Phylogeny and Historical Biogeography of Veronica Subgenus Pentasepalae (Plantaginaceae): Evidence for Its Origin and Subsequent Dispersal
Journal: Biology
Year: 2022

<i>Veronica</i> subgenus <i>Pentasepalae</i> is the largest subgenus of <i>Veronica</i> in the Northern Hemisphere with approximately 80 species mainly from Southwest Asia. In order to reconstruct the phylogenetic relationships among the members of <i>V</i>. subgenus <i>Pentasepalae</i> and to test the "out of the Iranian plateau" hypothesis, we applied thorough taxonomic sampling, employing nuclear DNA (ITS) sequence data complimented with morphological studies and chromosome number counts. Sev