DNA sequence-based Identification and molecular phylogeni within subfamily Dipterocarpoideae (Dipterocarpaceae)

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Dipterocarpaceae is the main timber family of tropical forest trees in the Malesian region with a geographical distribution that extends to South America and Africa. The family comprises approximately 500 species in 17 genera and is subdivided into three subfamilies: Dipterocarpoideae, Monotoideae and Pakaraimoideae (Ashton, 1982). Dipterocarpoideae is the richest in species with a total of 470 species in 13 genera (Ashton, 1982). Dipterocarpoideae is divided into two tribes: Dipterocarpeae and Shoreae. The genera of Dipterocarpeae are Anisoptera, Cotylelobium, Dipterocarpus, Stemonoporus, Upuna, Vateria and Vateriopsis, while those of Shoreae are Dryobalanops, Hopea, Neobalanocarpus, Parashorea and Shorea. Shorea and Hopea contain most species; 169 in the former and 100 in the latter. Molecular phylogenies of the subfamily Dipterocarpoideae have been studied since 1998, especially the genus Shorea and its sister genera in tribe Shoreae, because this genus has the highest number of spe

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