Target capture with PhyloPalm kit of Roystonea genus
The Roystonea palm genus of the Caribbean and surrounding areas is a charismatic group of palms of iconic stature which are now propagated as ornamentals throughout the tropics of the world. Multiple individuals from all 9 extant species of Roystonea were collected either in the wild, or from the living collections of Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden and Montgomery Botanical Center (both located in South Florida). Over 700 genes were sequenced using the PhyloPalm targeted bait set developed by Loiseau et al. 2019 (doi: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00864). The resulting sequences were then used for phylogenomics.