example of diversification in the Asteraceae in the new world
The genus Stevia comprises approximately 200 species, which are distributed in North and South America, and are representative of the species diversity of the Asteraceae in the New World. We reconstructed the phy...
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Thirteen new species and two new combinations of Stevia (Asteraceae: Eupatorieae) from Mexico
Thirteen new species of the genusStevia are described and illustrated from Mexico:S. chilapensis, S. coahuilensis, S. crassifolia, S. ecatepecana, S. filodecaballoana, S. mascotensis, S. mexicana, S. oaxacana, S....
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Molecular Phylogeny of Eupatorieae (Asteraceae) Estimated from cpDNA RFLP and its Implication for the Polyploid Origin Hypothesis of the Tribe
(x=17 and 25), Ageratina (x=17) and Sclerolepis (x=15) with the higher chromosome base numbers, and the other includes Mikania (x=17) and the remaining genera with lower chromosome base numbers (x=10–11). Howeve...
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Phylogeny and Phytogeography of Eupatorium (Eupatorieae, Asteraceae): Insights from Sequence Data of the nrDNA ITS Regions and cpDNA RFLP
were examined by sequencing the internal transcribed spacers (ITS) of nuclear ribosomal DNA and restriction site analysis of chloroplast DNA. Molecular data provided strong evidence that (1) this genus origin...
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Chromosomal Evolution in the Genus Brachyscome (Asteraceae, Astereae): Statistical Tests Regarding Correlation Between Changes in Karyotype and Habit Using Phylogenetic Information
and 8 taxa of its allied genera, Australian Astereae. Statistical tests regarding correlations between changes in chromosome number, total chromosome length, mean chromosome length, karyotypic asymmetry and c...
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Cytology and systematics in JapaneseArisaema (Araceae)
Chromosome numbers are determined from 37 populations attributed to 22 taxa of JapaneseArisaema. Of them, chromosome numbers ofA. limbatum var.conspicuum (2n=26),A. minus (2n=26),A. nambae (2n=28) andA. seppikoen...
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Phylogenetic relationships of JapaneseAster (Asteraceae, Astereae) sensu lato based on chloroplast-DNA restriction site mutations
RFLPs of cpDNA were examined for 18 species ofAster, six species ofKalimeris, two species ofMiyamayomena and one species and one variety ofHeteropappus from Japan, using 16 restriction endonucleases. Approximatel...
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Chromosomal location and reorganization of the 45S and 5S rDNA in theBrachyscome lineariloba complex (Asteraceae)
The chromosomal locations of the 45S (18S-5.8S-26S) and 5S ribosomal DNA in theBrachyscome lineariloba complex and two related species have been determined by the use of multicolor fluorescencein situ hybridizati...
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Intron length variation of the Adh gene in Brachyscome (Asteraceae)
Eighteen polymerase chain reaction (PCR) products of the partial sequence of the Adh (alcohol dehydrogenase) gene from 10 Brachyscome species were sequenced and compared. These products contained the 5′ three fou...
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A chloroplast-DNA phylogeny ofKalimeris andAster, with reference to the generic circumscription
RFLPs of cpDNA of five species and one variety ofKalimeris, and elght species ofAster from Japan were investigated. Approximately 290 restriction sites were surveyed using 16 restriction enzymes. A total of 52 re...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Phylogenetic relationships of some genera in the Ranunculaceae based on alcohol dehydrogenase genes
Fragments of the nuclear-encoded gene for alcohol dehydrogenase (adh) were amplified from 23 species representing 17 genera in the Ranunculaceae and one in the Berberidaceae using polymerase chain reaction method...
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Distinction in morphology and esterase isozyme betweenEupatorium glehni (=E. chinense subsp.sachalinense) andE. chinense var.oppositifolium (compositae)
The taxonomic status ofEupatorium chinese var.oppositofolium andE. glehni (=E. chinense subsp.sachalinense) inE. chinense complex semsu Kitamura has long been controversial. In this paper, the degree of divergenc...
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Studies on the Asian Eupatorias
Analysis of 265 plants derived from 13 sites in the Rokko Mountains shows that the widely distributed eastern AsianEupatorium chinense var.simplicifolium consists of seven cytotypes. These polymorphic karyotypes ...
