248907

Taxonomic significance of seed characters and SDS-PAGE analysis in the classification of Ericaceae

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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1. Vascular plant taxonomy

Abstract

Classification of nineteen taxa, belong to ten genera of family Ericaceae are studied. The study based on macro-, micro-morphological characters of seeds and SDS-PAGE analysis techniques. The phenetic relationships of the studied taxa were expressed by UPGMA-clustering method using NTSYS-pc 2.2 software. The UPGMA phenogram based on 47 characters revealed the separation of two major clusters (A) and (B). Group (A) subdivided into two sub ordinary clusters (AC), expressed subfamily Vaccinoideae, and (AD) which expressed together with main group (B) subfamily Ericoideae. The studied genera are distributed equally between these two subfamilies. Vaccinoideae is represented by five tribes: Vaccinieae, Gaultherieae, Oxydendreae, Lyonieae and Andromedeae. Ericoideae is separated as two clades representing two tribes: (AD) Phyllodoceae and (B) Rhodoreae. The produced hierarchical taxonomic arrangement typically matches the traditional classifications of the family. Clustering of Menziesia pilosa with Rhododendron menziesii in near distance with all Rhododendron taxa confirmed the placement of both genera under tribe Rhodoreae, and supports the transfer of genus Menziesia to be nested in Rhododendron as recommended by some recent cladistics analyses of DNA data.

DOI

10.21608/taec.2022.138652.1037

Keywords

classification, Ericaceae, SDS-PAGE analysis, seed morphology, Phenogram

Authors

First Name

Lamiaa

Last Name

F. Shalabi

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Affiliation

Ain Shams University, Faculty of Education, Biology Department

Email

flora_lamiaa@yahoo.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

0000-0002-9554-251X

First Name

Nagwan

Last Name

Hamdy

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Ain Shams University, Faculty of Education, Biology Department

Email

nagwanhamdym@yahoo.com

City

Cairo

Orcid

-

First Name

Ethar

Last Name

Hussein

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-

Affiliation

Ain Shams University, Faculty of Education, Biology Department

Email

ethar_asaad@yahoo.com

City

Cairo

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Volume

42

Article Issue

1

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34848

Issue Date

2022-07-01

Receive Date

2022-05-16

Publish Date

2022-07-12

Page Start

1

Page End

11

Print ISSN

1110-7413

Online ISSN

2357-044X

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https://taec.journals.ekb.eg/article_248907.html

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248,907

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Original Article

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636

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Publication Title

Taeckholmia

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https://taec.journals.ekb.eg/

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Taxonomic significance of seed characters and SDS-PAGE analysis in the classification of Ericaceae

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Created At

22 Jan 2023