Analysis of DNA sequence data shows that the African members of Stomatanthes should be merged with Eupatorium
Data files
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README.md
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Stomatanthes_3gene_Taxon_paper.fas
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Stomatanthes_ITS_survey_Taxon_paper.fas
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Abstract
Analysis of DNA sequence data from the nuclear ribosomal ITS and ETS regions and the plastid spacer trnH-psbA showed that African species of Stomatanthes nested within the widely distributed Eupatorium (North America, Europe, Asia should be included within it. A survey of ITS sequences from herbarium specimens of Stomatanthes from Africa confirmed their monophyly and showed some variability that did not correlate with current species boundaries.
Dataset DOI: 10.5061/dryad.sj3tx96js
Description of the data and file structure
DNA sequences for Stomatanthes samples were produced by Sanger sequencing from DNA samples collected from herbarium specimens. The nuclear ribosomal ITS, ETS, and plastid trnH-psbA spacer regions were sequenced. Phylogenomic analysis to show sample relationships to other members of Eupatorieae was done using programs in the Geneious and Beast software packages.
Files and variables
File: Stomatanthes_3gene_Taxon_paper.fas
Description: an aligned set of data for all 3 gene regions in .fas format, with positions 1-459 nrDNA ETS region; 460-1151 nrDNA ITS, and 1152-1653 plastid trnH-psbA spacer. Samples are listed by <species name, DNA number (GenBank ETS#, ITS#, trnH-psbA#))
File: Stomatanthes_ITS_survey_Taxon_paper.fas
Description: results of survey of the nrDNA ITS region for samples of Stomatanthes from Africa, compared to the outgroup sample of Eupatorium cannabinum. Samples are listed by <species name, DNA number (GenBank ITS#)
Code/software
The data can be viewed using BioEdit
Access information
Other publicly accessible locations of the data:
- all newly obtained sequences have been deposited at GenBank
Data was derived from the following sources:
- some sequences were obtained from GenBank