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plastidDNA, etc ; Asteraceae; Willdenowia; conifers; new genus; palynology; phylogeny; Caucasus region; Show all 8 Subjects
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... A new genus, Caucasoseris, is established to accommodate Prenanthes abietina, a species of hitherto uncertain systematic position distributed in the western Caucasus and northeasternmost Turkey in montane conifer and mixed forests. Agreement has existed that the species belongs somewhere in the Crepidinae or Lactucinae but its morphological features do not match any genus and previous molecular ph ...
plastidDNA, etc ; Lamiaceae; calyx; limestone; new species; phylogeny; ribosomal DNA; China; Show all 8 Subjects
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... The genus Paraphlomis (Lamiaceae) consists of approximately 30 species, most of which are restricted to the subtropical area of China. In this study, P. longicalyx Y.P.Chen & C.L.Xiang, a new species from southern China, is described and illustrated. Molecular phylogenetic analyses implemented based on two nuclear ribosomal DNA and four plastid DNA regions showed that P. longicalyx is a distinct l ...
plastidDNA, etc ; Barbarea vulgaris; chloroplasts; hybridization; metabolites; models; monophyly; nuclear genome; taxonomy; triterpenoid saponins; Show all 10 Subjects
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... Barbarea, winter-cress, is a genus of 29 species in Brassicaceae, the mustard family, which has emerged as a model for evolution of plant defence and specialised metabolites. Notably, some Barbarea species have evolved the ability to produce triterpenoid saponins as the only ones in Brassicaceae, some of which make plants resistant to important herbivores. Resistance has, however, been lost in a d ...
plastidDNA, etc ; Asteraceae; achenes; ancestry; chloroplasts; chromosome number; introgression; leaves; new species; phylogeny; species diversity; China; Show all 12 Subjects
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... A single small population of chasmophytic plants is described as Mojiangiaoreophila, a monotypic genus in the subtribe Crepidinae, characterised by a unique combination of morphological features, in particular densely long-papillose homomorphic achenes with five main ribs each accompanied by two secondary ribs, coarse brownish pappus bristles, moderately many-flowered capitula, a small involucre w ...
... PREMISE: Although vanilla is one of the best‐known spices, there is only a limited understanding of its biology and genetics within Mexico, where its cultivation originated and where phenotypic variability is high. This study aims to augment our understanding of vanilla's genetic resources by assessing species delimitation and genetic, geographic, and climatic variability within Mexican cultivated ...
... Inorganic phosphate (Pi) is essential for plant growth. However, Pi is often limiting in soil. Hence, plants have established several mechanisms of response to Pi starvation. One of the important mechanisms is Pi recycling, which includes membrane lipid remodeling and plastid DNA degradation via catabolic enzymes. However, the involvement of other degradation systems in Pi recycling remains unclea ...
Abel Gizaw; Juan Manuel Gorospe; Martha Kandziora; Desalegn Chala; Lovisa Gustafsson; Abush Zinaw; Luciana Salomón; Gerald Eilu; Christian Brochmann; Filip Kolář; Roswitha Schmickl
plastidDNA, etc ; Asteraceae; Miocene epoch; Pleistocene epoch; allopatric speciation; alpine plants; altitude; botany; hybridization; phylogeny; secondary contact; species diversity; Eastern Africa; Show all 13 Subjects
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... Alpine plant radiations are common across all major mountain systems of the world, and have been regarded as the main explanation for the species diversity found within these areas. To study the mechanisms behind the origin of this diversity, it is necessary to determine phylogenetic relationships and species boundaries in radiating alpine groups. The genus Dendrosenecio (Asteraceae) is an iconic ...
plastidDNA, etc ; Pleistocene epoch; Siberia; Vaccinium vitis-idaea; data collection; flora; genetic variation; geographical distribution; haplotypes; intraspecific variation; Caucasus region; Eurasia; Show all 12 Subjects
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... Comparison of genetic variation among closely related species with well-known ecological preferences may provide insights into the role of specific traits in biogeographic processes. Three widely distributed bird-dispersed species of the genus Vaccinium L. provide a good model system for such an inference. We report the first comprehensive range-wide dataset on genetic variation in V. myrtillus th ...
plastidDNA, etc ; Bayesian theory; Spermacoce; data collection; dehiscence; heterostyly; intergenic DNA; introns; new combination; new genus; phylogeny; pollen; statistical analysis; Brazil; Show all 14 Subjects
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... Spermacoceae is the largest predominantly herbaceous lineage in the Rubiaceae, and regarded as one of its most taxonomically complex and controversial tribe, especially regarding generic delimitation. Molecular phylogenies have established the concept of a broadly circumscribed Spermacoceae, which includes the genera traditionally associated with the tribe, i.e., the Spermacoce clade, and the form ...
