MAJOR CLADES IN SOLANUMBASED ON ndhF SEQUENCE …ON ndhF SEQUENCE DATA Lynn Bohs ABSTRACT. Analysis...

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MAJOR CLADES IN SOLANUM BASED ON ndh F SEQUENCE DATA Lynn Bohs ABSTRACT . Analysis of sequence data from the chloroplast gene ndhF identifies at least 12 major well-supported clades within the genus Solanum. These are briefly described, given informal clade names, and compared with the groups recognized by previous Solanum workers. Non-molecular synapomorphies are proposed for many of the clades. Continued use of informal taxonomic designations is advocated for new infrageneric groups within Solanum. Key words: ndhF, phylogeny, Solanaceae, Solanum. 3

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  • MAJOR CLADES IN SOLANUM BASED ON ndhF SEQUENCE DATA

    Lynn Bohs

    ABSTRACT. Analysis of sequence data from the chloroplast gene ndhF identifies at least 12 major well-supported clades within the genus Solanum. These are brieflydescribed, given informal clade names, and compared with the groups recognized by previous Solanum workers. Non-molecular synapomorphies are proposed for many of the clades. Continued use of informal taxonomic designations is advocated for new infrageneric groups within Solanum.

    Key words: ndhF, phylogeny, Solanaceae, Solanum.

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    A FESTSCHRIFT FOR WILLIAM G. D’ARCY

    Solanum L., with approximately 1400species, is the largest and most diversegenus in the Solanaceae. Solanum is distinguished from most of the other

    genera in the tribe Solaneae by its poricidalanther dehiscence, a character present in nearlyall Solanum species and shared only with therelated genus Lycianthes. Although some previous authors considered Lycianthes to be partof Solanum, recent molecular studies have con-firmed the distinction between the two genera (Bohs & Olmstead, 1997; Olmstead & Palmer, 1997; Olmstead et al., 1999).Morphologically, Lycianthes is differentiated fromSolanum by differences in calyx structure (D’Arcy,1986).

    Although poricidal anther dehiscence is a rela-tively striking synapomorphy that allowsSolanum to be recognized as a genus, its divisioninto infrageneric subunits is less clear. Early work-ers attempted to divide Solanum into two largegroups based on spininess, anther morphology,or hair type. Linnaeus, for instance, dividedSolanum into two groups, Spinosa and Inermia,based on the presence or absence of spines(Linnaeus, 1753). Dunal, in his early treatments(Dunal, 1813, 1816), maintained this distinction ashis categories Aculeata and Inermia, but in hisSolanum treatment for DeCandolle’s Prodromus

    (Dunal, 1852) he established two major infra-generic divisions (“sections”) based on anthershape as well as presence or absence of spines. Hisgroup Pachystemonum encompassed species thatlack spines and have relatively short, broadanthers with large terminal pores which oftenenlarge into longitudinal slits, whereasLeptostemonum included prickly species with rel-atively narrow, distally tapered anthers with smallterminal pores that do not elongate with age.Bitter (1919) also recognized two major infra-generic groups, the subgenera Eusolanum andLeptostemonum, based on the same characters asDunal (1852). Seithe (1962), in contrast, dividedSolanum into two groups based not on spininessor anther morphology, but rather on hair type.She recognized two categories in Solanum at therank of “Chorus subgenerum,” distinguished bythe presence of unbranched or dendriticallybranched hairs (Chorus subgenerum Solanum)versus stellate hairs (Chorus subgenerumStellatipilum). Danert (1970) integrated charac-ters of branching patterns and shoot morphologywith previous systems, and, along with Gilli(1970), summarized the infrageneric groups rec-ognized by Bitter and Seithe.

    These works provided the elements of D’Arcy’s(1972) classification scheme and conspectus,which is the most widely used system today.

    1. Solanum subg. Archaesolanum Marzell

    ca. 8 species, Australian region

    2. Solanum subg. Bassovia (Aubl.) Bitter

    ca. 15 species, New World

    3. Solanum subg. Leptostemonum (Dunal) Bitter

    ca. 250–450 species, worldwide

    4. Solanum subg. Lyciosolanum Bitter

    1 species, South Africa

    5. Solanum subg. Minon Raf. [subg. Brevantherum(Seithe) D’Arcy, in D’Arcy (1972)]

    ca. 70 species, New World

    6. Solanum subg. Potatoe (G. Don) D’Arcy

    ca. 300 species, worldwide

    7. Solanum subg. Solanum

    200 species, worldwide

    TABLE 1.Solanum subgenera according to D’Arcy (1972, 1991).

  • MAJOR CLADES IN SOLANUM BASED ON ndhF SEQUENCE DATA

    D’Arcy’s scheme recognizes seven subgenera inSolanum (Table 1; D’Arcy, 1972, 1991). Theserange in size from the monotypic subgenusLyciosolanum to the subgenera Solanum,Leptostemonum, and Potatoe, each of which con-tains hundreds of species. In his 1972 paper,D’Arcy lectotypified all subgeneric names andprovided a provisional conspectus of Solanum. Inthis conspectus, Solanum subgenera, sections,and series are listed along with their respectivetype species, but all the component species ofeach infrageneric group are not listed, nor arethe characters given that circumscribe each of thegroups. D’Arcy (1991) made minor modificationsto this system. Whalen (1984) provided a detailedconspectus of Solanum subg. Leptostemonum(the spiny solanums). Subsequently, both Nee(1999) and Child and Lester (2001) provided infra-generic schemes for Solanum. Nee (1999) listedthe species that belong to each of his taxonomiccategories, but his system includes only NewWorld taxa. Child and Lester (2001), like D’Arcy(1972), listed only the type species for each oftheir infrageneric groups. Hunziker (2001) modi-fied D’Arcy’s (1972) system and provided descrip-tions and commentary for each recognized sec-tion. All of these classifications relied completelyon morphological data and, except for Whalen(1984), none utilized techniques of cladistic analysis.

