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Hyacinthaceae presently consist of approximately 70 p and 1000 species.To investigate the monophyly of the family and the poen re lationships, w we sequencec chloroplast DNA 05 -' We are grateful to M. W. Chase for supplying us with DNA of Fortunatia biflora and to M. W. Chase and A. V. 'ermission to use their unpublished s . mont Lirtope platyphylla, Prise ssera elegans, Brodiaea jolonensis.am sequence of the outgroup speci es Aspidistra elatior, Disporopsis perny ) .Eustrephus latifolius, Leucocrinum ibi da Milla E a, a rulchellum included in our analysis. IWe thank all botanical gardens ih rive collectors who re aie us with living jus material.
Pfosser et al. (Fri,) studied this question.