Botanical institute, Göteborg University, P.O. Box 461, SE-405 30 Göteborg, Sweden;
Am J Bot. 2002 Jan;89(1):145-59. doi: 10.3732/ajb.89.1.145.
DNA sequences from the chloroplast trnL-F region of 154 Rubiaceae and 11 outgroup taxa were analyzed cladistically. An emphasis was placed on the tribes Rondeletieae, Sipaneeae, and Condamineeae. Sipaneeae are not close to Rondeletieae and belong in the Ixoroideae. There is no support for a widely distributed Rondeletieae in a broad sense. Instead, Rondeletieae sensu stricto form an almost entirely Antillean clade. Support was found for the separation of Arachnothryx, Rogiera, Roigella, and Suberanthus from Rondeletia. The Guettardeae as well as Gonzalagunia are found close to a complex formed by Arachnothryx, Javorkaea, and Rogiera. Condamineeae, in a strict sense, belongs in the Ixoroideae. A number of Rondeletieae genera should be transferred to Condamineeae or other parts of Ixoroideae. Support is found for an emended tribe Naucleeae, comprising several genera with spherical pseudanthia. For the first time, tribal or subfamilial affiliation based on molecular sequence data is suggested for Allenanthus, Blepharidium, Chione, Coutaportla, Dolichodelphys, Mazaea, Neobertiera, Neoblakea, Phialanthus, Phyllacanthus, Phyllomelia, Schmidtottia, and Suberanthus.
对来自 154 种茜草科和 11 个外类群的叶绿体 trnL-F 区的 DNA 序列进行了系统发育分析。重点放在了罗德里西亚族、西帕尼族和孔达明尼族上。西帕尼族与罗德里西亚族并不接近，而是属于栀子族。广义的罗德里西亚族没有广泛分布的支持。相反，狭义的罗德里西亚族形成了一个几乎完全安的列斯群岛的分支。支持将阿特拉克斯、罗格里亚、罗吉尔和苏伯安萨斯从罗德里西亚中分离出来。瓜塔尔德族以及冈萨加尼亚族被发现与由阿特拉克斯、贾沃卡和罗格里亚组成的复合体关系密切。狭义的孔达明尼族属于栀子族。许多罗德里西亚族的属应该转移到孔达明尼族或栀子族的其他部分。对一个经修订的族 Naucleeae 的支持，该族包括几个具有球形假头状花序的属。首次基于分子序列数据提出了艾伦氏属、白蒴属、基奥恩属、库波特拉属、多利奇德尔菲斯属、马扎埃属、内奥贝尔蒂埃属、新布莱克亚属、菲拉尼亚属、菲拉坎塔斯属、菲拉梅利亚属、施密特氏属和苏伯安萨斯属的分类群或亚科归属。
