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I see somebody ran a more robust-looking analysis on Sapindaceae.
This rather confirms what was said here previously (and thus contradicts the literature): - Xanthoceras is sister to the rest, - Aceraceae and Hippocastanaceae together are sister to the rest. So almost any position whatsoever can be defended, but: - if Aceraceae and Hippocastanaceae are families then so is Xanthoceras (likely by itself, but given the present level of analysis, it may have unknown allies) - although the whole can be dumped into one big family Sapindaceae, which will be a holophyletic unit, it is hardly a necessity. PvR |
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Rijckevorsel writes I see somebody ran a more robust-looking analysis on Sapindaceae. This rather confirms what was said here previously (and thus contradicts the literature): - Xanthoceras is sister to the rest, - Aceraceae and Hippocastanaceae together are sister to the rest. So almost any position whatsoever can be defended, but: - if Aceraceae and Hippocastanaceae are families then so is Xanthoceras (likely by itself, but given the present level of analysis, it may have unknown allies) - although the whole can be dumped into one big family Sapindaceae, which will be a holophyletic unit, it is hardly a necessity. PvR This would be Harrington et al, Systematic Botany 30(2): 366-382 (2005)? I see from the abstract that they propose merging Aceraceae and Hippocastanaceae into a single subfamily. -- Stewart Robert Hinsley |
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This would be Harrington et al, Systematic Botany 30(2): 366-382 (2005)? I see from the abstract that they propose merging Aceraceae and Hippocastanaceae into a single subfamily. *** That looks right. In the discussion they state that the data allow either: - splitting into five families or - merging it into one big family Both are feasible. They feel it is neater to make just one big family, but it is mostly a matter of personal taste, or rather the APG-style, now in vogue, of making big families. I don't believe that this APG style is necessarily a good thing. To make the order Malvales into the family Malvaceae is one thing, but the big family Salicaceae looks to be riding for a fall. PvR |
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