A molecular phylogeny of Calenduleae (Asteraceae) supports the transfer of Dimorphotheca polyptera DC. to Osteospermum L. Author Sadler, Robert Author Parker, Thaabiet Author Verboom, George Anthony Author Ellis, Allan G. Author Jackson, Mariëtte Author van Zyl, Juanita Author Manning, John Author Bergh, Nicola G. text South African Journal of Botany 2022 2022-12-31 151 234 245 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2022.09.001 journal article 286254 10.1016/j.sajb.2022.09.001 b979eeca-d31d-4aff-b189-e359e000db46 1727-9321 10496950

Table 2 Characteristics of the phylogenetic data. ’PI" indicates characters that are phylogenetically informative.

	ITS		trn L-F
Ɨ Garuleum comprises 8 species, according to Swelankomo (2013). Ƨ Dimorphotheca comprises 20 species, according to Nordenstam (1994a) and Nordenstam (2006). * Osteospermum comprises 88 species, including 15 species in O. sect. Calendula, according to a literature survey; species in O. sect. Calendula according to Meikle (1976).
	ITS DNA	ITS indels	trn L-F DNA	trn L-F indels	TOTAL / average:
Aligned length (bp)	677	56	805	45	1601 / 320
No. PI characters	200	20	85	29	351 / 70
% PI characters	29.5	35.7	10.6	64.4	46.9 / 9.4
No. (and percentage) of Calenduleae species represented	35 (30.2%)		31 (26.7%)		37 / 34
No. (and percentage) of Garuleum species represented Ɨ	5 (62.5%)		5 (62.5%)		5 / 5
No. (and percentage) of Dimorphotheca species represented Ƨ	7 (35%)		3 (15%)		7 / 6
No. (and percentage) of Osteospermum species represented*	23 (26.1%)		23 (26.1%)		25 / 24