scholarly journals Herzog Vindicated: Integrative Taxonomy Reveals that Trichostomum brachydontium (Pottiaceae, Bryophyta) Comprises Several Species

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosa M. Ros ◽  
Olaf Werner ◽  
Ron D. Porley
Keyword(s):  
Incomplete Lineage Sorting ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Integrative Taxonomy ◽  
Morphological Data ◽  
Phylogenetic Study ◽  
Lineage Sorting ◽  
New Name ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic Study ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Phylogenetic Lineages

The morphologically variable moss Trichostomum brachydontium is very common in south and west Europe, particularly under Mediterranean and Atlantic climates. A morphological study was conducted alongside a molecular phylogenetic study based on nr ITS and cp rbcL regions in order to assess if T. brachydontium is an exceptionally polymorphic species as evidenced by the number of described infraspecific taxa from the last century or, alternatively, if it includes more than one species, and if so, to find the valid name for them. Phylogenetic analyses of both nuclear and chloroplast datasets show that there are four well-supported clades. While the ITS based tree is in good agreement with the morphological data, there are a few inconsistencies with reference to the rbcL tree; this may be explained by incomplete lineage sorting or by hybridization. The morphological survey revealed well-defined discriminate differences between the four phylogenetic lineages. The taxonomic conclusions include the recognition of four species: T. brachydontium s.s., T. herzogii (a new name proposed for var. cuspidatum), T. littorale and T. meridionale (a new name proposed for var. densum). Lectotypes are designated for T. brachydontium and T. littorale. Our results underline the ongoing need of integrative studies to examine further the underestimated diversity of the T. brachydontium complex in other regions.

Taxonomic resolution of the Tetratheca hirsuta (Elaeocarpaceae) species complex using an integrative approach

2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. M. Joyce ◽  
R. Butcher ◽  
M. Byrne ◽  
P. F. Grierson ◽  
M. Hankinson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Species Complex ◽  
Incomplete Lineage Sorting ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Morphological Data ◽  
Taxonomic Resolution ◽  
Integrative Approach ◽  
Gene Trees ◽  
Lineage Sorting ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Slow Evolution

The Tetratheca hirsuta Lindl. species complex from south-west Western Australia is one of the last unresolved complexes in this Australian endemic genus, and comprises the highly variable T. hirsuta, two rare, phrase-named taxa, and the closely allied T. hispidissima Steetz. An integrative approach, incorporating multivariate morphometric analysis and molecular phylogenetic and phenetic analyses of nrDNA (ETS) and cpDNA (ndhF–trnL, rpl16, trnS–trnG5ʹ2S), was used to investigate taxonomic boundaries within the complex. Morphological data showed clear divergence within the complex, and allowed several taxonomically uncertain individuals to be assigned. Phenetic and phylogenetic analyses of ETS showed substantial congruence with morphology, indicating that the groups recognised through morphometric analyses are also genetically divergent. By comparison, the chloroplast regions yielded incongruent gene trees, perhaps owing to incomplete lineage sorting, hybridisation or slow evolution of cpDNA. The present results support the recognition of the following four taxa: a morphologically and geographically expanded T. hispidissima, which is highly divergent from the remainder of the complex, and a closer grouping of T. hirsuta subsp. boonanarring Joyce & R.Butcher subsp. nov., T. hirsuta subsp. viminea (Lindl.) Joyce comb. et stat. nov. and T. hirsuta subsp. hirsuta.

Description of Ditylenchus acantholimonis n. sp. (Rhabditida: Anguinidae) from Iran, a morphological and molecular phylogenetic study

Nematology ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Samira Aliverdi ◽  
Ebrahim Pourjam ◽  
Majid Pedram
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Rhizosphere Soil ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Phylogenetic Study ◽  
Pharyngeal Bulb ◽  
Lateral Field ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic Study ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Golestan Province ◽  
Tail Tip

Summary Ditylenchus acantholimonis n. sp. is described based on morphological, morphometric and molecular characters. It was isolated from the rhizosphere soil of Acantholimon sp. in Golestan province, Iran, and is mainly characterised by having four lines in the lateral field, a pyriform to bottle-shaped offset pharyngeal bulb, post-vulval uterine sac 36.6-56.1% of the vulva to anus distance long, and a subcylindrical to conical tail with widely rounded tip. It is further characterised by short to medium-sized females, 480-617 μm long, with a fine stylet having small rounded knobs, V = 80.8-83.6, c = 11.0-13.8, c′ = 3.3-4.6, and males with 16.0-17.0 μm long spicules. The new species was morphologically compared with six species having four lines in their lateral field, rounded tail tip and comparable morphometric data namely: D. dipsacoideus, D. emus, D. exilis, D. paraparvus, D. sturhani, and D. solani. It was also compared with two species, D. ferepolitor and D. angustus, forming a maximally supported clade in the 18S tree. The phylogenetic analyses using the maximal number of Anguinidae and several Sphaerularioidea genera based upon partial 18S and 28S rDNA D2-D3 sequences revealed that Ditylenchus is polyphyletic. In the 18S tree, the new species formed a clade with D. ferepolitor (KJ636374) and D. angustus (AJ966483); in the 28S tree it formed a poorly supported clade with D. phyllobios (KT192618) and Ditylenchus sp. (MG865719).

