Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 45 (2007) 358–376
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Evolution of resupination in Malagasy species
of Bulbophyllum (Orchidaceae)
Gunter A. Fischer a,b,*, Barbara Gravendeel c, Anton Sieder a,
Jacky Andriantiana d, Paul Heiselmayer b, Phillip J. Cribb e,
Eric de Camargo Smidt f, Rosabelle Samuel g, Michael Kiehn a
b
a
Department of Biogeography and Botanical Garden, University of Vienna, Rennweg 14, 1030 Vienna, Austria
Department of Organismic Biology, Ecology and Diversity of Plants, University of Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstrasse 34, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
c
National Herbarium of The Netherlands, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 2, P.O. Box 9514, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
d
Parc Botanique et Zoologique de Tsimbazaza (PBZT), Rue Fernand KASANGA, Tsimbazaza, Antananarivo 101, Madagascar
e
The Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AE, UK
f
Feira de Santana State University, Department of Biological Sciences, Laboratory of Molecular Systematics of Plants,
Road BR 116, Km 03, Feira de Santana, Bahia 44031-460, Brazil
g
Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, University of Vienna, Rennweg 14, 1030 Vienna, Austria
Received 3 January 2007; revised 5 June 2007; accepted 22 June 2007
Available online 18 July 2007
Abstract
Resupination is the orientation of zygomorphic flowers during development so that the median petal obtains the lowermost position
in the mature flower. Despite its evolutionary and ecological significance, resupination has rarely been studied in a phylogenetic context.
Ten types of resupination occur among the 210 species of the orchid genus Bulbophyllum on Madagascar. We investigated the evolution
of resupination in a representative sample of these species by first reconstructing a combined nrITS and cpDNA phylogeny for a sectional reclassification and then plotting the different types of inflorescence development, which correlated well with main clades. Resupination by apical drooping of the rachis appears to have evolved from apical drooping of the peduncle. Erect inflorescences with
resupinate flowers seem to have evolved several times into either erect inflorescences with (partly) non-resupinate flowers or pendulous
inflorescences with resupinate flowers.
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Keywords: Bulbophyllum; nrITS; trnL–trnF; trnF–ndhJ; psbA–trnH; trnE–trnD; Orchids; Phylogeny; Resupination
1. Introduction
Resupination (from the Latin resupinus, which means
facing upward) is the turning of floral buds in such a way
that the median petal (called a labellum or lip in orchids)
becomes the lowermost part of an opening flower (Ames,
1938). The latter can be achieved by torsion of the pedicel
of the flower or other processes like the drooping of parts
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Corresponding author. Address: Department of Organismic Biology,
Ecology and Diversity of Plants, University of Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstrasse 34, 5020 Salzburg, Austria. Fax: +43 662 8044 142.
E-mail address: gunter.fischer@sbg.ac.at (G.A. Fischer).
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of the inflorescence as well as development of pendulous
inflorescences (Goebel, 1924; Ernst and Arditti, 1994). It
is a common phenomenon in orchids and considered to
be a diagnostic character of the family (Dressler, 1981).
Although scientific evidence for its evolutionary and functional role is still lacking, resupination is generally assumed
to expose the upper surface of orchid lips to light in order
to emphasize colours and patterns to attract pollinators
and facilitate pollination (Ernst and Arditti, 1994). Several
physiological processes controlling resupination have been
unraveled such as gravitropism and auxin levels (Goebel,
1924; Ernst and Arditti, 1994) but the phenomenon is still
poorly understood. Even less is known about the evolution
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of resupination as only very few studies have examined the
trait in a phylogenetic context (Clark and Zimmer, 2003;
Lavin et al., 2003).
The genus Bulbophyllum has recently been estimated to
comprise 2400 species (Sieder et al., 2007). Its mostly epiphytic species are found in different habitats ranging from
(sub)tropical dry forests to wet montane cloud forests and
most of them are adapted to fly pollination (Bartareau,
1994; Borba and Semir, 1998; Tan et al., 2002; Nishida
et al., 2004; Teixeira et al., 2004). In contrast with the
majority of the orchids, an extremely large variation in
ways of inflorescence development leading to resupination
is present in the 210 species of Bulbophyllum currently
described from Madagascar. Inflorescences are either pendulous or erect and resupination can be achieved through
torsion of the pedicel and/or rachis (the part of the inflorescence containing flowers) or apical drooping of the peduncle (the sterile part of the inflorescence). This makes the
genus an excellent model to study the evolution of development of resupination.
For studying the evolution of resupination in Madagascan Bulbophyllum, a good phylogeny is needed. In recent
years, several molecular phylogenetic studies of orchids
have been published (Hedren et al., 2001; Pridgeon and
Chase, 2001; Pridgeon et al., 2001b, 2003; Bateman et al.,
2003; Cameron, 2004; Van den Berg et al., 2005; Carlsward
et al., 2006) placing Bulbophyllum as sister to the genus
Dendrobium within tribe Dendrobieae in the higher Epidendroids clade of subfamily Epidendroideae. Detailed
molecular phylogenetic studies of Bulbophyllum have not
been published to date but several are being prepared
(Gravendeel et al., in preparation; Smidt et al., in preparation). The main objectives of the present study are to (1)
reconstruct a multi-gene based phylogeny of Bulbophyllum
on Madagascar; (2) test the monophyly of Madagascan
Bulbophyllum; (3) compare this phylogeny with the infrageneric classifications of Madagascan Bulbophyllum proposed in the past and (4) reconstruct the evolution of
resupination in this group of orchids using a phylogenetic
framework.
We investigated the phylogenetic relationships of the
species of Bulbophyllum on Madagascar by analysing
DNA sequences of the plastid trnL–trnF, trnF–ndhJ,
psbA–trnH, trnE–trnD and nrITS regions. The trnL–trnF
and nrITS regions are widely used within Orchidaceae to
reconstruct phylogenetic relationships and have been
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shown useful for detecting DNA sequence divergence at
the rank of species (Pridgeon et al., 1999, 2001a, 2003,
2005). Recently, the psbA–trnH region was proposed to
be suitable for DNA bar-coding (Kress et al., 2005). The
usefulness of the regions of trnF–ndhJ, psbA–trnH, and
trnE–trnD for the reconstruction of phylogenetic relationships between closely related orchid species has not been
reported previously (Fig. 1).
2. Materials and methods
2.1. Taxon sampling
Species representing all sections of Madagascan Bulbophyllum as described by Schlechter (1924), Perrier de la
Bâthie (1939), Bosser (1965, 1969, 1971, 1989, 2000,
2004) and Du Puy et al. (1999) were sampled except for
the small sections Lyperocephalum [one species] and Lyperostachys [two species] for which it was not possible to
obtain material (see Appendix A). A total of 65% of the
species currently described for Madagascar was sampled.
From all specimens investigated and from all types, drawings were prepared for identification. For sections Loxosepalum and Ploiarium, whose members are very difficult to
distinguish from one other, it was not always possible to
identify all accessions to species or to apply a valid name.
Further taxonomic and nomenclatural work is necessary
for these taxa.
Living or silica dried samples were collected in Madagascar in the wild or taken from plants in the living collections at the Parc Botanique et Zoologique de
Tsimbazaza (PBZT) in Antananarivo, Madagascar, or at
the Botanical Gardens of the Universities of Vienna and
Salzburg, all with the appropriate permission. Additional
DNA samples were obtained from the Jodrell Laboratories, Kew. Voucher specimens for all accessions have been
deposited in one or several of the following herbaria: Parc
Botanique et Zoologique Tsimbazaza (TAN, Madagascar), University of Vienna (WU, Austria), University of
Salzburg (SZU, Austria) or Royal Botanic Gardens
Kew (K, UK).
A total of 29 species of Bulbophyllum representing all
major continents where the genus occurs, i.e., Africa, South
America and Southeast Asia, were chosen as outgroups
based on phylogenetic analyses of the Bulbophyllinae
worldwide (Gravendeel et al., in preparation).
2.2. DNA extraction, amplification, and sequencing
Fig. 1. Overview of the trnL–trnF and the flanking ndhJ region sequenced.
Arrows indicate the position and direction of primers used. The total
length of the amplified region comprised 2272 bp.
DNA was extracted from silica gel preserved, herbarium
or fresh material using the 2· CTAB (cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide) procedure of Doyle and Doyle (1987). PCR
amplification was performed using GoTaq DNA Polymerase, 5· Green GoTaq Reaction Buffer, PCR Nucleotide Mix (all Promega GmbH, Vienna, Austria) following
the manufacturer’s protocol and 2–8 ng template DNA
for a 50 ll reaction mixture.
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Multiple Sequence alignments were performed using
ClustalX (Thompson et al., 1997) and VectorNTI (Invitrogen Corp.) with default settings. Verified sequences were
visually inspected and manually adjusted using MacClade
4.08 OSX (Maddison and Maddison, 2005). In the trnL–
trnF matrix, an unalignable 64 bp part of the spacer region
had to be excluded from the phylogenetic analyses for all of
the species analysed. Due to the presence of multiple copies, the complete trnL–trnF region had to be excluded for
all species of sections Bifalcula and Calamaria. Indel coding was done manually following the simple coding method
of Simmons and Ochoterena (2000) and with the aid of the
program Seqstate (Müller, 2003b).
PAUP* 4.0b10 (Swofford, 2002) and PRAP (Müller,
2003a), which generate a command file for conducting parsimony ratchet searches with PAUP*. For each of the ten
random additions, 200 ratchet iterations were performed.
