biogeography and floral evolution of baobabs (adansonia.pdf

Syst . Biol . 47(2) : 181± 207, 1998 B io g e o g r a p hy a n d F lo r a l E v o lu t io n o f B a ob a b s (A d an s on ia , B o m b a c a c e a e ) a s In fe r r e d F r o m M u lt iple D a t a Se t s D AV ID A. BAU M , 1 R AND ALL L . S M ALL ,2 AN D J O NATH AN F. W END EL 2 1 D ep a rtm e nt of O rga nism ic a nd Evo lutio na ry Bio logy , Ha rva rd Unive rsity He rb a ria , Ca m bridge , M a ssa ch use tts 02138 , USA ; E - m a il : d ba um @ o e b .h a rva rd .e du 2 D ep a rtm e nt of Bota ny , Be ssey Ha ll , Io w a Sta te Unive rsity , Am e s , Io w a 50011 , USA Ab stra ct .Ð Th e p h yloge n y of b aob ab tre e s wa s an alyze d u s in g fou r d ata s e ts : ch lorop las t D N A r e s tric tion site s, s e q u e n ce s of th e c h lorop las t rp l 16 in tron , s e q u e n ce s of th e in te rn al tran - s c ribe d sp ace r (IT S ) re gion of n u c le ar rib os om a l D N A, a n d m orp h ology. W e s am p le d e ach o f th e e igh t sp e cie s of Ada nso nia p lus th r e e ou t group taxa fro m trib e Ad an s on ie ae . T h e s e data w e re a n alyze d s in g ly an d in co m b in ation u s in g p ars im on y. IT S a n d m o rp h ology p rovid e d th e g re ate s t re so lu tion an d we r e la rg e ly co n co rd an t. T h e tw o ch lor op la st d ata s e ts sh owe d con - c ord an ce with on e an o th e r b u t sh owe d s ign i® ca n t con ¯ ict with IT S an d m orp h o logy. A p os - s ib le e xp la n ation for th e con ¯ ict is ge n e a lo gical disc ord an ce with in th e M alag as y Lo ngitub a e , p e rh ap s du e to in trogre ssion e ve n ts . A m axim u m - like lih o od an a lysis of b r an c h in g tim e