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ArticleFrontiers in plant science2025

How much can reticulate evolution entangle plant systematics? Revisiting subfamilial classification of the Malvatheca clade (Malvaceae) on the basis of phylogenomics.

Gustavo Luna, Lucas Costa, Flávia Fonseca Pezzini, Nisa Karimi, Joeri Sergej Strijk, Jefferson Carvalho-Sobrinho, Matheus Colli-Silva, André Marques, Gustavo Souza

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Gustavo LunaLaboratory of Plant Cytogenetics and Evolution, Department of Botany, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.
Lucas CostaLaboratory of Plant Cytogenetics and Evolution, Department of Botany, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.
Flávia Fonseca PezziniRoyal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
Nisa KarimiDepartment of Botany, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI, United States.
Joeri Sergej StrijkAlliance for Conservation Tree Genomics, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Jefferson Carvalho-SobrinhoUniversidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco, Petrolina, Brazil.
Matheus Colli-SilvaLaboratory of Plants Morphotaxonomy and Evolution, Department of Botany, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.
André MarquesDepartment of Chromosome Biology, Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany.
Gustavo SouzaLaboratory of Plant Cytogenetics and Evolution, Department of Botany, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.

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Abstract

Reticulate evolution (RE), involving hybridization and related processes, generates network-like rather than strictly bifurcating relationships among lineages and can obscure phylogenetic relationships. Detecting ancient hybridization is particularly challenging, as genomic signals may erode over time. The Malvatheca clade (Malvaceae), marked by multiple paleopolyploidy events since it's estimated origin 66 my, offers a useful model for examining RE. Its three subfamilies-Bombacoideae (with high chromosome numbers, mostly trees), Malvoideae (lower chromosome numbers, mostly herbs), and the recently described Matisioideae-show unresolved relationships, with several taxa of uncertain placement. We conducted a phylogenomic analysis of 69 Malvatheca species via complete plastomes, 35S rDNA cistrons, nuclear low copy genes and comparative repeatome data. Most of the datasets consistently resolved four clades: (I) Bombacoideae, (II) Malvoideae, (III) Matisioideae, and (IV) a heterogeneous assemblage including representatives of Malvoideae, Matisioideae and several

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