Phylogenetic study of the genus Pohlia (Mielichhoferiaceae, Bryophyta) based on chloroplast DNA sequences

2021 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
TAKAYUKI OHGUE ◽  
HIROYUKI AKIYAMA ◽  
HIROSHI SUZUKI-AZUMA ◽  
HIDETOSHI NAGAMASU
Keyword(s):  
Chloroplast Dna ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Taxonomic Revision ◽  
Phylogenetic Study ◽  
The Family ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Traditional Sense ◽  
Chloroplast Dna Sequences

The phylogenetic circumscription and taxonomic status of the genus Pohlia in the Mniaceae sensu lato was investigated based on chloroplast DNA sequences (rbcL, rps4, and trnL-F), with a focus on species occurring in Japan. The maximum likelihood and Bayesian inference analyses of sequences obtained from 34 species of Mniaceae s.l., including 13 Pohlia species, suggested that the genus Pohlia and the family Mielichhoferiaceae are not monophyletic in their present circumscription, but confirmed that the family Mniaceae is monophyletic in its traditional sense. These results are congruent with previous molecular phylogenetic studies. Three distinct clades were recognized in the Mielichhoferiaceae, almost corresponding to three sections of Pohlia (Pohlia, Cacodon and Apalodictyon). One of them branched off first within the Mniaceae s.l., and the other two were sister to the remainder of the Mniaceae s.l. The single included Schizymenium formed a monophyletic group with Pohlia sect. Pohlia and Epipterygium with Pohlia sect. Apalodictyon, confirming the results of previous studies. The results indicate that the taxonomic status of the genus Pohlia and family Mielichhoferiaceae are in need of revision. Phylogenetic analyses nested the accessions of P. camptotrachela within P. annotina and P. flexuosa clades, highlighting the need for taxonomic revision of Japanese propaguliferous Pohlia species.

scholarly journals Phylogenetic Relationship Within Genus Araucaria (Araucariaceae) Assessed by Means of AFLP Fingerprints

2006 ◽  
Vol 55 (1-6) ◽  
pp. 45-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. M. Stefenon ◽  
O. Gailing ◽  
R. Finkeldey
Keyword(s):  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Phylogenetic Trees ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Morphological Characters ◽  
Aflp Markers ◽  
Phylogenetic Study ◽  
The Family ◽  
Chloroplast Dna Sequences

Abstract Highly polymorphic AFLP markers were applied to analyse the phylogenetic relationships of seven species from three sections within genus Araucaria (Araucariaceae) with cladistic and phenetic approaches. The objectives of the study were to compare the intrageneric relationships within Araucaria assessed by AFLP markers with the classification according to chloroplast DNA sequences and morphological characters. The AMOVA revealed 48% of the variation among species. The results of the principal coordinate analysis revealed three distinct groups: (1) A. angustifolia and A. araucana (= section Araucaria), (2) A. bidwillii (= section Bunya) and (3) A. cunninghamii, A. heterophylla, A. rulei and A. scopulorum (= section Eutacta). In the cladistic and phenetic analyses, phylogenetic trees were subdivided into two sister clades, one comprising the samples from section Eutacta, the other one was divided again into two sister clades corresponding to sections Araucaria and Bunya. These results are congruent with a previous phylogenetic study of the family Araucariaceae based on rbcL sequences and with the classification of genus Araucaria based on morphological characters. Both rbcL sequence data and AFLP analyses do not support section Bunya as one of the oldest sections within genus Araucaria, as suggested by the fossil record. The utility of AFLP markers for phylogenetic analyses is discussed.

The Phylogenetic Position of Crenea in the Lythraceae Based on Molecular Evidence, and the Transfer of Its Two Species to Ammannia

2021 ◽  
Vol 106 ◽  
pp. 325-339
Author(s):  
Shirley A. Graham ◽  
Peter W. Inglis ◽  
Taciana B. Cavalcanti
Keyword(s):  
Morphological Character ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Molecular Evidence ◽  
Monophyletic Lineage ◽  
The Family ◽  
Mangrove Vegetation ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Globally Distributed