Each iteration comprised two rounds of TBR swapping,
saving one shortest tree, which was used to compute a strict
consensus. No further cycles had to be added since the
same tree score was soon reached. Support was estimated
using 1000 bootstrap replicates, saving 100 trees per replicate. Bootstrap percentages were interpreted as weak (50–
74%), moderate (75–84%) or high (85–100%). Congruence
between nrITS and the combined cpDNA data sets were
tested using the incongruence length difference (ILD) test
(Farris et al., 1995) as implemented by the partition homogeneity test in PAUP* for 100 replicates (heuristic search,
simple addition, TBR branching swapping), each saving a
maximum of 1000 most parsimonious trees per replicate.
This method has been criticized recently (Dolphin et al.,
2000; Reeves et al., 2001; Yoder et al., 2001; Norup
et al., 2006), therefore we combined the two data sets to
explore whether resolution and support would be improved
by increasing the amount of sequencing data. This ‘‘hard’’
incongruence test was performed by directly visually comparing the support and resolution of each of the clades of
the separate analyses with a higher bootstrap and posterior
probability than BP > 75 and PP > 90 (Wiens, 1998; Sheahan and Chase, 2000; Norup et al., 2006).
Bayesian Inference (BI) was generated for the individual
markers, for the combined cpDNA dataset and for all
molecular markers combined using MrBayes 3.2.1 (Huelsenbeck and Ronquist, 2001) using default settings. The
best fitting model of sequence evolution (GTR + I + G)
was chosen based on the result of a hierarchical likelihood
ratio test conducted with Modeltest 3.7 (Posada and
Crandall, 1998, 2001). Four Markov chains were run
simultaneously for 1,000,000 generations and every 10th
generation was sampled. After 250,000 generations, a stable probability was reached. All non-significant generations
(p < 0.5) were discarded for the consensus tree.
In total, 25 vegetative and floral characters (binary and
multistate) were scored for the species from which DNA
sequences could be obtained (see Table 1) based on observations from living material, alcohol preserved specimens
and photographs. If a section or clade showed more than
one character state or if the character state was unclear,
the assumption ‘‘equivocal’’ was assigned. Character state
optimization was reconstructed using a maximum parsimony assumption (ACCTRAN and DELTRAN optimization) in the Trace Character feature in MACCLADE
version 4.08 (Maddison and Maddison, 2005).
2.4. Phylogenetic analysis
3. Results
Maximum parsimony (MP) analyses were undertaken
for the individual markers (nrITS, trnL–trnF, ndhJ,
psbA–trnH and trnE–trnD), for the combined cpDNA
dataset and for all molecular markers combined using
3.1. Analysis of chloroplast sequence data
The Primers 26SE and 17SE of Sun et al. (1994) where
used for the amplification of the nrITS regions with the following PCR program: an initial 2 min premelt at 94 C and
34 cycles of 1 min denaturation at 94 C, 1 min annealing
at 50 C and 1 min extension at 72 C followed by a final
extension for 7 min. For sequencing, the primers ITS4
(TCCTCCGCTTATTGATATGC) and ITS5 (GGAAGT
AAAAGTCGTAACAAGG) (White et al., 1990) were
used.
The cpDNA trnL–trnF intron was amplified using a
newly designed primer F1 (CGCTACGGACTTGATTGG
AT) and primer F (Taberlet et al., 1991). The trnF–ndhJ
intron was amplified using the primers E (Taberlet et al.,
1991) and ndhJ of Vijverberg and Bachmann (1999),
psbA–trnH using the primers psbA of Sang et al. (1997)
and trnHGUG of Tate and Simpson (2003) and trnE–trnD
using the primers trnDGUC and trnEUUC of Demesure
et al. (1995). Amplification was carried out with an initial
3 min premelt at 94 C and 30 cycles of 30 s denaturation
at 94 C, 30 s annealing at 55 C and 1 min 40 s extension
at 72 C followed by a final extension for 7 min at 72 C.
PCR products were purified using Wizard PCR Preps
DNA Purification System (Promega GmbH, Vienna, Austria) and sequenced at Macrogen Inc., Korea. PCR products of nrITS and trnL–trnF were cloned using the
TOPO-TA Cloning Kit (Invitrogen Corp.), following the
manufacturer’s protocol because multiple copies were
found. Resulting colonies were screened and at least five
positive clones were sequenced. The program VectorNTI
(Invitrogen Corporation) was used to edit and assemble
the sequences. All DNA sequences produced for this study
were submitted to GenBank. For several species it was not
possible to amplify all molecular markers (see Appendix
A).
2.3. DNA sequence alignment
The combined alignment of all chloroplast markers
consisted of 3898 positions (3690 nucleotides and 41
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Table 1
Morphological characters analysed
1 Size of the plant: 0 = minute (<1 cm)/ 1 = small/ 2 = intermediate/
3 = large
2 Spiral vessels in tissue: 0 = present/1 = absent
3 Fresh sheaths or remnants of fresh sheaths covering the rhizome and
part of the pseudobulbs: 0 = present/1 = absent
4 Pseudobulbs: 0 = crowded (distance between bulbs is less than the
diameter of a bulb)/ 1 = moderately spaced (distance between bulbs is
1–10 times the diameter of a bulb/ 2 = widely spaced (more than ten
times the diameter of a bulb)
5 Pseudobulbs: 0 = adaxially flattened/1 = laterally flattened/
2 = otherwise
6 Number of leafs per pseudobulbs: 0 = 1/1 = 2
7 Type of inflorescence: 0 = synanthous/1 = hysteranthous
8 Rhachis zigzagging: 0 = yes/1 = no
9 Development of inflorescence types: 0 = A/1 = B/2 = C/3 = D1/
4 = D2/5 = E1/6 = E2/7 = F/8 = G/9 = H
10 Peduncle setaceous (bristle like): 0 = yes/1 = no
11 Inflorescence: 0 = single-flowered/1 = multi-flowered
12 Length of pedicel: 0 = very short (flowers sit on the rhachis)/
1 = moderate to long
13 Dorsal sepal margin ornamentation: 0 = with long hairs/
1 = glabrous/2 = papillose
14 Surface of dorsal sepal: 0 = with long hairs/1 = glabrous/
2 = papillose/3 = warty
15 Lateral sepal margin ornamentation: 0 = with long hairs/
1 = glabrous/2 = papillose
16 Surface of lateral sepal: 0 = glabrous/1 = papillose/2 = warty
17 Petal apex margin ornamentation: 0 = with long hairs/1 = glabrous/
2 = papillose/3 = erose
18 Petal apex surface ornamentation: 0 = with long hairs/1 = glabrous/
2 = papillose
19 Lateral sepals fused (from the column-foot to the middle): 0 = yes/
1 = no
20 Lip moveable: 0 = yes/1 = no (lip enclosed by lateral sepals)
21 Upper margins of column with a tooth: 0 = yes/1 = no
22 Lip with basal acute teeth: 0 = present/1 = absent
23 Hairs on the lip: 0 = present/1 = absent
24 Column-foot with basal tooth: 0 = present/1 = absent
25 Lip apex: 0 = recurved/1 = straight
autapomorphic indels varying in size from 1 to 587 bp)
and contained 364 phylogenetic informative substitutions.
Mean pairwise distance in the ingroup ranged from 0%
to 10%. MP analyses yielded >10,000 most parsimonious
trees (MPTs) with a length of 1265 steps, a Consistency
Index (CI) of 0.65 and a Retention Index (RI) of
0.80.
The strict consensus tree and the BI trees were highly
congruent (data not shown). In both analyses, Madagascan
Bulbophyllum were strongly supported (BP99/PP100) as
monophyletic with the exception of B. longiflorum (widespread in tropical Africa, Madagascar, the Mascarenes,
tropical Asia and the south-west Pacific islands), which
was deeply nested within the Asian Cirrhopetalum clade.
In all trees, seven main clades (A–H) were present. Clade
A (BP87/PP100) consisted of taxa assigned to section Alcistachys, clade B (BP74/PP97) of section Kainochilus, and
clade C of sections Bifalcula, Humblotiorchis and Calama-
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ria (<BP50/PP51). Clade F comprised members of sections
Lichenophylax, Trichopus and Pantoblepharon (BP55/
PP91), and clade G was made up of section Loxosepalum
(BP87/PP95). Clade H consisted of some of the species of
section Ploiarium, and clade E (<BP50/PP73) comprised
a large polytomy containing clades F, G, H and taxa from
sections Elasmotopus, Hymenopsepalum, Micromonanthe,
Lepiophylax, Pachychlamys along with the species of section Ploiarium outside clade G. Clades A–G were positioned on a basal polytomy together with B.
cardiobulbum (section Calamaria) and B. petrae (section
Polyradices).
3.2. Analysis of nuclear sequence data
The total alignment consisted of 906 positions (766
nucleotides and 140 indels varying in size from 1 to
31 bp) and contained 294 phylogenetically informative
characters. Mean pairwise distance in the ingroup was similar to the chloroplast dataset. MP analyses yielded
>10,000 MPTs with a length of 1724 steps, CI of 0.44
and RI of 0.83.
The strict consensus tree and the BI trees were highly
congruent with the cpDNA trees and internal nodes
received similar statistical support. The monophyly of Malagasy Bulbophyllum with the exception of B. longiflorum
was supported by BP88/PP98.
