Baccharis Systematics (Astereae) - Fapesp

Prospects
�Include more outgroups
�Sample at least one species per infrageneric
group, preferably the type one
�Reduce the geographic bias of sampling
�Search for more informative sequences
�Consider including morphological data
The future recognition of smaller monophyletic and morphologically well
circumscribed groups will make possible the advance of taxonomic knowledge
on the genus, free of geographic limitations
Assembling the big picture of the Baccharis phylogeny will provide answers on the
diversification, the wide morphological diversity and the evolution of sexual
expression within one of the largest genera of Compositae
Baccharis pseudovaccinioides Teodoro