Resolving the molecular phylogeny and classification of Australian acacias, a major biodiversity resource

解决主要生物多样性资源澳大利亚金合欢树的分子系统发育和分类问题

• 批准号: LP0347206
• 负责人: Prof Pauline Ladiges
• 金额: $ 15万
• 依托单位: The University of Melbourne
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Linkage Projects
• 财政年份: 2003
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2003-03-03 至 2012-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/LP0347206
• 关键词: Resolving; molecular; phylogeny; classification; Australian

This collaboration with the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne will resolve the phylogeny of Australia's largest group of flowering plants, the acacias, to form the basis of a new classification. With more than 960 species, Australian acacias are a major biodiversity resource yet their genetic diversity and evolutionary relationships are poorly known. We will determine the main taxonomic groups and their relationships by sequencing the DNA of more than 300 species. Acacias are of ecological importance and of use in land reclamation, horticulture, and rural craftwood industries.

这项与皇家植物园墨尔本的合作将解决澳大利亚最大的开花植物群--阿卡西亚斯--的遗传学问题，以形成新分类的基础。 澳大利亚阿卡西亚斯有960多个物种，是一个重要的生物多样性资源，但其遗传多样性和进化关系知之甚少。 我们将通过对300多个物种的DNA进行测序来确定主要的分类群及其关系。阿卡西亚斯具有生态重要性，并可用于土地开垦、园艺和农村木材工业。