Barfuss et al. 2005 (Article) Vriesea

Phylogenetic relationships in subfamily Tillandsioideae (Bromeliaceae) based on DNA sequence data from seven plastid regions

Author(s):—M.H.J. Barfuss, R. Samuel, W. Till & T.F. Stuessy

Publication:—American journal of botany 92(2): 337-351. (2005) — DOI

Abstract:—Molecular phylogenetic studies of seven plastid DNA regions were used to resolve circumscriptions at generic and infrageneric levels in subfamily Tillandsioideae of Bromeliaceae. One hundred and ten tillandsioid samples were analyzed, encompassing 10 genera, 104 species, and two cultivars. Two species of Bromelioideae, eight species of the polymorphic Pitcairnioideae, and two species of Rapateaceae were selected as outgroups. Parsimony analysis was based on sequence variation of five noncoding (partial 5 9 and 3 9 trnK intron, rps16 intron, trnL intron, trnL-trnF intergenic spacer, atpB-rbcL intergenic spacer) and two coding plastid regions ( rbcL and matK ). Phylogenetic analyses of individual regions produced congruent, but mostly weakly supported or unresolved clades. Results of the combined data set, however, clearly show that subfamily Tillandsioideae is monophyletic. The earliest divergence separates a lineage comprised of Glomeropitcairnia and Catopsis from the ‘‘core’’ tillandsioids. In their present circumscriptions, genera Vriesea and Tillandsia , and their subgenera or sections, as well as Guzmania and Mezobromelia , are polyand/or paraphyletic. Genera Alcan- tarea , Werauhia , Racinaea , and Viridantha appear monophyletic, but separation of these from Vriesea and Tillandsia makes the remainder paraphyletic. Nevertheless, Tillandsioideae separates into four main clades, which are proposed as tribes, viz., Catopsideae, Glomeropitcairnieae, Vrieseeae, and Tillandsieae.

Keywords:—atpB-rbcL, Bromeliaceae, coding and noncoding plastid DNA, molecular phylogeny, rps 16 intron, Tillandsioideae, trnK-matK, trnL-trnF

Published names (1):

Vrieseeae