3.3. Combined molecular analysis
The partition homogeneity test for the nrITS and
cpDNA datasets indicated that the partitions were significantly different from random partitions (p = 0.01). The
visual node by node comparison, however, revealed no
major incongruencies for the nodes with higher bootstrap support and posterior probability than BP > 75
and PP > 90. The much better resolved tree of the combined analysis compared to the separate analysis of the
datasets supports our assumptions that the partition
homogeneity test sometimes reveals unreliable results
(Dolphin et al., 2000; Reeves et al., 2001; Yoder et al.,
2001; Norup et al., 2006), especially for large datasets.
The combined MP analyses yielded >10,000 MPTs with
a length of 2312 steps, a CI of 0.57 and a RI of 0.81.
The total alignment consisted of 4456 characters and
resulted in a similar topology that was, however, more
fully resolved and better supported than the combined
cpDNA and nrITS trees with the exception of B. cardiobulbum which ended up in clade C instead of on the
basal polytomy. The MP strict consensus tree (not
shown) was highly congruent with the BI tree (see
Fig. 2).
Monophyly of Madagascan Bulbophyllum (with the
exception of B. longiflorum) was supported by BP100/
PP100, and of clades A–H with BP97/PP99, BP100/PP99,
BP87/PP80, BP100/PP100, BP67/PP99, BP84/PP99,
BP71/PP98, and BP < 50/PP53, respectively.
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A
57/76
69/99
97/99
B
72/100
100/99
66/94
97/99
C1
100/100
100/100
69/97
-/93
51/98
53/96
81/99
C
87/80
69/99
60/79
C2
89/93
100/100
55/56
100/100
-/99
-/90
H1
94/100
97/100
59/100
100/100
100/100
-/67
89/100
78/99
75/100
97/100
99/100
84/100
52/97
94/100
100/99
H
-/53
100/100
-/58
82/83
67/58
94/100
94/100
69/100
51/95
-/98
85/100
-/69
84/100
-/68
-/90
85/100
80/100
85/99
53/92
97/100
-/95
-/53
89/100
73/73
-/66
95/99
-/73
60/84
-/84
-/55
65/82
-/55
-/55
100/100
74/89
-/62
-/80
-/91
E
G1
94/99
100/99
73/61
70/94
62/100 96/100
99/99
G
D
79/99
-/97
71/98
67/99
G2
100/100
99/100
F1
F
100/99
100/99
84/99
F2 100/99
100/99
54/-
92/100
99/99
95/99
96/98
95/100
61/90
B. petrae
B. variegatum
B. hamelinii
B. occlusum
B. sulfureum
B. alexandreae
B. edentatum
B. anjozorobeense
B. horizontale
B. imerinense
B. minutum
B. implexum
B. capuronii
B. complanatum
B. bicoloratum
B. occultum
B. sp. nov.
B. elliotii
B. sambiranense
B. samibiranese
B. sambiranense
B. elliotii
B. quadrifarium
B. sambiranense
B. pervillei
B. elliotii
B. lecouflei
B. trifarium
B. obtusatum
B. humblotii
B. cardiobulbum
B. analamazoatreae
B. analamazoatreae
B. oxycalyx var. rubescens
B. oxycalyx
B. rauhii
B. rauhii var. andranobeense
B. sp. nov.
B. aubrevillei
B. francoisii
B. francoisii
B. amphorimorphum
B. liparidioides
B. longivaginans
B. longivaginans
B. vestitum var. meridionale
B. vestitum
B. molossus
B. pachypus
B. pachypus
B. sandrangatense
B. sp.
B. jackyi
B. coriophorum
B. aff. labatii
B. turkii
B. sp. nov.
B. sp. nov.
B. insolitum
B. aggregatum
B. oreodorum
B. nitens
B. sp.
B. sp.
B. sp.
B. auriflorum
B. sp. indet.
B. henrici var. rectangulare
B. sp.
B. sp.
B. sp.
B. sp.
B. humbertii
B. henrici var. rectangulare
B. ankaizinense
B. sp.
B. sp.
B. sp.
B. sp.
B. rubiginosum
B. sp.
B. cyclanthum
B. sp. nov.
B. sp.
B. peyrotii
B. platypodum
B. amoenum
B. ambatoavense
B. marovoense
B. sp.
B. aff. baronii
B. aff. sphaerobulbum
B. sp.
B. sp.
B. aff. sphaerobulbum
B. aff. baronii
B. sp.
B. sp.
B. nutans
B. nutans
B. nutans
B. nutans
B. ventriosum
B. ochrochlamys
B. sp.
B. approximatum
B. sp.
B. aff. baronii
B. aff. baronii
B. sp.
B. melleum
B. sp.
B. sp.
B. sp.
B. sp.
B. sp.
B. alleizettei
B. nutans
B. leandrianum
B. calyptropus
B. conchidioides
B. sciaphile
B. ikongoense
B. sp. nov.
B. hapalanthos
B. sp. nov.
B. ciliatilabrum
B. pleurothallopsis
B. sp.
B. pantoblepharon
B. muscicola
B. intertextum
B. lupulinum
B. mayombeense
B. barbigerum
Africa
B. falcatum
B. oxychilum
B. sp.
B. chloropterum
B. plumosum
South
B. glutinosum
America
B. cribbianum
B. bracteolatum
B. orectopetalum
B. siamense
B. smitinandii
B. dearei
B. dearei
B. lobbii
B. affine
B. macranthum
B. patens
Asia
B. emiliorum
B. alsiosum
B. hamatipes
B. membranifolium
B. pileatum
B. longiflorum
B. longiflorum
B. picturatum
B. cumingii
Asia
B. sp.
B. biflorum
Polyradices
Alcistachys
Kainochilus
Bifalcula
Calamaria
Humblotiorchis
Calamaria
Hymenosepalum
Elasmotopus
Pachychlamys
Ploiarium
Loxosepalum
Micromonanthe
Lepiophylax
Pachychlamys
Lichenophylax
Trichopus
Pantoblepharon
Micromonanthe
Outgroup
Cirrhopetalum
Outgroup sect. Cirrhopetalum
Fig. 2. Consensus tree resulting from BI analysis of the combined (nrITS and cpDNA) data. Bootstrap support and posterior probability values are
indicated above the nodes. Section names shaded refer to paraphyletic sections whereas names in bold were found to be monophyletic.
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4. Discussion
4.1. Monophyly and sectional relationships of Madagascan
Bulbophyllum
In all molecular datasets, Madagascan Bulbophyllum
was found to be monophyletic with the exception of B. longiflorum, the only species of the large section Cirrhopetalum
also occurring outside Asia. The two sampled accessions,
one from Madagascar and one from the island of La
Réunion, were deeply nested within an Asian clade comprising 4 species of section Cirrhopetalum and 14 species
from different Asian sections. The morphology of B. longiflorum supports this phylogenetic position as the umbellate
inflorescence which characterizes the predominantly Asian
section Cirrhopetalum is also present in B. longiflorum, justifying its taxonomic assignment to this section. Phylogenetic analyses of additional samples of this species from
other parts of its distribution area such as Africa, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea and the
Pacific islands and additional species of sect. Cirrhopetalum
(comprising ca. 80 species) might show whether this taxon
arrived in Madagascar by long distance dispersal.
Only five of the 18 sections described by Schlechter
(1924), form strongly supported monophyletic groups in
the combined molecular analysis (viz., Alcistachys, Bifalcula, Kainochilus, Lichenophylax, and Loxosepalum). Unique
morphological synapomorphies characterizing clades are
scarce, but supporting combinations of characters are
abundant. All species of section Alcistachys (clade A;
BP97/PP99) have laterally flattened, bifoliate pseudobulbs,
the plants are large, and the inflorescence is synanthous
and multi-flowered. Schlechter (1924) used these same features to characterize this section along with the size of the
floral bracts and the surface structure of the anther. The
latter traits were not scored in this study as they could
not be divided into discrete states.
The majority of the species of section Kainochilus (clade
B) are large to medium-sized plants with unifoliate or bifoliate, brown to red coloured pseudobulbs, multi-flowered
erect inflorescences, a hairy lip, and a column with a large
tooth on the upper margin. This latter feature occurs in
species of section Kainochilus but also in members of the
neotropical section Didactyle although this is probably a
convergence as the South American species of Bulbophyllum form a distinct well-supported group (Camargo Smidt
et al., in preparation). Schlechter (1924) used the majority
of the above mentioned characters to recognize
Kainochilus.
Section Bifalcula (clade D; BP100/PP100) is characterized by small plants, bifoliate pseudobulbs, and a basal
tooth on the lip, which is a unique synapomorphy for this
group. All species except B. capuronii have a zigzag rachis.
Schlechter (1924) used these additional characters for recognition of sect. Bifalcula. Our analyses showed that the
hitherto unplaced B. complanatum clearly belongs to this
section as well.
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Section Lichenophylax (clade F1; BP99/PP100) has very
tiny, bifoliate pseudobulbs and obligately single-flowered
inflorescences, the last character being unique to this group
in Madagascar (Fig. 3E). Bulbophyllum muscicola (sect.
Micromonanthe), B. petrae (sect. Polyradices) and B. insolitum (sect. Ploiarium) can be single- or many-flowered,
depending on the growing conditions. Section Loxosepalum (clade G1; BP100/PP99) is characterized by uni- or
bifoliate pseudobulbs, multi-flowered inflorescences and a
glabrous perianth.
