@article{PAR00000901, title = {{A} new subfamily classification of the palm family ({A}recaceae) : evidence from plastid {DNA} phylogeny}, author = {{A}smussen, {C}.{B}. and {D}ransfield, {J}. and {D}eickmann, {V}. and {B}arfod, {A}.{S}. and {P}intaud, {J}ean-{C}hristophe and {B}aker, {W}.{J}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{P}ublished phylogeny reconstructions of the palm family ({A}recaceae) are based on plastid {DNA} sequences or restriction fragment length polymorphisms ({RFLP}s), nuclear {DNA} sequences, morphological characters or a combination thereof, and include between 33 and 90 palm species. {T}he present study represents all previously recognized subfamilies, tribes and subtribes of palms and 161 of the 189 genera. {T}he plastid {DNA} region mat{K} was sequenced for 178 palm species and ten commelinid monocot outgroup species, and was combined with new and previously published plastid {DNA} sequences of trn{L}-trn{F}, rps16 intron and rbc{L}. {T}he addition of mat{K} sequences and more taxa resulted in a highly resolved and largely well-supported phylogeny. {M}ost importantly, critical basal nodes are now fully resolved and, in most cases, strongly supported. {O}n the basis of this phylogeny, we have established a new subfamilial classification of the palms, in which five subfamilies are recognized, rather than the six that were included in the previous classification. {T}he circumscriptions of the subfamilies {C}alamoideae and {N}ypoideae were corroborated. {T}he phylogeny supported a new circumscription for the subfamily {C}oryphoideae, including all taxa previously recognized in {C}oryphoideae with the addition of the tribe {C}aryoteae, formerly of the subfamily {A}recoideae. {T}he phylogenetic analysis also supported a new delimitation for the subfamily {C}eroxyloideae that contains the tribes {C}yclospatheae and {C}eroxyleae, and all genera formerly included in the subfamily {P}hytelephantoideae, but excludes the tribe {H}yophorbeae. {F}inally, the subfamily {A}recoideae was modified to exclude the tribe {C}aryoteae and to include the tribe {H}yophorbeae. (c) 2006 {T}he {L}innean {S}ociety of {L}ondon.}, keywords = {mat{K} ; {P}almae ; rbc{L} ; rps16 intron ; trn{L} trn{F}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{B}otanical {J}ournal of the {L}innean {S}ociety}, volume = {151}, numero = {1}, pages = {15--38}, ISSN = {0024-4074}, year = {2006}, DOI = {10.1111/j.1095-8339.2006.00521.x}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/{PAR}00000901}, }