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29 December 2017 Molecular, Karyotypic, and Morphological Evidence for Ammopiptanthus (Fabaceae) Taxonomy
Wei Shi, Zhi Hao Su, Pei Liang Liu, Bo Rong Pan, Yan Feng Zhao, Jian Cheng Wang
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Abstract

Ammopiptanthus S. H. Cheng, a genus of Fabaceae with a unique evergreen broad-leaved habit found in arid northwest China, has been found either to contain two species—A. mongolicus (Maxim. ex Kom.) S. H. Cheng and A. nanus (Popov) S. H. Cheng—or only one species—A. mongolicus. Thus, the taxonomic status of this genus, and the species within it, is unclear. In this paper, we clarify the taxonomic relationship in Ammopiptanthus by analyzing morphological evidence (leaf characters, plant height, and canopy coverage), karyotypes (new indices), and new molecular data (ITS 1–4 gDNA markers as well as trnH-psbA, trnL-trnF, and trnS-trnG cpDNA markers), together with datasets from earlier papers, which described many other traits of Ammopiptanthus species, including genetic diversity, geographic differentiation, spatial distribution patterns, and mating systems. Our findings support the conclusion that the genus Ammopiptanthus contains two independent species, and we offer a corresponding revision of the position of Ammopiptanthus in the Flora of China.

Wei Shi, Zhi Hao Su, Pei Liang Liu, Bo Rong Pan, Yan Feng Zhao, and Jian Cheng Wang "Molecular, Karyotypic, and Morphological Evidence for Ammopiptanthus (Fabaceae) Taxonomy," Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 102(4), 559-573, (29 December 2017). https://doi.org/10.3417/2016029
Published: 29 December 2017
KEYWORDS
Ammopiptanthus
DNA
FABACEAE
karyotypes
taxonomic revision
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