Table 1.
Major clades of the LHC gene superfamily.
| Systematic name | Other names/subclades | Included in this analysis | Lineages |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lhca | LHC I | - | plants |
| Lhcb | LHC II, CP24,CP26, CP29 | - | plants |
| Lhcc | Cac | + | cryptophytes |
| Lhcd | Lhcp | + | peridinin-containing dinoflagellates |
| Lhcf | FCP, cac | + | haptophytes, heterokonts |
| Lhcr | LhcaR | + | rhodophytes |
| -- | Lhcz | + | cryptophytes, haptophytes, heterokonts |
| -- | LI818, LHCSR | + | chlorarachniophytes, chlorophytes, fucoxanthin-containing dinoflagellates, haptophytes, heterokonts |
The systematic nomenclature was established by Jansson et al. [71]. The clades termed Lhcz and LI818 do not have systematic names and were identified by Koziol et al. [2] and Gagne and Guertin [72], respectively. None of the other clades in the current analysis have been previously described. The genes in Lhca, Lhcb and related clades recently identified by Koziol et al. [2] form a monophyletic outgroup to the genes analyzed in the current analysis, but the root of the phylogeny cannot be confidently inferred.