Six of the 18 sections circumscribed by Schlechter (1924)
were found to be paraphyletic in the combined molecular
analysis. The transfer of several species to other sections
is necessary to make these sections monophyletic as discussed below. All characters used by Schlechter (1924) to
circumscribe sections Calamaria and Humblotiorchis (subclade C2) were found to be equivocal based on a morphological analyses (Fischer et al., in preparation). The
species in these sections are small to large in size, the
pseudobulbs are laterally flattened or roundish and can
be crowded or moderately spaced, bear one or two leaves,
the inflorescence is multi-flowered, and the lip is hairy or
glabrous. It was not possible to identify any character
(either molecular or morphological) to distinguish sect.
Humblotiorchis from sect. Calamaria. We therefore propose to merge them, the latter name having prioroity.
Section Elasmotopus (clade H1) is characterized by bifoliate pseudobulbs, multi-flowered inflorescences and a lip
with a recurved apex forming a cup-like structure, characters that are also present in B. analamazaoatrae. Schlechter
(1924) nevertheless removed this species from section
Elasmotopus and placed it in the monotypic section
Hymenosepalum because of its unifoliate pseudobulbs.
Our analyses clearly show, however, that B. analamazaoatrae is nested within Elasmotopus and we therefore propose
to merge section Hymenosepalum with Elasmotopus to
make the latter monophyletic.
No morphological traits could be found to characterize
the paraphyletic section Micromonanthe which comprises
five species of which Bulbophyllum muscicola, B. calyptropus and B. conchidioides were analysed phylogenetically,
B. moldekeanum was analysed morphologically (Fischer
et al., unpublished data) and B. johannis which lacks a type
specimen and therefore remains as an unclear entity. Based
on the very short type description (Wendland and Kränzlin, 1894) we propose to treat it as a synonym to Bulbophyllum muscicola which (clade F2) shows features, such as a
thin rhizome, crowded pseudobulbs and very polymorphic
flowers that Schlechter (1924) believed best fitting sect.
Micromonanthe, originally described for taxa from Papua
New Guinea. However, these characters are present in
many Bulbophyllum species and therefore not useful for
delimiting sections. Therefore we propose to disband section Micromonanthe in Madagascar and transfer B. muscicola and B. moldekeanum to section Trichopus (clade F2) to
make the latter monophyletic. The other species traditionally assigned to section Micromonathe, B. calyptropus and
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A: pseudobulbs
adaxially flattened
laterally flattened
otherwise
equivocal
C: type of inflorescence
synanthous
hysteranthous
E: inflorescence
multiflowered
singleflowered
equivocal
G: lip moveable
yes
no (lip is enclosed by lateral sepals)
Pantoblepharon, Micromonanthe
Trichopus
Lichenophylax
Pachychlamys
Lepiophylax, Micromonanthe
Loxosepalum
Ploiarium
Pachychlamys
Elasmotopus, Hymenosepalum
Humblotiorchis
Calamaria
Calamaria
Bifalcula
Alcistachys
Kainochilus
Polyradices
Pantoblepharon, Micromonanthe
Trichopus
Lichenophylax
Pachychlamys
Lepiophylax, Micromonanthe
Loxosepalum
Ploiarium
Pachychlamys
Elasmotopus, Hymenosepalum
Humblotiorchis
Calamaria
Calamaria
Bifalcula
Alcistachys
Kainochilus
Polyradices
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B: number of leafs per pseudobulb
two
one
equivocal
D: peduncle setaceous
no
yes
equivocal
F: length of pedicel
very short (flowers sit on the rhachis)
moderate to long
H: hairs on the lip
present
absent
equivocal
Fig. 3. Reconstruction of character state evolution of selected morphological key features mapped on the simplified combined (nrITS and cpDNA)
phylogeny using a maximum parsimony assumption (ACCTRAN and DELTRAN optimization) with the Trace Character option in MacClade.
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B. conchidiodes (clade G2), are phylogenetically nested in
clade G2 together with Bulbophyllum sciaphile which
belongs to sect. Lepiophylax which is characterized by the
unique combination of flattened, bifoliate pseudobulbs
and a multi-flowered inflorescence with predominantly
white coloured flowers (Schlechter, 1924). B. calyptropus
and B. conchidiodes fit morphologically in section Lepiophylax with exception of the unifoliate pseudobulbs. However, within clade G a reversal from one- to two-leafed
pseudobulbs occurred several times and should not be
regarded as a taxonomic feature to define sections
(Fig. 3). As clade G2 received very strong statistical support (BP99/PP100), we propose to transfer B.conchidioides
and B. calyptropus to section Lepiophylax which then
should be characterized by uni- or bifoliate pseudobulbs.
Sections Pantoblepharon and Trichopus (clade F2) are
intermixed with one another in the combined molecular
phylogeny. Species of both groups have adaxially flattened,
unifoliate pseudobulbs (Fig. 3A and B), multi-flowered
inflorescences and sepals and petals with hairy or papillose
margins, with the exception of B. muscicola. The lip is ciliate in all species and the column-foot has an acute basal
tooth. Schlechter (1924) originally defined section Pantoblepharon mainly by the hairy sepals, petals and lip and section Trichopus by the setaceous peduncle, unifoliate
pseudobulbs and the shape of the stelidia. The latter trait
was not scored in this study as it could not be divided into
discrete states. However all the characters provided by
Schlechter (1924) seem to fit both sections, keeping the
small number of species belonging to these sections (14)
in mind, we propose to merge them.
Section Pachychlamys was found to be polyphyletic
within clade E. Morphologically, section Pachychlamys is
characterized by hysteranthous inflorescences and the presence of (remnants of) sheaths covering the rhizome and
pseudobulbs. These features are clearly homoplasious (see
Fig. 3C and F) and should therefore not be used to define
sections. Based on the current phylogenetic position and on
the morphological characters (shape of the lip, form of the
tepals) it is clear that B. ikongoense should be excluded
from section Pachychlamys therefore we propose to placed
it in a section of its own. Additional molecular work is
needed to asses whether the two recovered subclades in
the combined molecular phylogeny of section Pachychlamys and B. liparidioides within clade H, will form a wellsupported clade when faster evolving markers are
sequenced.
Due to unresolved polytomies or weak statistical support in the combined molecular phylogeny, the status of
several remaining sections and species could not yet be
fully ascertained. Section Ploiarium (part of clade H) is
morphologically well characterized by the (partly fused)
lateral sepals, which form a boat-like structure, and immobile lip (Fig. 3G; Schlechter (1924)). In the combined
molecular phylogeny, species assigned to this section, however, ended up in five separate subclades forming part of
the basal polytomy. Future studies with faster evolving
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molecular markers will be needed to clarify the status of
this section. Although members of sections Ploiarium and
Pachychlamys share a very short pedicel (Fig. 3F), our
study does not suggest that they are closely related.
Bulbophyllum cardiobulbum (clade C), assigned to section Calamaria by Bosser (1965), appears in our combined
tree as sister to sections Bifalcula, Calamaria and Humblotiorchis. Morphologically, this species is intermediate as it
shows traits of sects. Alcistachys, Calamaria and Kainochilus such as an erect inflorescence, hairs on the lip and laterally flattened two-leafed pseudobulbs. In its current
phylogenetic position it is a remnant of an ancestral lineage
of clade C. This hypothesis is supported by the recent discovery of a new species which is sister to B. cardiobulbum
(Fischer et al., unpublished data). Therefore we propose
to put it in a section of its own, to make section Calamaria
monophyletic.
The monotypic section Polyradices (Fischer et al., 2007)
comprises only B. petrae. This species is tiny, lacks spiral
vessels and has densely clustered and bilaterally flattened
unifoliate pseudobulbs (Fig. 3A and B). Its few-flowered
inflorescence is sessile, and the sepals, petals and lip are glabrous (Fig. 3H) but the former are finely papillose on the
margin and the latter is slightly papillose beneath. This
unique combination of morphological characters is consistent with the isolated position as part of the basal polytomy
in our combined molecular phylogeny.
4.2. Evolution of inflorescence development and resupination
Resupinate orchid flowers were drawn by several
authors as early as the 16th and 17th century (Arditti,
2002). Linnaeus (1780) first employed the term ‘florum
resupinatio’ for unfolding movements of flowers and Goebel (1924) subsequently attempted to classify the different
ways in which resupination occurs in orchid flowers. Goebel acknowledged the fact that for many orchids, the movement and the positioning of the inflorescence are important
for resupination and he recognized separate categories of
erect, horizontal and pendulous inflorescences. The ten different ways of inflorescence development of Madagascan
species of Bulbophyllum (Plate 1) will now be discussed
according to these categories. The peduncle and lateral
sepals have been indicated in dark and light grey, respectively, to clarify the position of the different organs during
inflorescence development (Fig. 4). The evolution of the
different types of inflorescence development is inferred by
mapping them on the combined molecular phylogeny of
Madagascan Bulbophyllum.
In erect inflorescences, Goebel distinguished flowers
which remain unaltered in their position from those whose
position is altered during development. Erect inflorescences
with non-resupinate flowers (Fig. 4: Type A) occur in Madagascan Bulbophyllum mainly in section Kainochilus, of
which several species have inflorescences of this type. Species closely related to B. alexandrae sect. Kainochilus likewise have erect inflorescences and non-resupinate flowers
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Plate 1. Overview of different types of inflorescences in Bulbophyllum species from Madagascar.
but with pedicels oriented in an angle up to 135 between
the base and apex of the pedicel by apical drooping, reversing the lateral sepals (grey coloured in Fig. 4: Type B) from
the most abaxial in the most adaxial position (Fig. 4: Type
B), which also occur in B. cardiobulbum sect. Calamaria.
