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Recognition of Martellidendron, a new genus of Pandanaceae, and its biogeographic implications

Authors: Callmander M.W.1; Chassot P.1; Küpfer P.1; Lowry II P.P.2

Source: Taxon, Volume 52, Number 4, 1 November 2003 , pp. 747-762(16)

Publisher: International Association for Plant Taxonomy

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Abstract:

Pandanaceae are an ancient family of dioecious monocots dating from the early to mid-Cretaceous, and comprising three extant genera Sararanga, Freycinetia and Pandanus. We present a cladistic analysis of Pandanaceae based on DNA sequences of four cpDNA fragments (the trnL intron and three intergenic spacers, trnL-F, trnS-ycf9 and atpB-rbcL) in order to elucidate intergeneric relationships within the family. The results show that Pandanus, as currently circumscribed, is biphyletic, with members of the Indian Ocean subg. Martellidendron sister to the Indo-Malesian genus Freycinetia in a clade that also includes the Malesian genus Sararanga, and that the remaining members of Pandanus form a separate well supported clade. Martellidendron is thus recognized as a distinct genus, thereby circumscribing a monophyletic Pandanus. Martellidendron comprises seven species (for which new combinations are proposed). The high level of morphological differentiation between the genera of Pandanaceae suggests rapid early radiation as seen in other monocot groups. The molecular data also indicate that the distinct lineages of Pandanaceae in the Indian Ocean basin are likely the result of both vicariance (Martellidendron) and more recent step-wise long-distance dispersal from Asia across the Indian Ocean (e.g., monocarpellate spiniform species in lowland eastern Madagascar).

Keywords: ATPB-RBCL; BIOGEOGRAPHY; GONDWANALAND; MADAGASCAR; MARTELLIDENDRON; PANDANACEAE; PHYLOGENY; TAXONOMY; TRNL; TRNL-F; TRNS-YCF9

Document Type: Research article

Affiliations: 1: Laboratoire de Botanique évolutive, Institut de Botanique, Université de Neuchâtel, C.P. 2, CH-2007 Neuchâtel, Switzerland. 2: Missouri Botanical Garden, P.O. Box 299, St. Louis, Missouri, 63166, U.S.A. Département de Systématique et Evolution, Phanérogamie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 16 rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France.

Publication date: 2003-11-01

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