Crenea Aubl. (Lythraceae) is a ditypic genus of subshrubs occurring in mangrove vegetation on the coasts of northern South America. Phylogenetic analyses based on morphology have offered unresolved and conflicting phylogenetic positions for the genus in the family. This study presents the first molecular sequences for Crenea, from nrITS, rbcL, trnL, trnL-F, and matK regions. Molecular phylogenetic analyses find full support for Crenea within Ammannia L., a relationship not previously recognized. Ammannia is a globally distributed genus of terrestrial to amphibious herbs mostly occurring in freshwater marshes and wetlands. It was recently reconfigured based on phylogenetic evidence to include the genera Nesaea Comm. ex Kunth and Hionanthera A. Fern. & Diniz. The transfer of Crenea to Ammannia further extends the morphological, ecological, and biogeographical diversity of Ammannia and provides the final evidence defining Ammannia as a monophyletic lineage of the Lythraceae. A revised circumscription of Ammannia s.l. adds several new morphological character states and the first species in the genus restricted to mangrove vegetation. Two changes in taxonomic status are made: Ammannia maritima (Aubl.) S. A. Graham, P. W. Inglis, & T. B. Cavalc., comb. nov., and Ammannia patentinervius (Koehne) S. A. Graham, P. W. Inglis, & T. B. Cavalc., comb. nov. The new combinations are described, a list of exsiccatae examined is provided, and the effects of the reconfiguration to the morphology and biogeography of the genus are detailed.

Taxonomic status and genetic differentiation of Hyrcanian Castanea based on noncoding chloroplast DNA sequences data

2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 1611-1629 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hamed Yousefzadeh ◽  
Abasalt Hosseinzadeh Colagar ◽  
Fatemeh Akbarzadeh ◽  
Nicholas P. Tippery
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Differentiation ◽  
Chloroplast Dna ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Taxonomic Status ◽  
Chloroplast Dna Sequences

Molecular phylogeny of the genus Hordeum using three chloroplast DNA sequences

Genome ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 45 (6) ◽  
pp. 1157-1166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomotaro Nishikawa ◽  
Björn Salomon ◽  
Takao Komatsuda ◽  
Roland von Bothmer ◽  
Koh-ichi Kadowaki
Keyword(s):  
Chloroplast Dna ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
Genetic Relationships ◽  
Closely Related Species ◽  
Dna Phylogeny ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Hordeum Jubatum ◽  
Chloroplast Dna Sequences ◽  
Chloroplast Dna Regions

The genus Hordeum consists of three cytotypes (2x, 4x, and 6x). Its reproductive isolation has been incomplete between closely related species and hence the genetic relationship is reticulate and complex. We used 32 taxa of Hordeum and three chloroplast DNA sequences, matK, atpB–rbcL, and trnL–trnF, in the current study. Molecular phylogenetic analysis based on sequence data of the three chloroplast DNA regions clearly demonstrated genetic relationships among taxa and origin of polypoids. The formation of H. secalinum likely involved hybridization between Hordeum marinum subsp. marinum and a Eurasian diploid possessing the H genome. The formation of hexaploid Hordeum brachyantherum involved hybridization between tetraploid H. brachyantherum and diploid H. marinum subsp. gussoneanum. The formation of three tetraploids, H. brachyantherum, Hordeum jubatum, and Hordeum guatemalense, probably involved hybridization between H. brachyantherum subsp. californicum and an altered H genome diploid. The formation of Hordeum arizonicum involved the two taxa Hordeum pusillum and H. jubatum.Key words: chloroplast DNA, phylogeny, Hordeum, barley.

Phylogenetic position and independent generic status of Indocypraea (Asteraceae-Heliantheae-Ecliptinae): evidence from chloroplast DNA sequences

Phytotaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 277 (2) ◽  
pp. 146
Author(s):  
CHEN REN
Keyword(s):  
Chloroplast Dna ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Phylogenetic Position ◽  
Generic Status ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Chloroplast Dna Sequences ◽  
Phylogenetic Perspective ◽  
Base Chromosome Number ◽  
Statistical Topology

Indocypraea (Asteraceae-Heliantheae-Ecliptinae) is a newly-erected monotypic genus, containing only I. montana. Historically, this species has been variously included in Verbesina, Wedelia, and Wollastonia, and its position has never been investigated from a molecular phylogenetic perspective. Based on chloroplast DNA sequences, I revealed that I. montana is only remotely related to these genera, and is sister to Synedrella with strong support. This topology is also significantly favored by the statistical topology tests. The generic status of Indocypraea is further supported by the achenes brownish yellow and densely dotted with white or yellowish white mottles, and a base chromosome number of x = 37, both of which are distinct in the subtribe Ecliptinae. Additionally, I clarify the identity of Wedelia wallichii var. megalantha, and synonymize it with I. montana.