When inflorescence development is mapped on the combined molecular phylogeny (Fig. 5), Type B inflorescences
evolved from an ancestor bearing either erect inflorescences
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Types of inflorescence development
Resupination
B
A
C
D1
D2
E1
E2
F
G
H
Fig. 4. Schematic overview of inflorescence development in Bulbophyllum species of Madagascar. A description of the different types is given in Fig. 5.
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Kainochilus
Polyradices
Bifalcula
Humblotiorchis
Calamaria
Alcistachys
Lichenophylax
Trichopus
Pantoblepharon
Micromonanthe
Pachychlamys
Hymenosepalum
Elasmotopus
Pachychlamys
Ploiarium
Types of inflorescence development
(A)
Erect inflorescence, flowers not resupinate
(B)
Erect inflorescence, apical drooping of the pedicel up to 135 degrees,
flowers not resupinate
(C) Erect inflorescence, torsion of the pedicel with/without apical drooping
of the peduncle, all flowers resupinate
(D1) Erect inflorescence, apical drooping of the peduncle up to 135 degrees,
youngest flowers resupinate
(D2) Erect inflorescence, apical drooping of the peduncle up to 135 degrees
and drooping of the oldest flowers, all flowers resupinate
(E1) Erect inflorescence, drooping of the peduncle up to 90 degrees, flowers not resupinate
Loxosepalum
(E2) Erect inflorescence, drooping of the peduncle up to 180 degrees, all flowers resupinate
(F)
Erect inflorescence, apical drooping and torsion of the rhachis, all flowers resupinate
(G) Pendulous inflorescence, all flowers resupinate
Micromonanthe
Lepiophylax
(H) Erect inflorescence, apical drooping of the peduncle, flower resupinate
equivocal
Fig. 5. Reconstruction of character state evolution of inflorescence development mapped on the combined (nrITS and cpDNA) phylogeny using a
maximum parsimony assumption (ACCTRAN and DELTRAN optimization) with the Trace Character option in MacClade.
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with non-resupinate flowers (Type A) or resupinate flowers
with the peduncle apically drooping up to 180 as compared to its original upright position (Type E2). For the
inflorescences in which the position is altered, Goebel made
a distinction between species in which the apical part of the
inflorescence droops and those in which torsion of the pedicel and ovary occurs. Zimmermann (1933) followed Goebel’s basic types but distinguished more subclasses, which
are discussed in respect to Madagascan Bulbophyllum.
Erect inflorescences with resupinate flowers resulting from
twisted pedicels and peduncles with or without apical
drooping (Fig. 4: Type C) only have been observed in sections Pantoblepharon and Trichopus. Regardless whether
the peduncle is erect or drooping, all flowers face the same
direction, which provides additional support for the
hypothesis that they are closely related. Erect inflorescences
with resupinate flowers by apical drooping and torsion of
the rachis (Fig. 4: Type F) mainly evolved in sections
Elasmotopus and Pachychlamys and in some species of sections Calamaria and Ploiarium. Type F seems to have
evolved from either Type E1 or E2 (Fig. 5). The apical
drooping of the rachis is clearly an active growth mechanism as inflorescences stretched out with wire start to elongate until tension of the wire slackened after which they
continue drooping again (Fischer, unpublished data). Erect
inflorescences with a solitary, resupinate flower by apical
drooping of the peduncle (Fig. 4: Type H) occurs in Madagascan Bulbophyllum only in section Lichenophylax but is
very common in Asian Bulbophyllum. Type H is different
from Type C by the fact that resupination of the single
flowers occurs by apical drooping of the peduncle only
whereas the multiple flowers of Type C become resupinate
by torsion of the pedicel as well.
Resupination of flowers on horizontal inflorescences
were first described for African species of Bulbophyllum
belonging to section Megaclinium by Goebel (1924). Zimmermann (1933) recognized two types of resupination in
these species: in the first, the flowers remain unaltered in
the same position whereas in the second, the ovary twists
in such a way that the lip becomes the lowermost part of
the perianth. Although our observations correspond to
the basic principles described by Goebel (1924) and Zimmermann (1933), there seem to be many additional intermediate types of resupination in Madagascan species of
Bulbophyllum that may also involve apical drooping of
the inflorescence axis. Erect inflorescences with young,
resupinate flowers by apical drooping of the inflorescence
axis up to 135 (Fig. 4: Type D1) and erect inflorescences
with resupinate flowers of all ages by apical drooping of
the inflorescence axis up to 135 and drooping of the oldest
flowers (Fig. 4: Type D2) evolved in sections Loxosepalum
and Lepiophylax. Whether Type D2 is derived from Type
D1 remains unclear, as the topology of the molecular phylogeny is not sufficiently resolved. Erect inflorescences with
non-resupinate flowers and drooping of the peduncle up to
90 (Fig. 4: Type E1) predominantly evolved in section
Ploiarium. The angle of drooping varies considerably
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between species, and some members of this section also
have erect inflorescences with apical drooping and torsion
of the rachis (Type F) or without resupinate flowers
(Fig. 5: Type A). Erect inflorescences with resupinate flowers by drooping of the peduncle up to 150–180 (Fig. 4:
Type E2) is common in section Alcistachys and also
evolved in section Calamaria.
For pendulous inflorescences, Goebel (1924) stated that
flowers are always resupinate and that resupination can
occur in multiple ways. In the Madagascan species of
Bulbophyllum, only a single type occurs without any torsion
or drooping of the peduncle (Fig. 4: Type G), which is also
common in members of Dendrobiinae, Gongorinae and
Stanhopeinae (Goebel, 1924; Zimmermann, 1933). Type
G evolved several times in Madagascan Bulbophyllum in
each of these sections Calamaria, Ploiarium and
Polyradices.
Experiments were carried out on species exhibiting
almost all types of inflorescence development to clarify
whether movements of floral parts are an active physiological process or passive based on gravitational forces (Zimmermann, 1933; Ames, 1938; Arditti, 2002; Hill, 1939;
Nyman et al., 1984, 1985; Ernst and Arditti, 1994; Went,
1926). Plants placed upside down in early bud stages
always developed their inflorescences in such a way that
the lip ultimately obtained the lowermost position in the
flower, which suggests that resupination is influenced by
gravity. Exclusion of light did not inhibit or eliminate
resupination, but removal of auxin sources from the flower,
such as gynostemia or ovaries did. Orchid flowers were
generally found to be temporarily sensitive to resupination
during specific (mostly early) stages of development only.
This would explain why only a portion of the flowers of
Type D1 end up resupinate: by the time the rachis stops
drooping apically, the lowermost flowers are too old to
respond to gravity. The direction of torsion of the pedicel
and ovary of Madagascan Bulbophyllum can be clockwise
or counterclockwise. For some species the direction of
turning is random (Type D2), whereas others turn their
buds in a single direction only (Type C). Regarding the
functional significance of resupination, no empirical evidence has yet been collected, but it is assumed that resupination may facilitate pollination by providing landing
platforms for pollinators, exposing labella to sunlight for
optimal display of ultraviolet or colour patterns, raising
the temperature of labella to volatilize scents, providing
space for opening flowers, and/or protecting young flower
buds (Arditti, 2002). A hitherto overlooked explanation
could be that resupination also facilitates the positioning
of pollinia on specific parts of the body of pollinators so
that hybridization between sympatric or pollinator-sharing
species is prevented. The different orientation of flowers
may lead to pre-zygotic isolation promoting speciation,
and is therefore of evolutionary significance.
Studies analysing resupination in a phylogenetic context
are scarce. Clark and Zimmer (2003) and Lavin et al.
(2003) discovered flower resupination to be an important
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synapomorphy for clades in molecular phylogenies of the
genera Alloplectus (Gesneriaceae) and Poissonia (Fabaceae), respectively. The results of these studies indicate that
resupination can be of systematic value. However, in Madagascan Bulbophyllum, despite the characterization of various clades by a unique resupination type, there are also
multiple independent transitions from one type to the
other, underscoring the fact that resupination can also be
evolutionary fairly labile.
With the molecular phylogenetic framework for Madagascan Bulbophyllum reconstructed here, more knowledge
about the evolution of resupination in orchids was
achieved. Resupination by apical drooping of the rachis
seems to have evolved from apical drooping of the peduncle. Erect inflorescences with non-resupinate flowers have
evolved several times into either erect inflorescences with
(partly) non-resupinate flowers or pendulous inflorescences
with resupinate flowers. The genetics of resupination in
Madagascan Bulbophyllum is now being investigated by
crossing species from sister groups with different resupination types for quantitative trait loci (QTL) analysis as
done previously by Hodges et al. (2002) for species of Aquilegia differing in floral orientation. Interspecific crossing
have already successfully been made for this purpose by
Fischer et al. (unpublished data). Although nothing is
known about the genetics underlying the various inflorescence types characterized in the present study, yet, it seems
feasible that only a small number of genes is involved
because of (i) the recurrent evolution of the same inflorescence type (Fig. 5: Types A, D, E, F, G); and (ii) the often
simple genetic basis of flower orientation known from
other plant groups (Hodges et al., 2002; Prazmo, 1965).
The evolution of an ecological and evolutionary interesting
process is finally better understood. Hopefully, unraveling
the genetics of resupination will follow in the not too distant future.
