J 2023

Addressing inconsistencies in Cyperaceae and Juncaceae taxonomy: Comment on Brožová et al. (2022)

ELLIOTT, Tammy L, Isabel LARRIDON, Russell L. BARRETT, Jeremy J. BRUHL, Suzana M. COSTA et. al.

Basic information

Original name

Addressing inconsistencies in Cyperaceae and Juncaceae taxonomy: Comment on Brožová et al. (2022)

Authors

ELLIOTT, Tammy L (124 Canada, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Isabel LARRIDON, Russell L. BARRETT, Jeremy J. BRUHL, Suzana M. COSTA, Marcial ESCUDERO, Andrew L. HIPP, Pedro JIMÉNEZ‐MEJÍAS, Jan KIRSCHNER, Modesto LUCEÑO, José Ignacio MÁRQUEZ-CORRO, Santiago MARTÍN-BRAVO, Eric H. ROALSON, Ilias SEMMOURI, Daniel SPALINK, William Wayt THOMAS, Tamara VILLAVERDE, Karen L. WILSON and Muthama A. MUASYA

Edition

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Academic Press Inc. 2023, 1055-7903

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

10600 1.6 Biological sciences

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 4.100 in 2022

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/23:00130175

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

UT WoS

000914365500001

Keywords in English

Classification; Cyperaceae; Juncaceae; Molecular phylogenetics; Plant systematics; Taxonomy

Tags

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 25/4/2023 15:48, Mgr. Marie Šípková, DiS.

Abstract

V originále

Brožová et al. (2022) present a study, “Toward finally unraveling the phylogenetic relationships of Juncaceae with respect to another cyperid family, Cyperaceae”, with the premise of revising the phylogenetic relationships in Juncaceae and Cyperaceae based on Sanger sequencing of one nuclear rDNA (ITS) and two plastid regions (the gene rbcL and the spacer trnL-F). While the paper highlights the need for ongoing taxonomic revision in Juncaceae, we are concerned that their analyses and conclusions could lead to nomenclatural instability and unnecessary confusion among researchers, particularly those working in cyperids (Cyperaceae, Juncaceae and Thurniaceae) and closely allied monocot lineages. Our concerns stem from the use of incomplete datasets and the failure to integrate recently published taxonomic literature. As a result, the systematic conclusions drawn by the authors are outdated and conflict with previous studies based on more complete phylogenomic datasets (e.g., Larridon et al., 2021), leading to unjustifiable (i.e., proposed recognition of non-monophyletic genera) and superfluous (i.e., already completed nomenclatural changes) recommendations.