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Splitting one species into 22: an unusual tripling of molecular, morphological, and geographical differentiation in the fern family Didymochlaenaceae (Polypodiales) | |
Shang,Hui; Xue,Zhi-Qing; Liang,Zhen-Long; Kessler,Michael; Pollawatn,Rossarin; Lu,Ngan Thi; Gu,Yu-Feng; Fan,Xue-Ping; Tan,Yun-Hong; Zhang,Liang; Zhou,Xin-Mao; Wan,Xia; Zhang,Li-Bing | |
2023 | |
Source Publication | CLADISTICS
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ISSN | 1096-0031 |
Volume | 39Issue:4Pages:273-292 |
Abstract | The pantropical fern genus Didymochlaena (Didymochlaenaceae) has long been considered to contain one species only. Recent studies have resolved this genus/family as either sister to the rest of eupolypods I or as the second branching lineage of eupolypods I, and have shown that this genus is not monospecific, but the exact species diversity is unknown. In this study, a new phylogeny is reconstructed based on an expanded taxon sampling and six molecular markers. Our major results include: (i) Didymochlaena is moderately or weakly supported as sister to the rest of eupolypods I, highlighting the difficulty in resolving the relationships of this important fern lineage in the polypods; (ii) species in Didymochlaena are resolved into a New World clade and an Old World clade, and the latter further into an African clade and an Asian-Pacific clade; (iii) an unusual tripling of molecular, morphological and geographical differentiation in Didymochlaena is detected, suggesting single vicariance or dispersal events in individual regions and no evidence for reversals at all, followed by allopatric speciation at more or less homogeneous rates; (iv) evolution of 18 morphological characters is inferred and two morphological synapomorphies defining the family are recognized-the elliptical sori and fewer than 10 sori per pinnule, the latter never having been suggested before; (v) based on morphological and molecular variation, 22 species in the genus are recognized contrasting with earlier estimates of between one and a few; and (vi) our biogeographical analysis suggests an origin for Didymochlaena in the latest Jurassic-earliest Cretaceous and the initial diversification of the extant lineages in the Miocene-all but one species diverged from their sisters within the last 27 Myr, in most cases associated with allopatric speciation owing to geologic and climatic events, or dispersal. |
Keyword | PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS DEEP RELATIONSHIPS RAPID RADIATION EVOLUTION GENUS CLASSIFICATION BIOGEOGRAPHY HISTORY DIVERSIFICATION PARSIMONY |
Subject Area | Evolutionary Biology ; Zoology |
DOI | 10.1111/cla.12539 |
Indexed By | SCI |
WOS ID | WOS:000975850100001 |
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Document Type | 期刊论文 |
Identifier | http://ir.kib.ac.cn/handle/151853/75445 |
Collection | 中国科学院昆明植物研究所 |
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Shang,Hui,Xue,Zhi-Qing,Liang,Zhen-Long,et al. Splitting one species into 22: an unusual tripling of molecular, morphological, and geographical differentiation in the fern family Didymochlaenaceae (Polypodiales)[J]. CLADISTICS,2023,39(4):273-292. |
APA | Shang,Hui.,Xue,Zhi-Qing.,Liang,Zhen-Long.,Kessler,Michael.,Pollawatn,Rossarin.,...&Zhang,Li-Bing.(2023).Splitting one species into 22: an unusual tripling of molecular, morphological, and geographical differentiation in the fern family Didymochlaenaceae (Polypodiales).CLADISTICS,39(4),273-292. |
MLA | Shang,Hui,et al."Splitting one species into 22: an unusual tripling of molecular, morphological, and geographical differentiation in the fern family Didymochlaenaceae (Polypodiales)".CLADISTICS 39.4(2023):273-292. |
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