    The advent of molecular data has revolutionizedthe field of plant systematics and has led to newinsights into phylogenetic relationships at all tax-onomic levels. In the Solanaceae, Olmstead andcolleagues have used restriction site andsequence data to examine phylogenetic relation-ships across the entire family (Olmstead & Palmer,1992; Olmstead et al., 1999). Molecular studiesabove the sectional level in Solanum include theworks of Spooner et al. (1993), Olmstead andPalmer (1997), and Bohs and Olmstead (1997,1999, 2001). These studies provide informationon major clades within Solanum, but none havesampled from all the subgenera recognized bymorphological systematists such as Bitter, Seithe,Danert, and D’Arcy.

    This paper presents results of a molecular phylo-genetic study designed to identify major clades

    within Solanum using sampling from a broadspectrum of Solanum subgroups. Results are pre-sented from an analysis of sequence data fromthe chloroplast gene ndhF. Sampling includesmembers of all seven of D’Arcy’s subgenera andover 40 of the 62 sections listed in D’Arcy (1991).All the sections listed in D’Arcy’s (1972) conspec-tus as well as many sections described after 1972are discussed in context of the major ndhF clades.Major lineages are described with informal cladenames and their component sectional groups arelisted. Possible non-molecular synapomorphiesare suggested for most of the identified clades.These characters have been taken from the gen-eral references listed above and from the person-al observations of the author. Although they mayprovide general guidelines for the recognition ofclades, this is not intended to be a substitute forthorough morphological analyses, as many of thesuggested characters are variable within cladesand may be found in more than one clade. A fewoverall recommendations are made for taxonom-ic rearrangements within the genus Solanum.Results of analyses using data from nuclear genessuch as ITS and waxy (Bohs, in prep.) and fromcombined chloroplast and nuclear sequence datasets will be presented in a future publication.

    MATERIALS AND METHODSSampling comprised 120 species of Solanaceae,including five outgroup genera from the tribeSolaneae. Outgroup taxa were chosen on thebasis of previously published results of Olmsteadet al. (1999) and Bohs and Olmstead (2001).Solanum taxa sampled included representativesof all seven of D’Arcy’s subgenera and a numberof sections or species groups thought to representdistinctive clades based on morphology.Collection and voucher information is given inTable 2.

    DNA was extracted from fresh or silica-driedleaves or, in rare cases, from herbarium speci-mens, using either the modified CTAB procedureof Doyle and Doyle (1987) or a microextractionprotocol that used QiaQuick columns and buffer(Qiagen, Inc.) in place of the isopropanol precipi-tation step in the CTAB procedure. Samples

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    extracted with the modified CTAB method werepurified using cesium chloride density gradientcentrifugation or a phenol-chloroform protocol.Amplification and sequencing of the ndhF geneused the primers and PCR program given in Bohsand Olmstead (1997). PCR products were cleanedusing QiaQuick spin columns and sequenced onan ABI automated sequencer. Sequences wereedited and contigs assembled using the programSequencher (Gene Codes Corp.). After a consen-sus sequence was obtained, it was aligned by eyeto a template sequence (Nicotiana tabacum L.).Base changes relative to the template sequencewere then double-checked against the chro-matograms. No alignment difficulties wereencountered in assembling the sequences into adata set in NEXUS file format. All new sequencesreported here have been submitted to GenBank(Table 2). The data set and resultant phylogenet-ic trees have been submitted to TreeBASE (acces-sion numbers S735 and M1167).

    The data matrix was analyzed using unweightedparsimony with the program PAUP*4.0b10(Swofford, 2002). The analysis used the heuristicsearch algorithm with the TBR and MulTreesoptions, 714 random addition replicates withrearrangements limited to 100,000 per replicate,and gaps treated as missing data. Trees wererooted using Physalis alkekengi as the outgroup.Bootstrap analyses were performed with 500replicates using the heuristic search option, TBRand MulTrees, MaxTrees set to 1000, and1,000,000 rearrangements per replicate.

    The data were also analyzed using the parsimonyratchet (Nixon, 1999) as implemented in the pro-gram PAUPRat (Sikes & Lewis, 2001). Five repli-cate searches of 200 iterations each were per-formed. The shortest trees from all searches wereretained and combined into a single consensustree.

    The same data matrix was analyzed by maximumlikelihood using the program fastDNAml (Olsenet al., 1994) on a UNIX platform computer.Parameters used in the analysis were a transi-tion/transversion ratio of 1.0006 (estimated using

    ML in PAUP from a neighbor-joining tree of the120-taxon data set), empirical base frequencies (A= 0.27665, C = 0.15518, G = 0.18366, T = 0.38450),and random addition order.

    RESULTSThe ndhF sequences obtained for all taxa exceptLycianthes heteroclita, Solanum wendlandii, S. diploconos, and S. deflexum were 2086 basepairs long, corresponding to positions 24 through2109 in the tobacco ndhF sequence. Lycianthesheteroclita had a 15 bp insertion, S. wendlandiihad a 33 bp insertion, and S. diploconos had a 24bp insertion between positions 1476 and 1477.Solanum deflexum had a 9 bp deletion betweenpositions 1703 and 1711.

