Phylogenetic trees of Phyllodoceae

Characters used in morphology-based cladistic analysis with corresponding scored character states

1. Inflorescence terminal (0); inflorescenceaxillary (1)
2. Inflorescence on growth of current season only (0); inflorescence primarily on growth of previous seaston(1)
3. Bracts of inflorescence > 2mm wide (0); bracts of inflorescence < 1mm wide (1).
4. Inflorescence branched with lateral cymules (0); inflorescence unbranched (1).
5. Numbers of flowers per inflorescence > 4 (0); numbers of flowers per inflorescence < 4 (1).
6. Pedicels with trichomes (0); pedicels without trichomes (1).
7. Pedicels impressed into calyx (0); pedicels not impressed into calyx (1).
8. Corolla rotate to broadly spreading (0); corolla not rotate to broadly spreading (1).
9. Calyx > 4mm in length (0); calyx < 2mm in length (1).
10. Sepals free (0); sepals fused (1).
11. Petals fused (0); petals not fused (1).
12. Petal number <3 (0); petal number > 3 (1).
13. Petals recurved (0); petals not recurved (1).
14. Petal color copper to salmon (0); petal color white to white tinged with pink (1).
15. Filaments flattened (0); filaments not flattened (1).
16. Filaments straight (0); filaments curved (1).
17. Filaments broadly spreading (0); filaments not broadly spreading (1).
18. Anthers with resorption tissue (0); anthers without resorption tissue (1).
19. Anthers dehiscing by long slits (0); anthers not dehiscing by long slits (1).
20. Pollend shed in very young bud (0); pollen not shed in bud (1).
21. Pollen tetrads with viscin threads (0); pollen tetrads without viscin threads (1).
22. Gynoecium stipitate (0); gynoecium sessile, not stipitate (1).
23. Ovary glabrous (0); ovary not glabrous (1).
24. Style curved 180 degrees or more at anthersis (0); style not curved or only slightly curved (1).
25. Style impressed into apex of ovary (0); style not impressed into apex of ovary (1).
26. Style with expanded collar around stigma (0); style without expanded collar around stigma (1)
27. Style length < 3mm (0); style length > 4mm (1).
28. Placementation axile (0); placementation not axile (1).
29. Nectary vascularized (0); nectary not vascularized (1).
30. Nectary exposed (0); nectary not exposed (1).
31. Capsule thick walled to woody (0); capsule thin walled (1).
32. Carpel number 3 (0); Carpel number 4 or 5 (1).
33. Embryo with chalazal haustorium lacking or poorly developed (0); embyro not lacking a chalazal haustorium (1).
34. Indumentum with unicellular hairs only (0); indumentum with unicellular and glandular stipitate hairs (1).
35. Petiole bundle closed or deeply arcuate (0); petiole bundle no closed or deeply arcuate (1).
36. Leaf lamina with unicellular hairs (0); Leaf lamina without unicelleular hairs or with both unicellular hairs and glandular stipitate hairs (1).
37. Leaf margins revolute (0); leaf margins not revolute (1).
38. Leaves conduplicate in bud (0); leaves revolute in bud (1).
39. Leaves evergreen (0); leaves deciduous (1).
40. Leaf petiole 0-3mm in length (0); leaf petiole > 4mm in length (1).
41. Leaf veining with distinct reticulum (0); leaf veining without distinct reticulum (1).
42. Number of major secondary veins on abaxial surface of leaf >5 (0); number of major secondary veins on abaxial surface of leaf (1).
43. Leaf apex mucronate (0); leaf apex not mucronate (1).
44. Stomata with accessory cells (0); stomata without accessory cells (1).
45. Cuticle of leaves reticulately ridged (0); cuticle of leaves striate to smooth (1).
46. Midrib bundle of leaves closed to deeply arcuate (0); midrib bundle of leaves shallowly arcuate (1).
47. Leaf buds with imbricate scales present (0); sleaf buds with imbricate scales absent (1).
48. Pith of stems heterogenous (0); pith of stems not heterogenous (1).
49. Bark exfoliating on twigs > one year old (0); bark not exfoliating on twigs > one year old (1).
50. Myricetin glycosides present (0); myricetin glycosides absent (1).
51. Isohammnetia 3-0-rutinosides present (0); isohammnetia 3-0-rutinosides absent (1).
52. Monoglycosides-arabinosides present (0); monoglycosides-arabinosides absent (1).
53. Diglycosides-3-0-rutinosides present (0); diglycosides-3-0-rutinosides absent (1).
54. 3,7-di-0-glycosides present (0); 3,7-di-0-glycosides absent (1).
55. Quercetin 7-0-rhamnoside present (0); quercetin 7-0-rhamnoside absent (1).
56. Chromosome number = 11 (0); chromosome number unknow (1).
57. Leaf palisade in one layer (0); leaf palisade in two layers (1).
58. Stamen number = 6 (0); stamen number = 10 (1); stamen number = 8 (2).

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