Pa. Gadek et al., PHYLOGENETIC RECONSTRUCTION IN MYRTACEAE USING MATK, WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE POSITION OF PSILOXYLON AND HETEROPYXIS, Australian systematic botany, 9(3), 1996, pp. 283-290
Parsimony analysis of matK sequence data for representatives of Myrtac
eae s.1. provides evidence of its potential in phylogenetic inference
in this family. Psiloxylon and Heteropyxis comprise a robust clade, ba
sal to representatives of Myrtaceae s. str., and strongly clustered wi
th it. In a limited sample of Myrtaceae s. str., several strongly supp
orted groups are identified: the myrtoid genera (excluding Syzygium),
representatives of the Chamelaucium alliance, and the Chamelaucium plu
s Leptospermum alliances.