    Of 2119 total characters in the data set, 541 werevariable and 288 of these were parsimony-informative. Pairwise sequence divergence calcu-lated using the Kimura 2-parameter modelranged from 3.4% between S. candidum versusLycianthes heteroclita to 0.048% in the closelyrelated species pairs S. ferocissimum versus S.chenopodinum, S. vespertilio versus S. liddii, S.doddsii versus S. stenophyllidium, and S. piuraeversus S. doddsii. Solanum schlechtendalianumand S. lepidotum had identical ndhF sequences.

    The available memory capacity of PAUP on aPower Macintosh G4 was reached after saving18,200 most parsimonious trees from 714 randomaddition replicates. These trees were 1053 stepslong with a CI (excluding uninformative charac-ters) of 0.497 and RI of 0.819. PAUPRat saved 992trees of 1053 steps out of 1000 iterations. Thestrict consensus trees from the heuristic parsimo-ny and the PAUPRat searches were nearly identi-cal, differing only in greater resolution at two ofthe branch tips in the PAUPRat consensus tree(not shown). Likewise, the maximum likelihoodtopology (not shown) was virtually identical tothe parsimony trees and included the same taxain the major clades described below. This analysiswas completed overnight, examined 39,626 trees,and resulted in a tree with a log likelihood of–13487.40739.

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    In these trees, Solanum forms a monophyleticclade, with members of the former generaLycopersion, Cyphomandra, Normania, andTriguera nested within it (Fig. 1). Species of allthese genera have been transferred to Solanum(Spooner et al., 1993; Bohs, 1995; Bohs &Olmstead, 2001). Capsicum plus Lycianthesemerges as the sister group to the Solanum cladewith bootstrap support of 70%. Solanum plus thegenera Jaltomata, Lycianthes, and Capsicum forma well-supported clade (bootstrap = 100%), andLycianthes plus Capsicum form a well-supportedgroup (bootstrap = 89%).

    At least 12 major clades can be discerned withinSolanum (Fig. 1, see pp. 48–49). These clades aresupported with bootstrap values ranging from51% (Leptostemonum s.l.) to 100% (theRegmandra, Archaesolanum, and Normaniaclades). However, the relationships among thesemajor clades are unclear, because for the mostpart they form a polytomy at the base ofSolanum. Several of these clades conform toinfrageneric groups recognized by previoussystematists, but others do not.

    These clades have been given informal cladenames and are briefly described below with a listof their constituent sections and non-molecularsynapomorphies that may define them. Asterisks(*) indicate sections or species groups that havebeen sampled in the present analysis. Othergroups listed under each clade are inferred tobelong there due to morphological similarity.Brief comparisons are made with reference toD’Arcy’s (1972) classification and with severalother schemes.

    DISCUSSIONMajor clades defined by ndhF data:

    1. Thelopodium clade

    3 spp., South America

    Included taxa:

    Solanum thelopodium species group sensu Knapp (2000)*

    This group is morphologically distinctive due toits enlarged roots, single-stemmed growth habit,reduced number of sympodia, and narrow,tapered, dimorphic anthers. It was revised recent-ly by Knapp (2000), who recognized three species.One of them, S. thelopodium, was included in thendhF analysis, where it forms a single branch atthe very base of Solanum. This placement is sur-prising and has not been suggested by recentSolanaceae systematists, although Bitter thoughtthat S. thelopodium was sufficiently distinct tomerit generic rank (Knapp, 2000). Dunal (1852)and Seithe (1962) placed S. thelopodium intoSolanum sect. Anthoresis (Dunal) Bitter, but thismeans little, as section Anthoresis is a catch-allgroup of disparate taxa. D’Arcy did not include itin either of his summary classifications (D’Arcy,1972, 1991). Nee (1999) put this species intoSolanum sect. Pteroidea (Potato clade), but thendhF data do not support this placement. Furthersampling is needed to determine if the basal posi-tion of this clade in Solanum is correct or is per-haps a long branch artifact.

    2. Regmandra clade

    ca. 7 spp., South America

    Included taxa:

    Solanum subg. Potatoe (G. Don) D’Arcy pro parte

    Solanum sect. Regmandra (Dunal) D’Arcy*

    D’Arcy (1972, 1991) placed this small group ofspecies from Pacific coastal deserts of SouthAmerica into Solanum subg. Potatoe. Nee (1999)also allied this section with the potatoes, where-as Child and Lester (2001) put it into Solanumsubg. Solanum, and Hunziker (2001) consideredits subgeneric position uncertain. Taxa ofSolanum sect. Regmandra included in the ndhFdata set are S. montanum and S. multifidum, andthey fall out together on a well-supported butisolated clade near the base of Solanum.

    Non-molecular characters that may distinguishthis clade include herbaceous habit and usually

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    pinnately dissected and rather thick leaves, some-times with winged petioles and stems. Plants ofSolanum montanum and S. multifidum grown inthe University of Utah greenhouse had nearlyrotate corollas and notably expanded stigmas.Solanum montanum is reported to bear tubers(Dunal, 1852; Macbride, 1962), but the ndhFresults do not suggest a direct relationshipbetween the Regmandra clade and the tuber-bearing members of the Potato clade.

