Phylogenetic Systematics of genus Arnebia Forssk. (Boraginaceae-Lithospermeae)

Arnebia is an Old-World genus of Boraginaceae with some ۳۰ species distributed in North Africa and Southeast Europe eastward into central Asia, with eight species native to Iran. It apparently has a close relationship with Huynhia, Macrotomia, and Stenosolenium, but so far, no study included these four genera and therefore, their relationship remain ambiguous. Because of their characteristic distyly, self-incompatibility, and aneuploidy, their relationships is further complicated. The countless medicinal properties that have been reported for at least seven species of Arnebia have increased the importance of its study . In this study, it was tried to investigate the interspecific relationship of genus Arnebia and study the relationship among the above allied genera based on morphology and phylogeny. Following current results, new classification was introduced.

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Taxonomy ، Phylogeny ، Arnebia ، Boraginaceae