Plastome phylogenomics and morphological traits analyses provide new insights into the phylogenetic position, species delimitation and speciation of Triplostegia (Caprifoliaceae)

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BACKGROUND: The genus Triplostegia contains two recognized species, T. glandulifera and T. grandiflora, but its phylogenetic position and species delimitation remain controversial. In this study, we assembled plastid genomes and nuclear ribosomal DNA (nrDNA) cistrons sampled from 22 wild Triplostegia individuals, each from a separate population, and examined these with 11 recently published Triplostegia plastomes. Morphological traits were measured from herbarium specimens and wild material, and ecological niche models were constructed.

RESULTS: Triplostegia is a monophyletic genus within the subfamily Dipsacoideae comprising three monophyletic species, T. glandulifera, T. grandiflora, and an unrecognized species Triplostegia sp. A, which occupies much higher altitude than the other two. The new species had previously been misidentified as T. glandulifera, but differs in taproot, leaf, and other characters. Triplotegia is an old genus, with stem age 39.96 Ma, and within it T. glandulifera diverged 7.94 Ma. Triplostegia grandiflora and sp. A diverged 1.05 Ma, perhaps in response to Quaternary climate fluctuations. Niche overlap between Triplostegia species was positively correlated with their phylogenetic relatedness.

CONCLUSIONS: Our results provide new insights into the species delimitation of Triplostegia, and indicate that a taxonomic revision of Triplostegia is needed. We also identified that either rpoB-trnC or ycf1 could serve as a DNA barcode for Triplostegia.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:23

Enthalten in:

BMC plant biology - 23(2023), 1 vom: 15. Dez., Seite 645

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fu, Qing-Li [VerfasserIn]
Mo, Zhi-Qiong [VerfasserIn]
Xiang, Xiao-Guo [VerfasserIn]
Milne, Richard I [VerfasserIn]
Jacquemyn, Hans [VerfasserIn]
Burgess, Kevin S [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Ya-Nan [VerfasserIn]
Yan, Hua [VerfasserIn]
Qiu, Li [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Bo-Yun [VerfasserIn]
Tan, Shao-Lin [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

DNA, Ribosomal
Journal Article
Phylogenomics
Plastid genome
Speciation
Species delimitation
Triplostegia

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Date Completed 16.12.2023

Date Revised 17.12.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s12870-023-04663-4

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM365886408