Highlights in Seagrasses’ Phylogeny, Physiology, and Metabolism: What Makes Them Special?

Table 2

Overview about molecular studies of seagrasses using different molecular marker systems.

Taxon	Loci used	Source
Alismatales	rbcL	Les et al. 1997 [5], Li and Zhou 2009 [13]
Hydrocharitaceae	rbcL, matK	Tanaka et al. 1997 [102]
Hydrocharitaceae	18S, rbcL, matK, trnK 5′ intron, rpoB, rpoC1, cob, atp1	Chen et al. 2012 [14]
Halophila	ITS1, 5.8S, ITS2	Uchimura et al. 2008 [11]
Halophila	ITS1, 5.8S, ITS2	Waycott et al. 2002 [103]
Halophila	ITS1, 5.8S, ITS2	Short et al. 2010 [12]
Halodule	rbcL, phyB, trnH-psbA	Ito and Tanaka 2011 [104]
Zostera	rbcL, matK	Kato et al. 2003 [105]
Zostera	rbcL, trnK, ITS	Les et al. 2002 [106]
All seagrass genera	trnL	Procaccini et al. 1999 [107]
Halodule, Posidonia, Ruppia	trnL, ITS	M. Waycott, pers. comm.