What does it take to resolve relationships and to identify species with molecular markers? An example from the epiphytic Rhipsalideae (Cactaceae)

• Published in: American journal of botany Vol. 98; no. 9; pp. 1549 - 1572
• Main Authors: Korotkova, Nadja, Borsch, Thomas, Quandt, Dietmar, Taylor, Nigel P., Müller, Kai F., Barthlott, Wilhelm
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Botanical Society of America 01.09.2011; Botanical Society of America, Inc
• Subjects: Biological taxonomies; Cactaceae; Cactaceae - genetics; Cactus; Datasets; DNA barcoding; DNA Primers; DNA, Plant - genetics; Flowers; Flowers & plants; Genera; Genes, Plant; Genetic Markers; Hatiora; Introns; inversion; Lepismium; Nonnative species; Phylogenetics; Plants; Plastids; Rhipsalidopsis; Rhipsalis; Schlumbergera; species‐level phylogeny; Systematics and Phytogeography; Taxa; Taxonomy

Premise of the study: The Cactaceae are a major New World plant family and popular in horticulture. Still, taxonomie units and species limits have been difficult to define, and molecular phylogenetic studies so far have yielded largely unresolved trees, so relationships within Cactaceae remain insuf...