First Phylogeny of Bitterbush Family, Picramniaceae (Picramniales)

• Published in: Plants (Basel) Vol. 9; no. 2; p. 284
• Main Authors: Shipunov, Alexey, Carr, Shyla, Furniss, Spencer, Pay, Kyle, Pirani, José Rubens
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI 21.02.2020; MDPI AG
• Subjects: Alvaradoa; Brassicales; chloroplasts; DNA barcoding; Huerteales; its; Malvales; monophyly; nothotalisia; Picramnia; rbcl; rosids; sapindales; secondary metabolites; trnl-f; tropics; Sapindales; rosids; Alvaradoa; ITS; Nothotalisia; Picramnia; rbcL; trnL-F

Picramniaceae is the only member of Picramniales which is sister to the clade (Sapindales (Huerteales (Malvales, Brassicales))) in the rosidsmalvids. Not much is known about most aspects of their ecology, geography, and morphology. The family is restricted to American tropics. Picramniaceae represen...