Generic relationships within Leonticeae (Berberidaceae)

Abstract

Phenetic analyses of morphological characters of Leonticeae reveal three distinct groups of operational taxonomic units corresponding to genera. The genera Leontice and Gymnospermium of Eurasia are pheneticlly equidistant from Caulophyllum, which occurs in eastern Asia and eastern North America. On the basis of phenetic similarity, L. kiangnanensis is transferred to Gymnospermium as G. kiangnanensis.