Oral Presentation - Session 1: Taxonoly & Biosystematic-1Main Theme: Contributions of Flora Malesiana to the Welfare of People in AsiaThe Dasymaschalon-Desmos-Friesodielsia-Monanthotaxis lineage (the ‘desmoid clade’) comprises ca. 170 species of trees, shrubs and woody climbers distributed in tropical Africa and tropical Asia. Although the desmoid clade is very diverse in flower and fruit morphology, phylogenetic relationships of the constituent genera are poorly understood due to the limited taxon sampling and insufficient plasmid DNA data in previous studies. Based on plasmid and nuclear DNA seq...postprin