    3. Archaesolanum clade

    ca. 8 spp., Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand

    Included taxa:

    Solanum subg. Archaesolanum Marzell

    Solanum sect. Archaesolanum(Marzell) Danert*

    This is a distinctive group with no obvious closerelatives within Solanum. It is distinguished by itsaneuploid chromosome number based on n = 23,a number unique in the genus. All species of thisgroup occur in Australia and the South Pacific(New Guinea, Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand).Aside from its chromosome number, possiblenon-molecular synapomorphies of this cladeinclude plurifoliate sympodial units, rotate corol-las with abundant interpetalar tissue, looselyerect anthers on relatively long filaments, andfruits with abundant stone cell aggregates. Thebasal position of this clade may indicate a rela-tively old radiation in the South Pacific.

    The Archaesolanum clade has been recognized asdistinct by virtually all previous Solanum workers,including D’Arcy (1972, 1991), Bitter in Marzell(1927), Danert (1970), and Symon (1994).Olmstead and Palmer (1997) included S. avicularein their analysis of Solanum using chloroplastrestriction site data, and it formed a clade with76% bootstrap support along with S. ptychan-thum, S. crispum, S. dulcamara, and S. jasmi-noides. However, sampling within non-spinySolanum taxa was sparse in their study, with 17non-spiny representatives out of 36 totalSolanum species. Bohs and Olmstead (2001)

    found that S. aviculare and S. laciniatum formeda well-supported basal clade in Solanum in analy-ses using nuclear ITS sequence data as well as ITScombined with ndhF data. It seems safe to saythat the Archaesolanum clade represents an iso-lated group whose closest relatives have not yetbeen identified.

    4. Normania clade

    3 spp., Macaronesia, Spain, NW Africa

    Included taxa:

    Solanum sect. Normania (Lowe) Bitter [genus Normania Lowe]* genus Triguera Cav.*

    This clade includes two enigmatic groups endem-ic to Macaronesia and adjacent areas of Spainand northwestern Africa. Although these taxahave been recognized as the segregate generaNormania and Triguera, molecular data indicatethat both are nested within Solanum and thethree species of both genera have been trans-ferred to Solanum (Bohs & Olmstead, 2001).Francisco-Ortega et al. (1993) made a thoroughmorphological analysis of Normania and Trigueraand concluded that they were closely related.

    Numerous non-molecular characters unite thespecies of the Normania clade, including herba-ceous or weakly woody habit, foliaceous andaccrescent calyces, zygomorphic corollas, sube-qual to very unequal stamens, anther dehiscenceby both apical pores and longitudinal slits,anthers with horned projections, fruits dry orwith sparse pulp, seeds large and few per fruitwith the seed coat cell walls radially expanded,and pollen grains with colpi joined at the poles.Affinities of the Normania clade within Solanumare presently obscure. In combined analyses ofndhF and ITS data this clade forms a group withmembers of the Potato and Morelloid/Dulcamaroid clade (Bohs & Olmstead, 2001), butthis placement is poorly supported, with a boot-strap value of 17%. As with the Archaesolanumclade, the Normania clade appears to form an iso-lated group within Solanum without obviousclose relatives.

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    5. African non-spiny clade

    ca. 7 spp., Africa

    Included taxa:

    Solanum subg. Lyciosolanum Bitter*

    Solanum subg. Solanum pro parte

    Solanum sect. Afrosolanum Bitter*

    Solanum sect. QuadrangulareBitter*

    Solanum sect. Benderianum Bitter

    D’Arcy (1972, 1991) recognized Solanum subg.Lyciosolanum as monotypic, with S. aggregatumas its sole member, but the ndhF data indicatethat probably this group should be expanded toinclude members of Solanum sects. Afrosolanum,Quadrangulare, and perhaps Benderianum, allplaced by D’Arcy (1972, 1991) in Solanum subg.Solanum. This clade forms an isolated groupwithin Solanum. It is poorly known taxonomical-ly, but possible non-molecular synapomorphiesmay include shrubby or climbing habit,unbranched or dendritically branched hairs, andpurple or white stellate corollas. This group needsbetter molecular sampling and morphologicalcharacterization.

    No DNA samples are available from representa-tives of Solanum sects. Lemurisolanum Bitter andMacronesiotes Bitter, two non-spiny sectionsendemic to Madagascar. Their affinities may liewith the African non-spiny clade or with theDulcamaroid clade.

    6. Potato clade

    ca. 200–300 spp., New World

    Included taxa:

    Solanum subg. Potatoe (G. Don) D’Arcy pro parte

    Solanum sect. Petota Dumort.*

    Solanum sect. AnarrhichomenumBitter*

    Solanum sect. Basarthrum

    (Bitter) Bitter*

    Solanum sect. Lycopersicon (Mill.) Wettst.*

    Solanum sect. NeolycopersiconCorrell

    Solanum sect. Juglandifolium(Rydb.) A. Child*

    Solanum sect. Etuberosum(Bukasov & Kamaraz) A. Child*

    Solanum sect. Articulatum(Correll) A. Child

    Solanum sect. TaeniotrichumA. Child

    Solanum subg. Bassovia (Aubl.) Bitter pro parte

    Solanum sect. HerpystichumBitter*

    Solanum sect. PteroideaDunal*

    This clade includes most of the groups of D’Arcy’ssubgenera Potatoe and Bassovia. Child’s treat-ment of subgenus Potatoe (Child, 1990; Child &Lester, 2001) included these groups, but his con-cept also encompassed a number of disparate ele-ments that are placed here in different clades,such as Solanum sect. Normania (here placed inthe Normania clade), the dulcamaroid taxa sensuChild and Lester (2001; sects. Dulcamara,Jasminosolanum, and Californisolanum, hereplaced in the Dulcamaroid clade), and the“anomalously prickly” taxa sensu Child (1990;sects. Aculeigerum, Nemorense, andHerposolanum, here placed in theWendlandii/Allophyllum and Leptostemonumclades). Nee’s recent Solanum scheme (Nee, 1999)considered the taxa that here belong to thePotato clade to represent two distinct evolution-ary lines. He included the potatoes and their rel-atives (sects. Petota, Anarrhichomenum,Basarthrum) in a large and morphologicallydiverse subgenus Solanum, along with othergroups such as sections Dulcamara, Solanum,

