Abstract
To improve cladistic and phenetic studies of the Centrospermae (Caryophyllales or Chenopodiales), character analyses are extended to chromosomal, morphological (vegetative), phytochemical, and ultrastructural features, augmenting floral morphological and palynological characters discussed earlier (Rodman 1990). A dataset of 76 characters was analyzed with the computer programs PAUP (phylogenetic analysis using parsimony; for cladistics) and NTSYS (numerical taxonomy system of computer programs; for phenetics), and the results are compared with previous findings and with recent macromolecular data. Stegnosperma is collateral to all remaining centrosperms, which constitute four major assemblages: Amaranthaceae-Chenopodiaceae; Caryophyllaceae-Molluginaceae; Nyctaginaceae and Phytolaccaceae s.s. with Agdestis and Rivinaceae; and the succulents Aizoaceae, Cactaceae, and Portulacaceae (including Basellaceae, Didiereaceae, and Hectorellaceae). Paraphyly afflicts all four groups, and several additional taxa remain problematic: Achatocarpaceae, Barbeuia, Halophytum, Lophiocarpus, and Microtea. New macromolecular data from restriction site analyses and nucleotide sequencing promise to invigorate discussion of centrosperm phylogeny but will create debate over morphological versus molecular approaches in plant systematics.
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Rodman, J.E. (1994). Cladistic and Phenetic Studies. In: Behnke, HD., Mabry, T.J. (eds) Caryophyllales. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78220-6_13
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