... Some plants abandoned photosynthesis and developed full dependency on fungi for nutrition. Most of the so-called mycoheterotrophic plants exhibit high specificity towards their fungal partners. We tested whether natural rarity of mycoheterotrophic plants and usual small and fluctuating population size make their populations more prone to genetic differentiation caused by restricted gene flow and/o ...
plastidDNA, etc ; Sphaerocarpales; conservation status; gametophytes; lectotypes; monophyly; morphs; mosses and liverworts; new combination; new species; new variety; nucleotide sequences; paraphyly; spores; taxonomic keys; Algeria; Mediterranean region; Spain; Show all 18 Subjects
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... Riella (Riellaceae) is a genus of rare, ephemeral, aquatic liverworts that includes some taxa specialized in growing submerged in brackish, seasonal water ponds and lagoons. One of these species, Riella helicophylla is the type of the genus. Apart from being of conservation concern, it has been used as a model organism for cytological and physiological processes. The species was described from Alg ...
... BACKGROUND: Illegal logging is a global crisis with significant environmental, economic, and social consequences. Efforts to combat it call for forensic methods to determine species identity, provenance, and individual identification of wood specimens throughout the forest products supply chain. DNA-based methodologies are the only tools with the potential to answer all three questions and the onl ...
plastidDNA, etc ; biodiversity; botany; chemistry; evolutionary biology; geography; introgression; Show all 7 Subjects
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... PREMISE: Accurate species delimitation is essential for evolutionary biology, conservation, and biodiversity management. We studied species delimitation in North American pinyon pines, Pinus subsection Cembroides, a natural group with high levels of incomplete lineage sorting. METHODS: We used coalescent‐based methods and multivariate analyses of low‐copy number nuclear genes and nearly complete h ...
plastidDNA, etc ; Salicaceae; flora; fruit morphology; fruits; phylogeny; taxonomic revisions; Show all 7 Subjects
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... The circumscription of species and subsequent classification into genera were reassessed for Ophiobotrys, Osmelia, and Pseudosmelia, three closely related genera of Old World Samydaceae (Salicaceae sensu lato). Phylogenetic analyses of plastid DNA data were performed and affirm the placement of these genera in Samydaceae, and a phylogenetic analysis of morphological data indicates that Pseudosmeli ...
plastidDNA, etc ; Edraianthus; conservation status; genome; morphometry; phylogeny; plant taxonomy; rivers; Montenegro; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Edraianthus tarae, a taxonomically intricate stenoendemic plant species from the canyon of the river Tara (Montenegro), is reviewed using morphological and genome size data. Several morphological features distinguish this taxon from typical members of Edraianthus, which led to its segregation into its own genus, Protoedraianthus. Our formal morphometric analysis clearly indicates its morphological ...
plastidDNA, etc ; Lamiaceae; calyx; fruits; monophyly; new species; polyphyly; species diversity; China; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Paraphlomis is a genus of Lamiaceae with about 30 species distributed mainly in subtropical China. In this study, we carried out the first molecular phylogenetic analyses to elucidate the relationships within the genus based on two nuclear and four plastid DNA regions. Our results, which recovered a species of Matsumurella within Paraphlomis, indicate that the genus is not monophyletic. The two se ...
plastidDNA, etc ; Bayesian theory; Trisetum; genetic markers; grasses; introns; monophyly; statistical analysis; Show all 8 Subjects
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... The circumscription of the grass subtribe Calothecinae has undergone several changes since its description. Currently, it comprises Chascolytrum and the recently described genera Laegaardia and Paramochloa. Here we evaluate the circumscription of Calothecinae and the recently proposed infrageneric classification of Chascolytrum based on a phylogeny with more comprehensive taxon and molecular marke ...
Oscar Alejandro Pérez‐Escobar; Steven Dodsworth; Diego Bogarín; Sidonie Bellot; Juan A. Balbuena; Rowan J. Schley; Izai A. Kikuchi; Sarah K. Morris; Niroshini Epitawalage; Robyn Cowan; Olivier Maurin; Alexandre Zuntini; Tatiana Arias; Alejandra Serna‐Sánchez; Barbara Gravendeel; Maria Fernanda Torres Jimenez; Katharina Nargar; Guillaume Chomicki; Mark W. Chase; Ilia J. Leitch; Félix Forest; William J. Baker
plastidDNA, etc ; Orchidaceae; biogeography; botany; genes; nuclear genome; phylogeny; plastid genome; taxonomy; trees; Show all 10 Subjects
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... PREMISE: The inference of evolutionary relationships in the species‐rich family Orchidaceae has hitherto relied heavily on plastid DNA sequences and limited taxon sampling. Previous studies have provided a robust plastid phylogenetic framework, which was used to classify orchids and investigate the drivers of orchid diversification. However, the extent to which phylogenetic inference based on the ...
plastidDNA, etc ; Eucalyptus; chloroplast genome; chloroplasts; geographical distribution; nuclear genome; phylogeography; plant genetics; polyphyly; trees; Show all 10 Subjects
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... We aimed to test the extent to which plastid DNA gives incongruent phylogeographic patterns to nuclear DNA in a species of eucalypt, Eucalyptus behriana, a taxonomic group where chloroplast capture is a well-established phenomenon. Furthermore, we aimed to test the degree of influence chloroplast capture has on the observed patterns by broadly sampling co-occurring, related species. A genome skimm ...
... The lady’s slipper orchid (Cypripedium calceolus), which inhabits shady deciduous and mixed forests and meadows, is now threatened with extinction in many European countries, and its natural populations have been dramatically declining in recent years. Knowledge of its evolutionary history, genetic variability, and processes in small populations are therefore crucial for the species’ protection. N ...