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    Holophylla, Brevantherum, Regmandra, andArchaesolanum. He also included members ofsection Herpystichum in this clade. As Nee (1999)noted, the type of section Herpystichum is notknown with certainty and the group is not wellcircumscribed, but he listed S. phaseoloides and S.evolvulifolium as members of the section. Thesespecies are sampled in the ndhF analyses, andthey both fall out in the Potato clade.

    On the other hand, Nee (1999) maintainedSolanum subg. Bassovia, amplifying it to includesections Cyphomandropsis and Pachyphylla of theCyphomandra clade and section Allophylla of theWendlandii/Allophyllum clade along with sectionPteroidea, which was placed in subgenus Bassoviaby previous workers such as Bitter (1921), Seithe(1962), Danert (1970), and D’Arcy (1972). Knappand Helgason (1997) revised the species of sectionPteroidea, but they were unsure of the higher-level relationships of the section.

    The ndhF data indicate that section Pteroideabelongs to the Potato clade, and that the sam-pled representatives of the subgenera Potatoeand Bassovia sensu D’Arcy (1972) each formmonophyletic clades. Non-molecular synapomor-phies that may unite both of these groups includeherbaceous to weakly woody and often scandenthabit, exclusively unbranched hairs, presence ofrhizomes or tubers in many taxa, presence ofcompound leaves in most species, and lack ofstone cell aggregates in the fruits. The presenceof solanidine/tomatidine alkaloids may be themost consistent synapomorphy that defines thesubgenus Potatoe. Whether members of the sub-genus Bassovia possess these types of alkaloids isunknown.

    Child (1990) placed Solanum evolvulifolium insection Anarrhichomenum, whereas Nee (1999)placed this species in section Herpystichum. ThendhF data show that S. evolvulifolium is moreclosely related to S. phaseoloides (sect.Herpystichum) than to S. appendiculatum (sect.Anarrhichomenum).

    The placement of this monotypic Solanum sect.Rhynchantherum Bitter has been debated. Dunal(1852), D’Arcy (1972, 1991), and Hunziker (2001)assigned it to subgenus Potatoe, Bitter (1913a)proposed an affinity with S. reptans of sectionHerposolanum (cf. S. hoehnei in theLeptostemonum clade), and Miers (1855) andChild (1984b; Child & Lester, 2001) placed it in thegenus Cyphomandra (Cyphomandra clade).Although no DNA data are available, its pinnate-ly compound leaves and anther structure(described in Bohs, 1994) argue for placement inthe Potato clade.

    7. Morelloid/Dulcamaroid clade

    This group comprises two subclades, which willbe discussed separately. Bootstrap support for theassociation of the two groups is strong (94% ofbootstrap replicates) in the ndhF data set, butadditional molecular data from other genes areneeded to ascertain whether this group shouldbe better recognized as two separate clades. Forinstance, ITS data from a small subset of the taxaconsidered here provided weak support (19% ofbootstrap replicates) for the association of themorelloid and dulcamaroid subgroups (Bohs &Olmstead, 2001).

    7a. Morelloid clade

    ca. 75 spp., worldwide

    Included taxa:

    Solanum subg. Solanum pro parte

    Solanum sect. Solanum*

    Solanum sect. Campanulisolanum Bitter*

    Solanum sect. ParasolanumA. Child*

    Solanum sect. Episarcophyllum Bitter*

    Solanum sect. Chamaesarachidium Bitter

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    This clade includes the core of Solanum speciesoften known as the morelloid taxa. The four sec-tions exclusive of section Parasolanum are mor-phologically homogeneous, and sectional distinc-tions are not clear-cut. Three members ofSolanum sect. Parasolanum (S. tripartitum, S. pal-itans, S. triflorum) were sampled in the ndhFanalyses, and all are included in the morelloidclade. However, these three taxa do not fall outtogether, indicating that section Parasolanum ascircumscribed by Child (1984a) may not be amonophyletic group. In the ndhF analyses, S. tri-partitum and S. palitans form a strongly support-ed clade, which, in turn, is strongly associatedwith the rest of the Morelloid clade (95% boot-strap support). However, these two species form aseparate group distinct from the rest of theMorelloid clade in trees based on ITS sequences(Bohs & Olmstead, 2001). More extensive ITS sam-pling along with molecular data from additionalgenes may enhance the circumscription andplacement of section Parasolanum.

    Some non-molecular characters that may serve tounite this clade include herbaceous or weaklywoody habit, 2- to 3-foliate sympodial units,pubescent filaments and styles in many taxa, andsmall stone cell aggregates in the fruits.

