@article {Brauchler:2005p1116,
	title = {Polyphyly of the genus Micromeria (Lamiaceae) - evidence from cpDNA sequence data},
	journal = {Taxon},
	volume = {54},
	number = {3},
	year = {2005},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {639{\textendash}650},
	abstract = {Micromeria Benth. (Lamiaceae, Nepetoideac) is a very common genus in the Mediterranean region. To test the monophyly of the genus and to elucidate its phylogenetic placement within subtribe Menthinae (Dumort) Endl, of tribe Mentheae Dumort we performed parsimony analysis of trnK intron sequence data of 51 accessions representing 15 genera of Nepetoideae and two genera of subfamily Ajugoideae. Tree topology reveals a well-supported "core group" indicating four distinct lineages. The first one comprises three species of Satureja L. s.str., the second one includes taxa of the genus Clinopodium L. from both the Old and the New World, paraphyletic with respect to Monarda L. and two species of Micromeria section Pseudomelissa Benth. A third group contains all samples of the remaining Micromeria species. Within this monophyly, a western lineage including taxa, from NW Africa, the Balearic, and the Canary Islands, is sister to an eastern lineage with species distributed from SE Asia to the western Mediterranean. In a further clade the genera Thymbra L., Thymus L., and Origanum L. are grouped together. Combined analysis using a reduced dataset of trnK/trnL-F sequences increased support for the infrageneric resolution within Micromeria. Based on the phylogenetic reconstructions there is evidence that the genus as currently circumscribed is polyphyletic. Results are discussed in the context of morphology, karyology, and biogeography, outlining the necessity of removing section Pseudomelissa from Micromeria.},
	keywords = {Clinopodium, Dna-Sequences, Genera, Labiatae, Lamiaceae, Micromeria, Molecular phylogeny, Polyphyly, Trnk, trnL-F},
	author = {C Brauchler and H Meimberg and T Abele and G Heubl}
}
@article {Wink:1996p1139,
	title = {Phylogenetic relationships between some members of the subfamily Lamioideae (family Labiatae) inferred from nucleotide sequences of the rbcL gene},
	journal = {Bot Acta},
	volume = {109},
	number = {2},
	year = {1996},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {139{\textendash}148},
	abstract = {Total DNA was extracted from 25 species (8 general of the subfamily Lamioideae sensu Erdtman (family Labiatae). Using rbcl-specific primers, the rbcL gene was amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and 1420 bp were sequenced directly, or after cloning. RbcL sequences were evaluated with character-state (maximum parsimony; PAUP) and distance methods (neighbour-joining; MEGA). In agreement with classical systematics all taxa studied cluster outside the Nepetoideae. The following clades are apparent: I - Westringia/Prostanthera, II - Ajuga/Teucrium and III - Scutellaria, Stachys, Lamium and Marrubium. Lamium album, L. amplexicaule and L. garganicum appear as a sister clade to Marrubium. Both share a common ancestor with a second Lamium clade (including L. purpureum, L. maculatum and L. galeobdolon). The phylogenetic relationships are discussed with regard to the systematic classification of the subfamilies Lamioideae and Nepetoideae (sensu Erdtman).},
	keywords = {Asteridae, Labiatae, Lamioideae, Molecular phylogeny, Nucleotide Sequences, Plants, Pollen Morphology, Rbcl, Trees},
	url = {http://access.isiproducts.com/custom_images/wok_failed_auth.html},
	author = {N Wink and M Kaufmann}
}
