“…Genomic DNA was extracted from silica gel-dried or fresh leaves with a Plant Genome Extraction Kit (Tiangen Biotech, China) following the manufacturer’s protocol. For better phylogenetic resolution, we utilized nrITS and seven low-copy nuclear genes, AGO1 ( ARGONAUTE 1 ; Zhang et al, 2015 ), BRC1 ( BRANCHED1 ; Zhou et al, 2012 ; Wang M. et al, 2019 ), CDS (chrysanthemyl diphosphate synthase gene; Rivera et al, 2001 ; Liu et al, 2012a ), F3’H (flavonoid3′-hydroxylase gene; Zhao et al, 2013 ), LFY ( LEAFY ; Ma et al, 2016 ), NAM ( No Apical Meristem ; Sha et al, 2017 ) and UEP1 (gene of ubiquitin extension protein; Annadana et al, 2002 ). Polymorphic regions mostly covering introns and 5′UTRs of five of the six genes were amplified using conserved primer pairs that were developed according to sequences acquired from GenBank ( Table 1 ).…”