    7b. Dulcamaroid clade

    ca. 40 spp., worldwide

    Included taxa:

    Solanum subg. Potatoe(G. Don) D’Arcy pro parte

    Solanum sect. Dulcamara Dumort.*

    Solanum sect. JasminosolanumSeithe*

    Solanum sect. CalifornisolanumA. Child*

    Solanum subg. Solanum pro parte

    Solanum sect. Lysiphellos (Bitter) Seithe

    Solanum subg. Minon Raf. pro parte

    Solanum sect. Holophylla Walp. pro parte*

    This clade consists of elements from three ofD’Arcy’s subgenera. Sectional limits are not welldefined, and the majority of groups includedhere are in need of critical taxonomic revision andnomenclatural clarification. The ndhF results indi-cate that Solanum sect. Holophylla is not mono-phyletic as traditionally defined. Part of Solanumsect. Holophylla that includes the species S.aligerum, S. pubigerum, and members of the S.nitidum group [Knapp, 1989; equivalent to S. sub-sect. Nitidum A. Child (Child, 1998)] belongs tothe Dulcamaroid clade. At least part of theremainder of Solanum sect. Holophylla, repre-sented in the ndhF trees by S. argentinum,belongs to the Geminata clade. Morphologicalsynapomorphies of the Dulcamaroid clade mayinclude vining habit in many taxa, the presence ofunbranched, dendritic, or echinoid hairs, 3- tomany-foliate sympodial units, and fruits lackingstone cell aggregates.

    The following clades form a large group inSolanum with 98% bootstrap support (Fig. 1).Although the majority of species in this groupbelong to the spiny Solanum subg.Leptostemonum (the Leptostemonum clade),four other predominantly non-spiny clades arerepresented here. This group is morphologicallyheterogeneous and has not been recognized for-mally at any rank.

    8. Wendlandii/Allophyllum clade

    ca. 10 spp., New World

    Included taxa:

    Solanum sect. Allophyllum(Child) Bohs*

    Solanum subg. Leptostemonumpro parte

    Solanum sect. Aculeigerum Seithe*

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    This clade is perhaps the most unusual and sur-prising in all of Solanum. Thus far it consists oftwo groups whose relationships to otherSolanum taxa have been debated. Species ofSolanum sect. Allophyllum were previouslyplaced in the genus Cyphomandra (D’Arcy, 1973;Child, 1984b; Bohs, 1988), but Bohs (1989)showed that they did not have the characters ofthe Cyphomandra clade. The subgeneric place-ment of Solanum sect. Allophyllum, however, hasbeen obscure (Bohs, 1990). Solanum sect.Aculeigerum has usually been placed in subgenusLeptostemonum because the plants bear spines(D’Arcy, 1972, 1991; Whalen, 1984). However,they lack stellate hairs, a hallmark of the sub-genus, so some workers have placed this sectionin with the non-spiny species of Solanum in eithersubgenus Solanum (Seithe, 1962) or Potatoe(Child, 1990; Child & Lester, 2001). Molecular dataof Bohs and Olmstead (1997, 1999, 2001) showedthat Solanum sect. Aculeigerum probably doesnot belong in the spiny Solanum subg.Leptostemonum, but is instead allied to a spine-less group, section Allophyllum. The ndhF analy-ses presented here continue to support thatplacement. Species of Solanum sectionsAllophyllum and Aculeigerum are morphological-ly distinctive, but both groups have narrow,tapered anthers that dehisce by small terminalpores, exclusively unbranched hairs, and fre-quently have pinnately lobed leaves.

    9. Cyphomandra clade

    ca. 50 spp., New World

    Included taxa:

    Solanum sect. Pachyphylla (Dunal) Dunal [genus Cyphomandra Sendtn.]*

    Solanum sect. Cyphomandropsis Bitter*

    Solanum sect. Glaucophyllum A. Child*

    The association of these three sections and theirrelationship to Solanum have been controversial.From 1845 to 1995, Cyphomandra was recog-nized as a separate genus (Sendtner, 1845; Bohs,1994, and references therein). However, molecu-lar data establish that it is nested within Solanum,

    and all species of Cyphomandra were transferredto Solanum in 1995 (Bohs, 1995). Solanum sect.Cyphomandropsis was considered to be part ofCyphomandra by some workers (D’Arcy, 1972;Child, 1984b; Child & Lester, 2001), whereas oth-ers maintained this group in Solanum (Bitter,1913b; Seithe, 1962; Gilli, 1970; Danert, 1970;Morton, 1976). Within Solanum, its subgenericplacement has been debated, with Seithe (1962)placing it in subgenus Solanum and Smith andDowns (1966) and Morton (1976) placing it insubgenus Leptostemonum. Most authors haveconsidered S. glaucophyllum to belong toSolanum sect. Cyphomandropsis, but Child (1986)removed it to its own monotypic section andplaced it in subgenus Solanum. Hunziker (2001)disagreed with this view on morphologicalgrounds and placed it within Solanum subg.Potatoe. Morphological, cytological, and molecu-lar studies have confirmed the close association ofSolanum sections Pachyphylla, Cyphomandropsis,and Glaucophyllum (Morton, 1976; Moscone,1992; Bohs, 2001; Bohs & Olmstead, 2001), andmolecular data indicate that they form a distinctclade within Solanum whose close relatives areunclear (Fig. 1).

    Species of the Cyphomandra clade are woodyshrubs or trees that often have enlarged or elab-orated anther connectives or dorsal anther sur-faces. The synapomorphy that unites this group isthe presence of very large chromosomes, whichhave been found in all species of the clade inves-tigated to date.