A phylogenetic study of the palm family (Palmae) based on chloroplast DNA sequences from thetrnL ?trnF region

1999 ◽  
Vol 219 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 111-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
William J. Baker ◽  
Conny B. Asmussen ◽  
Sasha C. Barrow ◽  
John Dransfield ◽  
Terry A. Hedderson
Keyword(s):  
Chloroplast Dna ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Phylogenetic Study ◽  
Chloroplast Dna Sequences

An expanded phylogeny of the Dennstaedtiaceae ferns: Oenotrichia falls within a non-monophyletic Dennstaedtia, and Saccoloma is polyphyletic

2015 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leon R. Perrie ◽  
Lara D. Shepherd ◽  
Patrick J. Brownsey
Keyword(s):  
Chloroplast Dna ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Type Species ◽  
New Caledonia ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Chloroplast Dna Sequences ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Recent studies have transferred several species previously attributed to the fern genus Oenotrichia to other genera, and even out of the Dennstaedtiaceae to other families. However, the relationship of the type species, O. maxima from New Caledonia, has not previously been investigated using DNA sequences. With phylogenetic analyses of chloroplast DNA sequences, we verify the placement of Oenotrichia within the Dennstaedtiaceae. Moreover, O. maxima actually nests along with Leptolepia in a clade of Dennstaedtia. Dennstaedtia itself is non-monophyletic, with a second clade being more closely related to Microlepia. We outline what is required to resolve the generic taxonomy of this group. We also find that samples attributed to Saccoloma are polyphyletic, with some falling inside the Dennstaedtiaceae and others outside.

scholarly journals Evidence from the resurrected family Polyrhabdinidae Kamm, 1922 (Apicomplexa: Gregarinomorpha) supports the epimerite, an attachment organelle, as a major eugregarine innovation

PeerJ ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. e11912
Author(s):  
Gita G. Paskerova ◽  
Tatiana S. Miroliubova ◽  
Andrea Valigurová ◽  
Jan Janouškovec ◽  
Magdaléna Kováčiková ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Light Microscopy ◽  
Dna Sequences ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Lsu Rdna ◽  
The Family ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
And Function

Background Gregarines are a major group of apicomplexan parasites of invertebrates. The gregarine classification is largely incomplete because it relies primarily on light microscopy, while electron microscopy and molecular data in the group are fragmentary and often do not overlap. A key characteristic in gregarine taxonomy is the structure and function of their attachment organelles (AOs). AOs have been commonly classified as “mucrons” or “epimerites” based on their association with other cellular traits such as septation. An alternative proposal focused on the AOs structure, functional role, and developmental fate has recently restricted the terms “mucron” to archigregarines and “epimerite” to eugregarines. Methods Light microscopy and scanning and transmission electron microscopy, molecular phylogenetic analyses of ribosomal RNA genes. Results We obtained the first data on fine morphology of aseptate eugregarines Polyrhabdina pygospionis and Polyrhabdina cf. spionis, the type species. We demonstrate that their AOs differ from the mucron in archigregarines and represent an epimerite structurally resembling that in other eugregarines examined using electron microscopy. We then used the concatenated ribosomal operon DNA sequences (SSU, 5.8S, and LSU rDNA) of P. pygospionis to explore the phylogeny of eugregarines with a resolution superior to SSU rDNA alone. The obtained phylogenies show that the Polyrhabdina clade represents an independent, deep-branching family in the Ancoroidea clade within eugregarines. Combined, these results lend strong support to the hypothesis that the epimerite is a synapomorphic innovation of eugregarines. Based on these findings, we resurrect the family Polyrhabdinidae Kamm, 1922 and erect and diagnose the family Trollidiidae fam. n. within the superfamily Ancoroidea Simdyanov et al., 2017. Additionally, we re-describe the characteristics of P. pygospionis, emend the diagnoses of the genus Polyrhabdina, the family Polyrhabdinidae, and the superfamily Ancoroidea.

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