Diplolaena

Diplolaena is monophyletic with robust support (1.00 PP, 100% JK; Fig. 1, 3, S 1, S 2; 6 of 15 species sampled), but its relationships with other genera are inconclusive. Wilson et al. (1998) and Wilson (2013 g) indicated that most species grade into each other and offered no discussions of relationships within the genus or between it and other genera. In the combined (0.96 PP, 57% JK) and nuclear (0.99 PP, 58% JK) analyses Diplolaena grouped with Clade 6 ( Chorilaena + Rhadinothamnus + Nematolepis) with weak support, although in the plastid analyses (0.97 PP) it was sister to an unsupported clade comprising Clade 6 and the Phebalium + Microcybe clade. No clear groups are identified within Diplolaena and so no formal infrageneric taxonomy is proposed here. Diplolaena is also discussed under Pollination below.