Comparative plastome analyses and phylogenetic insights of Blumea DC
Pingxuan Xie, Junli Xie, Changliu Shao, Kailang Mu, Zhigang Ju, Xiaomin Tang, Yunheng Ji, Hanjing Yan, Yuan Yuan, Yuxin Pang · 2026
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Description
Pingxuan Xie and co-authors sequenced the chloroplast genomes of the plant genus Blumea in 2026 to settle its group tree. Blumea, in the daisy group, holds about one hundred species of striking morphological variety, usually sorted into three major clades. But the relationships among those clades were murky, the unity of several named species was in doubt. And a smaller genus folded into Blumea sat in an unclear place. Plastomes, the compact genomes of the chloroplast, offer an independent record of descent.
The team weighed plastomes from twenty-three species and two varieties, most newly sequenced, finding the typical four-part form throughout. They catalogued structural change, divergence hotspots, repeated sequences, and codon usage, then built phylogenies from forty-seven complete plastomes along with nuclear ribosomal DNA sequences. The joined data rebuild the genus's backbone and address which of the disputed species are truly single lineages.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Pingxuan Xie, Junli Xie, Changliu Shao, Kailang Mu, Zhigang Ju, Xiaomin Tang, Yunheng Ji, Hanjing Yan, Yuan Yuan, Yuxin Pang |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 36 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |