title: Molecular phylogenetic analysis of Petunia Juss. (Solanaceae).
abstract: Representatives from 11 Petunia Jussieu species in south and southeast Brazil were compared with two Calibrachoa La Llave & Lex., one Bouchetia Dunal, and two Nierembergia Ruiz & Pav. taxa in relation to DNA molecular variability. A total of 4532 base pairs related to one nuclear, five plastidial and one mitochondrial systems was investigated. Petunia and Calibrachoa, although separated among themselves, clearly differentiate from the two other genera. Despite the fact that the Petunia species do not show marked molecular differences, they can be separated in two complexes, in good agreement with altitude data. Petunia + Calibrachoa should have diverged from other clades at about 25 million years before present.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Caixa Postal 15053, 91501-970, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Franceli R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Kulcheski
authors.forename: Valéria C
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: Muschner
authors.forename: Aline P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Lorenz-Lemke
authors.forename: João R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Stehmann
authors.forename: Sandro L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Bonatto
authors.forename: Francisco M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Salzano
authors.forename: Loreta B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Freitas
mesh_terms: D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D005819:Genetic Markers; D018745:Genome, Plant; D032306:Petunia / Q000235:genetics*; D010802:Phylogeny
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers