Phylogeny, Classification, and Character Evolution of Acalypha (Euphorbiaceae Acalyphoideae)

• Main Authors: Levin, Geoffrey A, Cardinal-McTeague, Warren M, Steinmann, Victor W, Sagun, Vernie G
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2022
• Subjects: Taxonomy; ancestral state estimations; correlated evolution; cpDNA; habit; homoplasy; inflorescence morphology; nrDNA; Biology; Genetics and Genomics; Plant Sciences
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/biology-faculty-pubs/106; https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.fj6q573w7
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Acalypha (Euphorbiaceae Acalyphoideae) is a large; monophyletic genus distributed worldwide in tropical and subtropical regions; with a few species extending into temperate Asia and North America. We reconstructed phylogenetic relationships within the genus using DNA sequences from the plastid ndhF...