Phylogenetics of the Monocots


Summary cladogram of general monocot relationships with bootstrap percentages indicated for the various nodes by asterisks. Nodes without asterisks received less than 50% bootstrap support. This is based on the seven-gene analysis of Chase et al. (2006), which was summarised in Chase (2004)

 

Researchers at RBG Kew have long been involved with phylogenetics of the monocots, and have contributed to many phylogenetic analyses using both molecular and morphological data. The international monocot conferences and subsequent symposium volumes have stimulated research on this important group, making them now one of the best-studied of the major clades of angiosperms.

A series of higher-level monocot studies, from the first analyses using a single gene (plastid rbcL, published 1995), through the first multi-gene analysis in 2000 and a seven-gene analysis published in 2006, have clarified the relationships of the major groups of monocots. Further phylogenetic studies will include taxonomically comprehensive analyses and whole-genome analyses, but this work is no longer taking place at RBG Kew.

 

Project Team

Selected CVs

Science Teams:

Project Leader: Chase, Mark W.

Herbarium, Library, Art & Archives

Paul Wilkin

Jodrell Laboratory

Mark Chase, Michael Fay, Paula Rudall, Vincent Savolainen

Project Partners and Collaborators

Canada

University of British Columbia

Denmark

Natural History Museum of Denmark

Japan

Osaka City University

UK

Imperial College

USA

Cornell University
New York Botanical Garden
University of Wisconsin

Funders

Denmark

National Science Foundation

UK

Leverhulme Foundation

USA

National Science Foundation

Scientific Research & Data

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