Tackling convergent evolution, radiation and paraphyly: towards a modern classification of the giant genus Cyperus Universiteit Gent
Recent plant systematic research of Cyperus and its related genera resulted in new insights. The goal is to obtain a classification of Cyperus s.l. reflecting natural relationships. Based on molecular phylogenetic research, Cyperus s.l. is monophyletic (= the Cyperus clade), but Cyperus s.s. is paraphyletic since part of its species were placed in segregate genera. At the base, Cyperus s.l. species using C3 photosynthesis form a paraphyletic ...