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Polyphyletic origin in Pimpinella (Apiaceae): evidence in Western Europe

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The genus Pimpinella L. comprises about 150 species, being one of the largest genera within the family Apiaceae (subfamily Apioideae). Previous molecular phylogenetic studies have shown that Pimpinella is a taxonomically complex group. In this study, evolutionary relationships among representatives from Western Europe have been inferred from phylogenetic analyses of nuclear ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS 1 and ITS 2) and plastid sequences (trnL intron and the trnL-F spacer), with a representative sampling included (168 accessions in the ITS analysis, representing 158 species; and 42 accessions in the cpDNA analysis representing 35 taxa of Pimpinella and closely related species). All analyses resolved that Pimpinella is a non-monophyletic group, and Pimpinella’s taxa that grow in Western Europe are part of phylogenetically independent groups that correspond to three different tribes of the subfamily Apioideae: Pimpinelleae (core group), Pyramidoptereae and Smyrnieae.

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Acknowledgements

The authors wish to express our gratitude to Magdalena Vicens Fornés (curator of Botanic Garden of Sóller, Mallorca) for the sending of samples of Pimpinella bicknellii. The authors also want to thank Candela Cuesta (Universidad de Oviedo, Spain), Marta Pérez and Thomas E. Holloway (Royal Holloway University of London, UK) for the exhaustive review of the manuscript. The authors also want to thank all people involved who provided plant material and help during collecting.

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  1. Departamento de Biología de Organismos y Sistemas, Universidad de Oviedo, Área de Botánica, C/Catedrático Rodrigo Uría s/n, 33071, Oviedo, Spain

    José Antonio Fernández Prieto, Mauro Sanna & Eduardo Cires

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    José Antonio Fernández Prieto & Álvaro Bueno Sánchez

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Fernández Prieto, J.A., Sanna, M., Bueno Sánchez, Á. et al. Polyphyletic origin in Pimpinella (Apiaceae): evidence in Western Europe. J Plant Res 131, 747–758 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10265-018-1046-5

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