Acknowledgments
We wish to express our thanks to Joseph Arditti and two
anonymous reviewers for very useful feedback on earlier
drafts of this manuscript, Jaap Vermeulen (National Herbarium of The Netherlands, Leiden University) for useful
comments on the taxonomy and molecular systematics of
Bulbophyllum, Mark Chase and the Kew DNA Bank for
DNA aliquots, Hans Peter Comes for various discussions,
Justin Moat for species distribution data, Johan Hermanns
and Thierry Pailler for plant material and help in identifications, literature and herbarium research, Jean Noel
Labat and Jean Bosser for help with herbarium material,
Solo Rapanarivo for facilities and hospitality in PBZT
(Parc Botanique et Zoologique de Tsimbazaza), DEF
(Department des Eaux et Fôrets, Madagascar) for the collaboration and collecting permits, the National History
Museum in Paris for type specimens and Maria Pichler
for assistance in the lab. The staff of the Oakes Ames Orchid Library at Harvard University is thanked for assistance
in obtaining rare literature. The present work was carried
out in the context of Austrian Science Fund project
FWF-17124-Bio to G.A.F. and M.K. and a Fulbright
Junior Scholarship and Netherlands Organisation for
Scientific Research Grant MV 8.0.010 to B.G.
Appendix A
List of taxa studied
Section
Species
Geographic origin
Herbarium/Voucher Genbank accession number
Alcistachys
Alcistachys
Bulbophyllum occlusum Ridl.
B. sulfureum Schltr.
WU/FS722
WU/FS1585
EF196040 EF200127 EF200253 EF200381 EF202196
EF196071 EF200128 EF200254 EF200382 EF202197
Alcistachys
Bifalcula
Bifalcula
Bifalcula
Bifalcula
Calamaria
Calamaria
Calamaria
Calamaria
Calamaria
Calamaria
Calamaria
Calamaria
B.
B.
B.
B.
B.
B.
B.
B.
B.
B.
B.
B.
B.
WU/FS799
WU/FS1010
WU/FS1207
WU/FS1006
WU/FS1298
SZU/OR1042003
WU/FS1315
WU/FS2229
WU/FS2124
WU/FS2019
WU/FS863
WU/FS1133
WU/FS826
EF196074
EF195966
EF196031
EF196061
EF633602
EF195964
EF195967
EF195975
EF195974
EF195973
EF195976
EF195983
EF196028
Calamaria
Calamaria
B. lecouflei Bosser
B. obtusatum (Jum. & H. Perrier)
Schltr.
B. occultum Thouars
B. pervillei Rolfe ex Elliot
B. sambiranense Jum. & H. Perrier
B. sp. nov.
B. trifarium Rolfe
B. sambiranense Jum. & H. Perrier
B. longiflorum Thouars
B. longiflorum Thouars
B. aubrevillei Bosser
B. aubrevillei Bosser
B. francoisii H. Perrier
B. francoisii H. Perrier
B. oxycalyx Schltr.
B. oxycalyx Schltr. var. rubescens
(Schltr.) Bosser
B. rauhii Toill.-Gen. & Bosser
B. rauhii Toill.-Gen. & Bosser var.
andranobeense Bosser
B. sp. nov.
B. amphorimorphum H. Perrier
B. humblottii Rolfe
B. analamazoatrae Schltr.
B. analamazoatrae Schltr. var. nov.
B. alexandrae Schltr.
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., road to Lakato
Madagascar, Fianarantsoa Prov., road to
Ranomafana
Madagascar, Fianarantsoa Prov., Farafangana
Madagascar, Fianarantsoa Prov., Farafangana
Madagascar, Mahajanga Prov., Ambanja
Madagascar, Fianarantsoa Prov., Farafangana
Madagascar, Mahajanga Prov., Ambanja
Madagascar, Fianarantsoa Prov., Farafangana
Madagascar, Antananarivo Prov., Anjozorobe
Madagascar, Antananarivo Prov., Tsinjoarivo
Madagascar, Toliara Prov., Analavelona
Madagascar, Fianarantsoa Prov., Andringitra
Madagascar, Fianarantsoa Prov., Irondro
Madagascar, Mahajanga Prov., Antsonihy
Madagascar, Fianarantsoa Prov., between
Ifanadiana and Kianjavato
Madagascar, Antsiranana Prov., Daraina
Madagascar, Mahajanga Prov., Mangindrano
WU/FS1278
WU/FS1170
EF196029 EF200139 EF200263 EF200393 EF202207
EF196039 EF200140 EF200264 EF200395 EF202209
nrITS
Elasmotopus
Elasmotopus
EF200141
EF200143
EF200145
EF200144
EF200146
EF200147
EF200150
EF200151
EF200155
—
EF200162
EF200156
EF200161
EF200157
EF200251
EF200256
EF200257
EF200255
—
—
EF200258
EF200262
EF200261
EF200260
EF200259
—
EF200266
EF200379
EF200383
EF200385
EF200386
—
EF200387
EF200384
EF200390
EF200391
EF200389
EF200388
EF200392
EF200396
EF200394
EF200400
EF200398
EF200397
EF200399
EF200401
EF200405
EF200406
EF200410
—
EF200417
EF200411
EF200416
EF200412
trnD
EF202194
—
EF202199
EF202198
—
EF202200
EF202201
EF202205
EF202204
EF202203
EF202202
EF202206
EF202210
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., Lakato
Madagascar, Fianarantsoa Prov., Farafangana
Madagascar, Tana flower market
Madagascar, Antsiranana Prov., Daraina
Madagascar, Mahajanga, Ambanja
Madagascar, Mahajanga, Mangindrano
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., Masoala
La Réunion
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., Maromizaha
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., road to Lakato
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., Ambatovy
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., road to Lakato
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., Ambatovy
Madagascar, Antananarivo Prov., Tampoketsa
d’Ankzobe
Madagascar, Antananarivo Prov., Anjozorobe
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., Andasibe
WU/FS617
WU/FS818
WU/FS1459
WU/FS1232
WU/FS1224
WU/FS1173
K/Chase 14645
WU/OR7272003
K/Hermans 5200
WU/FS620
WU/FS795
WU/FS691
SZU/OR1332003
K/Hermans 5490
EF196041
EF196049
EF196057
EF196062
EF196072
EF195989
EF196023
EF196024
EF195962
EF195961
EF195978
EF195977
EF196044
EF196045
WU/FS1326
WU/FS1435
EF196054 EF200158 EF200283 EF200413 EF202223
EF196055 EF200159 EF200284 EF200414 EF202224
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., road to Lakato
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., Maromizaha
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., Ambatovy
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., Ambatovy
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., road to Lakato
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., Ambatovy
WU/FS688
K/Hermans 5173
WU/FS1008
WU/FS773
SZU/OR8282003
WU/FS779
EF196067
EF196069
EF195986
EF195956
EF195957
EF195952
EF200160
EF200163
EF200148
EF200153
EF200154
EF200164
EF200265
EF200267
EF200269
EF200268
EF200270
EF200271
EF200275
EF200276
EF200281
EF200280
EF200288
EF200287
EF200286
EF200282
psbA
EF200285 EF200415
EF200289 EF200418
EF200272 EF200402
EF200278 EF200408
EF200279 EF200409
EF200290 EF200419
(continued on
EF202208
EF202214
EF202212
EF202211
EF202213
EF202215
EF202323
EF202324
EF202220
EF202219
EF202227
EF202221
EF202226
EF202222
EF202225
EF202228
EF202216
EF202217
EF202218
EF202229
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Elasmotopus
Elasmotopus
Humblotiorchis
Hymenosepalum
Hymenosepalum
Kainochilus
EF200125
EF200129
EF200130
EF200131
—
EF200132
EF200133
EF200137
EF200136
EF200135
EF200134
EF200138
EF200142
ndhJ
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Calamaria
Calamaria
Calamaria
Calamaria
Calamaria
Calamaria
Cirrhopetalum
Cirrhopetalum
Elasmotopus
Elasmotopus
Elasmotopus
Elasmotopus
Elasmotopus
Elasmotopus
variegatum Thouars
capuronii Bosser
minutum Thouars
implexum Jum. & H. Perrier
complanatum H. Perrier
bicoloratum Schltr.
cardiobulbum Bosser
sambiranense Jum. & H. Perrier
sambiranense Jum. & H. Perrier
sambiranense Jum. & H. Perrier
elliottii Rolfe
hildebrandtii Rchb. f.
quadrifarium Rolfe
trnL–F
372
Appendix A (continued)
Section
Species
Geographic origin
Herbarium/Voucher Genbank accession number
Kainochilus
Kainochilus
B. anjozorobeense Bosser
B. edentatum H. Perrier
WU/FS1457
WU/FS866
EF195958 —
—
EF200420 EF202230
EF195972 EF200165 EF200291 EF200421 EF202231
Kainochilus
Kainochilus
B. horizontale Bosser
B. imerinense Schltr.
WU/AJL148
WU/FS901
EF195984 —
—
EF200422 EF202232
EF195987 EF200166 EF200292 EF200423 EF202233
Lepiophylax
Lichenophylax
Lichenophylax
Lichenophylax
B.
B.
B.
B.
WU/FS769
WU/FS880
WU/FS709
WU/FS1552
EF196059
EF195980
EF196060
EF196063
Loxosepalum
Loxosepalum
B. aff. baronii Ridl.
B. aff. baronii Ridl.
WU/FS949
WU/FS869
EF195946 EF200170 EF200310 EF200441 EF202251
EF195944 EF200187 EF200314 EF200445 EF202255
Loxosepalum
B. aff. baronii Ridl.
WU/FS937
EF195945 EF200196 —
EF200453 EF202263
Loxosepalum
Loxosepalum
Loxosepalum
Loxosepalum
Loxosepalum
Loxosepalum
B.
