Resolving the classification and evolutionary history of the eucalypts

该合作项目解决了对澳大利亚最具生态和商业价值的桉树进行稳定分类的需求。行业合作伙伴是负责生物多样性分类和鉴定的领导机构，向最终用户提供分类知识。尽管在过去十年中进行了分子研究，但桉树的许多主要亚群的系统发育关系尚不清楚。我们将对DNA的新区域进行测序，并将其与形态学数据相结合，以解决桉树谱系的关系，从而确定它们的分类。系统发育分析也有助于确定珍贵物种保护的高价值区域。

This collaborative project addresses the need to achieve a stable classification of the eucalypts, Australia's most ecologically and commercially important trees. The industry partners are lead agencies with responsibility for classification and identification of biodiversity, delivering taxonomic knowledge for end-users. Despite molecular studies in the last decade, the phylogenetic relationships of a number of the major subgroups of the eucalypts are unknown. We will sequence new regions of DNA and combine this with morphological data to resolve the relationships of the eucalypt lineages, and hence their classification. Phylogenetic analysis also aids identification of high-value areas for conservation of relictual species.