Phylogenetic relationships of genera Cladocolea and Struthanthus (Loranthaceae) with emphasis on the Mexican species

Cladocolea (Loranthaceae) is a neotropical genus currently containing 24 species. Its taxonomic history included changes in its circumscription as the transfers of some of its species to other genera of the family. Several phylogenetic studies of Loranthaceae have recognized a close relationship between Cladocolea and Struthanthus. However, both genera were poorly represented in these studies, so here we generate a phylogeny of Mexican species of Cladocolea, Struthanthus, and other genera of Psittacanthinae, using nuclear DNA sequences of the ITS region, as well as the chloroplast regions matK and trnL-F. One hundred twelve individuals were sampled and 12 GenBank sequences were included. We included 23 taxa of Cladocolea and 30 species of nine other genera of Loranthaceae. In order to estimate ancestral states and character evolution, 13 morphological characters were mapped, both vegetative and reproductive. Bayesian Inference and Maximum Likelihood analyses were performed using indepen..., , , # Data from: Phylogenetic relationships of genera Cladocolea and Struthanthus (Loranthaceae) with emphasis on the Mexican species

Authors: Luis G. Galván-González, Rosa Cerros-Tlatilpa, Adolfo Espejo-Serna, Victor W. Steinmann

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## Files:

1_Alignment_trnLF_ITS_matK.fas: Fasta file containing the alignment for the 115 accession Combined dataset for Cladocolea, Struthanthus and outgroups.

2_Alignment_ITS.fas: Fasta file containing the alignment for the 115 accession ITS region dataset for Cladocolea, Struthanthus and outgroups.

3_Alignment_trnLF.fas: Fasta file containing the alignment for the 115 accession trnL-F region dataset for Cladocolea, Struthanthus and outgroups.

4_Alignment_matK.fas: Fasta file containing the alignment for the 97 accession matK region dataset for Cladocolea, Struthanthus and outgroups.

5_Alignment_ITS_trnLF_matK_47tax.fas: Fasta file containing the alignment for the 47 accessio...