    10. Geminata clade

    ca. 140 spp., mainly New World

    Included taxa:

    Solanum subg. Solanum pro parte

    Solanum sect. Geminata (G. Don) Walp.*

    Solanum sect. Delitescens Hunz. & Barboza*

    Solanum sect. Diamonon (Raf.) A. Child*

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    Solanum subg. Minon Raf. pro parte

    Solanum sect. Holophylla pro parte*

    Solanum sect. Pseudocapsicum(Moench) Bitter*

    Although placed by D’Arcy (1972, 1991) in sepa-rate subgenera of Solanum, both morphologicalstudies (Knapp, 2002) and the ndhF analyses con-firm that section Geminata and sectionPseudocapsicum are closely related. Both groupshave mainly leaf-opposed inflorescences andoften 1- to 2-foliate sympodial units. Yet otherelements belong to the Geminata clade, such as S.argentinum, S. delitescens, and S. havanense.Solanum argentinum has been placed in sectionHolophylla, but this group is apparently poly-phyletic, with at least part of the section belong-ing to the Dulcamaroid clade.

    The systematic position of S. delitescens has beenunclear. Knapp (2002) includes it in her treatmentof Solanum sect. Geminata, but lists it under taxaof uncertain placement. Nee (1999) included itwithin the heterogeneous Solanum sect.Holophylla within subgenus Solanum. Hunzikerand Barboza (in Hunziker, 2000) created themonotypic Solanum sect. Delitescens to accom-modate this species and also placed it within sub-genus Solanum. The ndhF data indicate thatSolanum sections Geminata, Pseudocapsicum,and Delitescens are closely related to each otherand are not allied with the morelloid species thatmake up the core of subgenus Solanum.

    Likewise, the affinities of Solanum havanensehave been uncertain. This species occurs in Cubaand Jamaica and, according to Knapp (2002), isallied to the Jamaican species S. troyanum Urb.Knapp (2002) excluded these two species fromSolanum sect. Geminata and regarded them as anisolated lineage in Solanum, which she called theS. havanense species group (Knapp, 2002). Child(1998) created the monotypic Solanum sect.Diamonon to accommodate S. havanense andhypothesized that it may belong near sectionPseudocapsicum. In the ndhF trees, S. havanensebelongs to the Geminata clade along with mem-bers of Solanum sections Geminata,

    Pseudocapsicum, and Delitescens.

    Characters that may unite the taxa of this cladeinclude woody habit, unbranched to dendriticallybranched hairs, oblong anthers with large terminal pores, and fruits lacking stone cellaggregates.

    11. Brevantherum clade

    ca. 60 spp., New World

    Included taxa:

    Solanum subg. Brevantherum (Seithe) D’Arcy pro parte [Solanum subg. Minonpro parte in D’Arcy (1991)]

    Solanum sect. Brevantherum Seithe*

    Solanum sect. Extensum D’Arcy*

    Solanum sect. Lepidotum Seithe*

    Solanum sect. StellatigeminatumA. Child*

    Solanum sect. Cernuum Carvalho & G. J. Sheph.

    Solanum subg. Solanum pro parte

    Solanum sect. GonatotrichumBitter*

    For the most part, this clade consists of a numberof morphologically similar groups that often havestellate hairs or lepidote scales, oblong antherswith large terminal pores, and green, yellow, orpurple fruits. D’Arcy (1991) used the subgenericname Minon to refer to an analogous group inSolanum, which, however, also included elementssuch as sections Holophylla and Pseudocapsicumthat are here referred to different clades. Sincethe type species of subgenus Minon is S. pseudo-capsicum, which belongs to the Geminata clade,the appropriate name for the Brevantherumclade at subgeneric rank would be Solanum subg.Brevantherum.

    The sections of Solanum subg. Brevantherum arenot well demarcated. The three members ofSolanum sect. Brevantherum (S. abutiloides, S. mauritianum, S. rugosum) sampled in the ndhF

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    trees do not form a monophyletic group, butadditional data and sampling are needed toresolve relationships in the Brevantherum clade.There are a number of species that fall outsidethe traditional limits of the established sectionslisted above. One example is Solanum inelegans,placed by Nee (1999) in the polymorphic and ill-defined Solanum sect. Holophylla and evidently amember of the Brevantherum clade according tothe ndhF data.

    The odd group out from a morphological per-spective is Solanum sect. Gonatotrichum (S.adscendens, S. turneroides, S. deflexum). Itsplacement here is surprising, because Solanumsect. Gonatotrichum has few of the characterslisted above for the Brevantherum clade and hasbeen thought to be more closely related to theMorelloid clade (D’Arcy, 1972, 1991; Nee, 1999;Child & Lester, 2001) or to Solanum sect.Pseudocapsicum of the Geminata clade(Hunziker, 2001). Molecular data indicate thatSolanum sect. Gonatotrichum forms a distinctsubclade within the Brevantherum clade (Fig. 1),but it clearly does not belong to the Morelloidclade. The names S. adscendens and S. deflexummay be synonymous (Nee, 1989, 1999; D’Arcy,2001) but the two species exhibit a fair amount ofsequence divergence in ndhF (1.0%) and areapparently allopatric (Bitter, 1912).

    12. Leptostemonum clade

    ca. 450 spp., worldwide

    Includes all spiny sections and species groups except Solanum sect. AculeigerumSeithe

    Possibly includes Solanum sect. Herposolanum Bitter

    Sampling to date includes at least 20 sections and 20 species groups sensuWhalen (1984)

    This is the largest and most complex of the majorclades of Solanum and encompasses the vastmajority of species traditionally placed inSolanum subg. Leptostemonum. Data thus far

    indicate that all the species of Solanum that bearspines form a clade with the exception of sectionAculeigerum mentioned above. Nearly all mem-bers of this group have stellate hairs as well asspines. The anthers are narrow and tapered withsmall terminal pores that do not enlarge into lon-gitudinal slits. Much work is still needed to revealthe phylogenetic structure within theLeptostemonum clade and to interpret patternsof character evolution and biogeography withinthe group. A more detailed analysis of theLeptostemonum clade using ndhF and nuclear ITSsequence data is under way (L. Bohs, unpublisheddata) and will be summarized in a later publica-tion.

