The relationships of Amphipogon, Elytrophorus and Cyperochloa (Poaceae) as suggested by rbcL sequence data

The relationships of Amphipogon, Elytrophorus and Cyperochloa (Poaceae) as suggested by rbcL sequence data. Telopea 7(3): 205-213. The phylogenetic affinities of Amphipogon, Elytrophorus and Cyperochloa are elucidated using DNA sequence data from the chloroplast rbcL gene. All three genera were previously considered to belong to the subfamily Arundinoideae tribe Arundineae. However, cladistic analysis of rbcL sequence data obtained in this study suggests that Cyperochloa has no affinities with the Arundinoideae, and that Amphipogon and Elytrophorus have affinities with the Arundineae sensu stricto, but not the Danthonieae.