B.
B.
B.
B.
B.
aff. baronii Ridl.
aff. sphaerobulbum H. Perrier
aff. sphaerobulbum H. Perrier
alleizettei Schltr.
ambatoavense Bosser
amoenum Bosser
WU/FS988
WU/FS612
WU/FS798
WU/FS746
SZU/OR2282003
WU/FS932
EF195947
EF195950
EF195949
EF195953
EF195954
EF195955
EF200199
EF200190
EF200188
EF200201
EF200174
EF200169
EF200324
EF200317
EF200315
EF200326
EF200300
EF200295
EF200456
EF200448
EF200446
EF200458
EF200432
EF200426
EF202266
EF202258
EF202256
EF202268
EF202242
EF202237
Loxosepalum
Loxosepalum
Loxosepalum
Loxosepalum
B.
B.
B.
B.
approximatum Ridl.
leandrianum H. Perrier
marovoense H. Perrier
melleum H. Perrier
WU/FS633
WU/FS1028
SZU/OR2642003
K/Hermans 5483
EF195960
EF196021
EF196027
EF196030
EF200194
EF200173
EF200175
EF200176
EF200319
EF200298
EF200301
EF200302
EF200451
EF200429
EF200431
EF200430
EF202261
EF202240
EF202243
EF202241
Loxosepalum
B. ochrochlamys Schltr.
WU/FS871
EF196042 EF200181 EF200299 EF200437 EF202248
Loxosepalum
Loxosepalum
Loxosepalum
Loxosepalum
Loxosepalum
Loxosepalum
Loxosepalum
B.
B.
B.
B.
B.
B.
B.
WU/FS741
WU/FS1651
WU/FS683
WU/O00316-1
WU/FS745
WU/FS640
WU/FS874
EF196001
EF195994
EF195999
EF196014
EF196002
EF196075
EF196005
Loxosepalum
B. sp.
WU/FS933
EF196007 EF200189 EF200316 EF200447 EF202257
Loxosepalum
Loxosepalum
Loxosepalum
Loxosepalum
Loxosepalum
Loxosepalum
Loxosepalum
Loxosepalum
B.
B.
B.
B.
B.
B.
B.
B.
Madagascar, Tana flower market
Madagascar, Fianarantsoa Prov.,
Ambalamanaka
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., Ambatovy
Madagascar, Fianarantsoa Prov., road to
Ranomafana
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., Ambatovy
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., road to Lakato
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., road to Lakato
Madagascar, Fianarantsoa Prov.,
Ambinanindrano
Madagascar, Antananarivo Prov., Mount Ibity
Madagascar, Fianarantsoa Prov., road to
Ranomafana
Madagascar, Fianarantsoa Prov., road to
Ranomafana
Madagascar
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., road to Lakato
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., Ambatovy
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., Ambatovy
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., road to Lakato
Madagascar, Fianarantsoa Prov., road to
Ranomafana
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., road to Lakato
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., road to Lakato
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., Ambatovy
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., Col de
Mantady
Madagascar, Fianarantsoa Prov., road to
Ranomafana
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., Ambatovy
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov.
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., road to Lakato
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., Ambatovy
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., Ambatovy
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., road to Lakato
Madagascar, Fianarantsoa Prov., road to
Ranomafana
Madagascar, Fianarantsoa Prov., road to
Ranomafana
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., road to Lakato
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., Ambatovy
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., road to Lakato
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., road to Lakato
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., road to Lakato
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov.
Mauritius
Mauritius
WU/FS674
WU/FS787
WU/FS650
K/Hermans 5233
SZU/OR3482003
SZU/OR2902003
WU/099B147-1
WU/099B148-1
EF195998
EF196003
EF195996
EF196012
EF196018
EF196017
EF196037
EF196038
nrITS
sp.
sp.
aff. baronii Ridl.
sp.
sp.
ventriosum H. Perrier
sp.
sp.
sp.
sp.
sp.
sp.
sp.
nutans (Thouars) Thouars
nutans (Thouars) Thouars
EF200182
EF200167
—
EF200168
EF200200
EF200183
EF200184
EF200203
EF200195
EF200191
EF200193
EF200192
EF200185
EF200186
EF200202
EF200198
EF200197
EF200180
EF200179
ndhJ
EF200307
EF200293
—
EF200294
EF200325
EF200309
EF200311
EF200328
EF200321
EF200308
EF200320
EF200318
EF200312
EF200313
EF200327
EF200323
—
EF200306
EF200305
psbA
EF200438
EF200424
—
EF200425
EF200457
EF200440
EF200442
EF200460
EF200452
EF200439
EF200450
EF200449
EF200443
EF200444
EF200459
EF200455
EF200454
EF200436
EF200435
trnD
—
EF202234
EF202235
EF202236
EF202267
EF202250
EF202252
EF202270
EF202262
EF202249
EF202260
EF202259
EF202253
EF202254
EF202269
EF202265
EF202264
EF202247
EF202246
G.A. Fischer et al. / Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 45 (2007) 358–376
sciaphile Bosser
hapalanthos Garay
sp. nov.
sp. nov.
trnL–F
B. nutans (Thouars) Thouars
Loxosepalum
B. nutans (Thouars) Thouars
Micromonanthe
Micromonanthe
Micromonanthe
Pachychlamys
B.
B.
B.
B.
Pachychlamys
Pachychlamys
Pachychlamys
B. liparidioides Schltr.
B. longivaginans H. Perrier
B. longivaginans H. Perrier
Pachychlamys
Pachychlamys
Pachychlamys
Pachychlamys
Pachychlamys
Pachychlamys
Pachychlamys
Pantoblepharon
B. molossus Rchb. f.
B. pachypus Schltr.
B. pachypus Schltr.
B. sandrangatense Bosser
B. vestitum Bosser var. meridionale
Bosser
B. vestitum Bosser
B. sp.
B. pantoblepharon Schltr.
Pantoblepharon
B. pleurothallopsis Schltr.
Ploiarium
Ploiarium
B. aff. labatii Bosser
B. aggregatum Bosser
Ploiarium
Ploiarium
B. ankaizinense (Jum. & H. Perrier)
Schltr.
B. auriflorum H. Perrier
B. coriophorum Ridl.
B. hamelinii W. Watson
B. henrici Schltr. var. rectangulare
H. Perrier
B. henrici Schltr. var. rectangulare
H. Perrier
B. humbertii Schltr.
Ploiarium
Ploiarium
Ploiarium
B. insolitum Bosser
B. jackyi G. A. Fischer, et al.
B. cyclanthum Schltr.
Ploiarium
B. nitens Jum. & H. Perrier
Ploiarium
Ploiarium
Ploiarium
B. oreodorum Schltr.
B. peyrotii Bosser
B. platypodum H. Perrier
Ploiarium
Ploiarium
B. rubiginosum Schltr.
B. sp. nov.
Ploiarium
Ploiarium
Ploiarium
Ploiarium
Ploiarium
calyptropus Schltr.
conchidioides Ridl.
muscicola Schltr.