    The ndhF data indicate members of Solanum sec-tions Nemorense (S. nemorense) andHerposolanum (S. hoehnei) may represent thebasalmost branches in the Leptostemonum clade,but the bootstrap support for this grouping is low(51%). These taxa are similar to Solanum sect.Aculeigerum in that they have spines but lackstellate hairs. The placement of Solanum sect.Herposolanum has been particularly problematic;D’Arcy (1972, 1991) put it into Solanum subg.Bassovia, whereas Child (1983) suggested a rela-tionship with Solanum sect. Aculeigerum (theWendlandii/Allophyllum clade above) and provi-sionally placed it in Solanum subg. Potatoe (Child,1990; Child & Lester, 2001). Whalen (1984)merged Solanum sections Herposolanum andNemorense into his S. nemorense species group,which he considered to belong to Solanum subg.Leptostemonum. Nee (1999) included Solanumsect. Aculeigerum in section Herposolanum andregarded both as members of subgenusLeptostemonum. The ndhF data do not fullyresolve these questions, but Solanum sectionsHerposolanum and Nemorense apparently donot belong to the Potato clade and are not close-ly related to section Aculeigerum.

    Solanum sect. Acanthophora (S. capsicoides, S.mammosum) also appears to be relatively basal inthe Leptostemonum clade. This group often hasunbranched or weakly stellate hairs in addition tospines. These have been interpreted as being

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    reduced stellate hairs (Nee, 1979), but a thoroughexamination of the ontogeny of hairs in this cladeshould be undertaken with a phylogenetic per-spective to determine if these simple hairs repre-sent an ancestral rather than derived state in theLeptostemonum group.

    GENERAL RECOMMENDATIONThis is not the last word on phylogenetic structure orevolutionary relationships in Solanum. The majorclades identified here, although well supported fromndhF data, need to be corroborated by data fromother genes. Additional sampling, especially frommorphologically unusual, underrepresented, and/orputatively isolated groups, is needed to test the distinctiveness of the major ndhF clades and to ascer-tain the phylogenetic position of enigmatic taxa. Forinstance, no molecular data are available for the twospecies placed in Solanum sect. Solanocharis (Bitter)A. Child. The two species may not be closely related(M. Nee, pers. comm.), and they may not belong toSolanum. The type of the section is S. albescens(Britton) Hunz., which apparently has longitudinalanther dehiscence and has been regarded by some asbelonging to the genera Solanocharis, Poecilo-chroma, or Saracha (Rusby, 1896; Bitter, 1918; M.Nee, pers. comm.). Molecular data will certainly aidin the interpretation of this puzzling group.

    Morphological and biochemical characters alsoshould be examined, especially in the light ofmolecular findings, in order to identify non-molecular synapomorphies that support the ndhFclades. Taxonomic studies at lower levels todemarcate species limits are desperately neededfor many subgeneric groups. Many nomenclatur-al issues also need careful clarification.

    In light of these uncertainties, new formal taxo-nomic designations for infrageneric categories inSolanum are strongly discouraged without moreextensive data and sampling. Progress will not befacilitated by the creation of yet more formalnames that must be sifted through by all subse-quent workers in the group. Informal names forspecies groups or clades (e.g., Whalen, 1984; Knapp, 1989, 2000, 2002; Bohs, 1994, 2001) are

    encouraged until enough data have accumulatedto positively demarcate and define distinct evolu-tionary units within Solanum.

    ACKNOWLEDGMENTSThis paper is dedicated to the late W. G. D’Arcy, apioneer in the field of Solanaceae systematics anda gracious and supportive colleague. His exten-sive knowledge and sage advice on many mattersof nomenclature, morphology, and evolution ofsolanaceous plants have been greatly appreciat-ed and are sorely missed. I especially acknowl-edge Bill’s constant support of my research andcareer, beginning from my graduate student dayswhen I knew next to nothing about Solanaceae.From revealing obscure field sites for rareSolanum species to providing advice for dealingwith difficult colleagues, Bill was unfailingly posi-tive, helpful, and human.

    I also thank other friends and colleagues for theirhelp with this project: R. G. Olmstead, who hasshared freely of his expertise, lab facilities, sam-ples, sequences, and ideas; M. Nee, S. Knapp, andD. Spooner, who provide constant assistance of allkinds; M. Johnson, A. Freeman, S. King-Jones, A.Egan, A. Moore, and P. Reeves for technical assis-tance; D. Reed for help with the likelihood analy-sis; D. Spooner and an anonymous reviewer forcomments on the manuscript; the greenhousestaff of the University of Utah and DukeUniversity for maintaining living collections; J.Solomon of MO for granting permission toremove leaf material from herbarium specimens;T. Mione, A. Child, J. Franciso-Ortega, R. N. Lester,M. Welman, A. Egan, the Botanic Garden at theUniversity of Nijmegen, The Netherlands, andnumerous field companions for help in obtainingmaterial of Solanaceae. This research was sup-ported by National Geographic Society Grant6189-98 and National Science Foundation grantsDEB-9207359 and DEB-9996199.

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    Figure 1. Strict consensus of 18,200 trees of 1053 steps from parsimony analysis of ndhF data. Numbers above branches are bootstrap values (500 replicates). Major clades in Solanum discussed in the text are labeled.

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