Target capture phylogenomics and morphological diagnostics in Ravenea (Arecaceae) from Madagascar and the Comoros
Ravenea (Arecaceae) is a dioecious palm genus endemic to Madagascar and the Comoros. This study generates target-enrichment Illumina paired-end sequencing data for a dense taxon sampling of Ravenea (including silica-dried and herbarium-derived material) to reconstruct a species-level phylogeny and support a taxonomic revision. Libraries were enriched using a combined bait set (Angiosperms353 and the palm-specific PhyloPalm probes), recovering >1,000 nuclear loci. The dataset underpins species delimitation, revised taxonomy, and the synthesis of practical morphological diagnostic characters for identification.