ikongoense H. Perrier
Madagascar, Fianarantsoa Prov., road to
Ranomafana
Madagascar, Fianarantsoa Prov., road to
Ranomafana
Madagascar, Antananarivo Prov., Tsinjoarivo
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., road to Lakato
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., Ambatovy
Madagascar, Fianarantsoa Prov.,
Ambinanindrano
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., road to Lakato
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., Andasibe
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., Ambavanasy
Forest
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., road to Lakato
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., road to Lakato
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., road to Lakato
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., road to Lakato
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., Andasibe
WU/FS971
EF196036 EF200178 EF200304 EF200434 EF202245
WU/FS970
EF196035 EF200177 EF200303 EF200433 EF202244
WU/FS2202
WU/FS682
WU/FS790
WU/FS1514
EF195965
EF195969
EF196033
—
WU/FS706
WU/FS1402
WU/O0083-1
EF196022 EF200205 EF200330 EF200462 EF202272
EF196025 EF200206 EF200332 EF200463 EF202273
EF196026 EF200207 EF200331 EF200464 EF202274
WU/FS622
SZU/OR3822003
SZU/OR432003
WU/FS661
K/Hermans 4943
EF196032
EF196046
EF196047
EF196058
EF196068
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., road to Lakato
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., road to Lakato
Madagascar, Fianarantsoa Prov., road to
Ranomafana
Madagascar, Fianarantsoa Prov.,
Ambalamanaka
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., Ambatovy
Madagascar, Fianarantsoa Prov., between
Ifanadiana and Kianjavato
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., Ambatovy
WU/FS631
WU/FS669
WU/FS975
EF196076 EF200212 EF200337 EF200469 EF202279
EF195997 EF200213 EF200338 EF200470 EF202280
EF196048 EF200248 EF200376 EF200507 EF202319
SZU/OR1872003
EF196053 EF200249 EF200377 EF200508 EF202320
WU/FS737
WU/FS832
EF195948 EF200226 EF200354 —
EF202296
EF195951 EF200215 EF200340 EF200472 EF202282
SZU/OR3372003
EF195959 EF200235 EF200364 EF200495 EF202306
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., Andasibe
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., road to Lakato
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., road to Lakato
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., road to Lakato
K/Hermans 4871
SZU/OR1172003
SZU/OR772003
WU/FS656
EF195963
EF195970
EF195979
EF195981
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., Ambatovy
SZU/OR3442003
EF195982 EF200231 EF200360 EF200491 EF202290
Madagascar, Fianarantsoa Prov., south of
Ambositra
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., road to Lakato
Madagascar, Fianarantsoa Prov., Farafangana
Madagascar, Fianarantsoa Prov., road to
Ranomafana
Madagascar, Fianarantsoa Prov., road to
Ranomafana
Madagascar, Fianarantsoa Prov., Andringitra
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., Ambatovy
Madagascar, Fianarantsoa Prov., road to
Ranomafana
Madagascar, Fianarantsoa Prov., Farafangana
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., road to Lakato
K/Hermans 3466
EF195985 EF200218 EF200345 EF200477 EF202287
WU/FS648
WU/FS868
K/Hermans 5571
EF196019 EF200219 EF200346 EF200478 EF202288
EF196020 EF200225 EF200353 EF200485 EF202295
EF195971 —
EF200347 EF200479 EF202289
WU/FS870
EF196034 EF200228 EF200356 EF200487 EF202298
WU/FS2011
SZU/OR3762003
K/Hermans 5046
EF196043 EF200221 EF200349 EF200481 EF202291
EF196051 EF200222 EF200350 EF200482 EF202292
EF196052 EF200223 EF200351 EF200483 EF202293
WU/FS1035
WU/FS602
EF196056 EF200232 EF200361 EF200492 EF202303
EF196066 EF200236 EF200365 —
EF202307
(continued on next page)
EF200171
EF200172
EF200247
EF200204
EF200208
EF200214
EF200209
EF200210
EF200211
—
EF200216
EF200126
EF200220
EF200296
EF200297
—
EF200329
EF200333
EF200339
EF200334
EF200335
EF200336
EF200341
EF200343
EF200252
EF200348
EF200427
EF200428
EF200506
EF200461
EF200465
EF200471
EF200466
EF200467
EF200468
EF200473
EF200474
EF200380
EF200480
EF202238
EF202239
EF202318
EF202271
EF202275
EF202281
EF202276
EF202277
EF202278
EF202283
EF202284
EF202195
EF202302
G.A. Fischer et al. / Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 45 (2007) 358–376
Loxosepalum
373
374
Appendix A (continued)
Section
Species
Geographic origin
Herbarium/Voucher Genbank accession number
nrITS
B. sp. nov.
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., Ambavanasy
Forest
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., road to Lakato
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., road to Lakato
Madagascar, Fianarantsoa Prov., road to
Ranomafana
Madagascar, Fianarantsoa Prov., road to
Ranomafana
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., Ambatovy
Madagascar, Fiananrantsoa, Ambalamanaka
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., Col de
Mantady
Madagascar, Fianarantsoa Prov., road to
Ranomafana
Madagascar, Fianarantsoa Prov., between
Ifanadiana and Kianjavato
Madagascar, Fianarantsoa Prov., road to
Ranomafana
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., road to Lakato
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., road to Lakato
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., Didy
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., Ambatovy
Madagascar, Fianarantsoa Prov., Col de Tapia
Madagascar, Fianarantsoa Prov., road to
Ranomafana
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., Didy
Madagascar, Fianarantsoa Prov., Andasibe
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., Ambatovy
Madagascar, Toamasina Prov., road to Lakato
Madagascar, Fianarantsoa Prov., road to
Ranomafana
Asia
Philippines, Luzon
Africa
Malaysia
Venezuela
unknown
Ploiarium
Ploiarium
Ploiarium
B. sp. nov.
B. sp. nov.
B. turkii Bosser & P. J. Cribb
Ploiarium
B. sp.
Ploiarium
Ploiarium
Ploiarium
B. sp.
B. sp.
B. sp.
Ploiarium
B. sp.
Ploiarium
B. sp.
Ploiarium
B. sp.
Ploiarium
Ploiarium
Ploiarium
Ploiarium
Ploiarium
Ploiarium
B.
B.
B.
B.
B.
B.
sp.
sp.
sp.
sp.
sp.
sp.
Ploiarium
Ploiarium
Polyradices
Trichopus
Trichopus
B.
B.
B.
B.
B.
sp.
sp.
petrae G. A. Fischer et al.
ciliatilabrum H. Perrier
sp.
Sestochilus
Sestochilus
Group 1 (Vermeulen, 1987)
Cirrhopetalum
Bolbophyllaria
Cirrhopetalum
B.
B.
B.
B.
B.
B.
affine Lindl.
alsiosum Ames
barbigerum Lindl.
biflorum Teijsm. & Binn.
bracteolatum Lindl.
burfordiense Hort. ex Garay et al.
Xiphizusa
B. aff. chloropterum Rchb. f.
Brasil, Bahia, Jussari
Bolbophyllaria
B. cribbianum Toscano
Brasil, Bahia, Mucugê
Cirrhopetalum
Sestochilus
Sestochilus
B. cumingii (Lindl.) Rchb. f.
B. dearei (Hort.) Rchb.f.
B. dearei (Hort.) Rchb.f.
Philippines, Mindanao
Philippines, Mindanao
Philippines, Mindanao
ndhJ
psbA
trnD
WU/O00165-1
EF196070 EF200237 EF200366 EF200496 EF202308
WU/FS1946
WU/FS1926
WU/FS1595
EF196065 EF200245 EF200374 EF200504 EF202316
EF196064 EF200244 EF200373 EF200503 EF202315
EF196073 EF200224 EF200352 EF200484 EF202294
WU/FS958
EF196009 —
WU/O00437-1
WU/FS1558
K/Hermans 4887
EF196015 EF200238 EF200367 EF200497 EF202309
EF195991 EF200242 EF200371 EF200501 EF202313
EF196013 EF200240 EF200369 EF200499 EF202311
WU/FS1610
EF195992 EF200243 EF200372 EF200502 EF202314
WU/FS833
EF196004 EF200230 EF200359 EF200490 EF202301
WU/FS960
EF196010 EF200229 EF200357 EF200488 EF202299
WU/FS624
WU/FS711
WU/O00465-1
WU/FS1040
WU/FS1480
WU/FS943
EF195995
EF196000
EF196016
EF195988
EF195990
EF196008
—
EF200234
EF200239
EF200233
EF200241
EF200227
—
EF200363
EF200368
EF200362
EF200370
EF200355
—
EF200494
EF200498
EF200493
EF200500
EF200486
—
EF202305
EF202310
EF202304
EF202312
EF202297
WU/FS907
K/Hermans 3948
WU/FS2287
WU/FS604
WU/FS1622
EF196006
EF196011
EF196050
EF195968
EF195993
EF200217
—
EF200149
EF200246
EF200250
EF200344
EF200342
EF200273
EF200375
EF200378
EF200476
EF200475
EF200403
EF200505
EF200509
EF202286
EF202285
—
EF202317
EF202321
SZU/OR2281998
SZU/OR2771998
L/SBGO 1692
SZU/OR5791999
WU/ 5/80
M.W.K.Goh and
J.Elliot 1002
HUEFS/E.C.Smidt
308
HUEFS/E.L.Borba
2127
SZU/OR1811998
SZU/OR2271998
SZU/OR6061999
EF195916
EF195917
EF195918
EF195919
EF195920
AY273716
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
EF195921 —
—
—
—
EF195922 —
—
—
—
EF195923 —
EF195924 —
EF195925 —
EF200274 EF200404 EF202322
—
—
—
—
—
—
EF200358 EF200489 EF202300
G.A. Fischer et al. / Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 45 (2007) 358–376
Ploiarium
trnL–F
—
—
—
—
—
—
B. siamense Rchb. f.
B. smitinandii Seidenf. & Thorut
Sestochilus
Sestochilus
Thailand
Thailand
Indonesia, Java
Grand Comore, Haboho, Forêt de Bahani
Asia
Africa
Philippines, Luzon
Congo, Mayombe
Malaysia, Cameron Highlands
Thailand
Africa
unknown
Philippines, Mindanao
unknown
Brazil, Minas Gerais, Caldas
hamatipes J. J. Sm.
intertextum Lindl.
lobbii Lindl.
lupulinum Lindl.
macranthum Lindl.
mayombeense Garay
membranifolium Hook. f.
orectopetalum Garay et al.
oxychilum Schltr.
patens King ex Hook. f.
picturatum (Lodd.) Rchb.f.
pileatum Lindl.
plumosum (Barb. Rodr.) Cogn.
B.
B.
B.
B.
B.
B.
B.
B.
B.
B.
B.
B.
B.
Sestochilus
Group 1 (Vermeulen, 1987)
Sestochilus
Group 8 (Vermeulen, 1987)
Sestochilus
Undetermined
Sestochilus
Sestochilus
Group 1 (Vermeulen, 1987)
Sestochilus
Cirrhopetalum
Sestochilus
Xiphizusa
Herbarium acronyms are given before the collection numbers. All numbers from Kew refer to Kew DNA Bank numbers.
EF195942 —
EF195943 —
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
EF202325
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
EF200407
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
EF200322
—
EF200277
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
EF200152
—
—
EF195929
EF195930
EF195931
EF195932
EF195933
EF195934
EF195935
EF195936
EF195937
EF195938
EF195939
EF195940
EF195941
—
—
—
EF195928 —
Brasil, Minas Gerais, Carrancas
B. glutinosum (Barb. Rodr.) Cogn.
375
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