scholarly journals Death of an order: a comprehensive molecular phylogenetic study confirms that termites are eusocial cockroaches

2007 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 331-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daegan Inward ◽  
George Beccaloni ◽  
Paul Eggleton
Keyword(s):  
Social Insects ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Social Wasps ◽  
Phylogenetic Study ◽  
Social Bees ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic Study ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
The Tropics

Termites are instantly recognizable mound-builders and house-eaters: their complex social lifestyles have made them incredibly successful throughout the tropics. Although known as ‘white ants’, they are not ants and their relationships with other insects remain unclear. Our molecular phylogenetic analyses, the most comprehensive yet attempted, show that termites are social cockroaches, no longer meriting being classified as a separate order (Isoptera) from the cockroaches (Blattodea). Instead, we propose that they should be treated as a family (Termitidae) of cockroaches. It is surprising to find that a group of wood-feeding cockroaches has evolved full sociality, as other ecologically dominant fully social insects (e.g. ants, social bees and social wasps) have evolved from solitary predatory wasps.

A molecular phylogenetic study of two relict species of melanopline grasshoppers

Genome ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 313-318 ◽  
Author(s):  
W Chapco ◽  
G Litzenberger
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Clock ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Phylogenetic Study ◽  
Melanoplus Sanguinipes ◽  
Eastern Canada ◽  
Relict Species ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic Study ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Mitochondrial Sequences ◽  
The Times

Two species belonging to the large grasshopper genus Melanoplus, Melanoplus gaspesiensis and Melanoplus madeleineae, are thought to have survived in refugia in eastern Canada during the Wisconsin glaciation period and perhaps during earlier glacial episodes as well. It has been proposed that either Melanoplus borealis, which is widely distributed today, or its antecedent gave rise to the two relict species. Our research, based on standard phylogenetic analyses of mitochondrial sequences, examines this claim by establishing the positions of M. gaspesiensis and M. madeleineae within Melanoplus. There is a very close and strongly supported connection between M. madeleineae and M. borealis (d = 1.36%), whereas M. gaspesiensis is more distant from the latter (d = 2.08%) and appears closely aligned with two other species. Molecular clock estimates of the times of separation of M. madeleineae and M. gaspesiensis from M. borealis are 0.68 and 1.04 million years ago, respectively. Within-species diversities of 1.01 and 0.70% for M. madeleineae and M. gaspesiensis, respectively, are of comparable magnitudes to that of the continentally distributed Melanoplus sanguinipes (0.86%), clearly indicating that neither species endured bottleneck effects despite isolation.Key words: grasshopper, Melanoplus, relict species, mtDNA.

Reestablishment of Mansoa ventricosa (Bignonieae, Bignoniaceae) based on molecular and morphological data

Phytotaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 327 (2) ◽  
pp. 141 ◽  
Author(s):  
JESSICA NAYARA CARVALHO FRANCISCO ◽  
LÚCIA G. LOHMANN
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
Morphological Data ◽  
Phylogenetic Study ◽  
Phylogenetic Placement ◽  
Morphological Studies ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic Study ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Wet Forests ◽  
New Distribution ◽  
Broad Scale

Pachyptera ventricosa is a rare and poorly known species of liana that occurs in wet forests from the state of Pará, in Brazil. This species is characterized by features that are diagnostic of four genera within tribe Bignonieae: Mansoa, Martinella, Pachyptera, and Tanaecium. The currently recognized P. ventricosa was originally described in Mansoa, but subsequently transferred to Pachyptera based on morphological similarities. In this study, we use a combination of molecular and morphological data to evaluate the current placement of P. ventricosa. We conduct a broad scale molecular phylogenetic study based on 114 sequences of ndhF and PepC representing 112 taxa and members of all genera recognized in Bignonieae. In addition, we also conduct detailed morphological studies of selected characters. Our molecular phylogenetic study indicates that the currently recognized Pachyptera ventricosa is more closely related to members of Mansoa than to Pachyptera. New morphological data corroborates the molecular phylogenetic placement indicating that this species is indeed best placed within Mansoa. We here propose the reestablishment of Mansoa ventricosa, and show the detailed description for this species, along with new distribution information, and the first illustration for this taxon.

scholarly journals Molecular phylogenetic study of the tribe Tropidieae (Orchidaceae, Epidendroideae) with taxonomic and evolutionary implications

PhytoKeys ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 140 ◽  
pp. 11-22
Author(s):  
Izai A. B. Sabino Kikuchi ◽  
Paul J. A. Keβler ◽  
André Schuiteman ◽  
Jin Murata ◽  
Tetsuo Ohi-Toma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ribosomal Dna ◽  
Phylogenetic Relationships ◽  
Phylogenetic Trees ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Nuclear Ribosomal Dna ◽  
Phylogenetic Study ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic Study ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
High Support ◽  
Photosynthetic Ability

The orchid tribe Tropidieae comprises three genera, Tropidia, Corymborkis and Kalimantanorchis. There are three fully mycoheterotrophic species within Tropidieae: Tropidia saprophytica, T. connata and Kalimantanorchis nagamasui. A previous phylogenetic study of K. nagamasui, based only on plastid matK data, placed K. nagamasui outside the clade of Tropidia and Corymborkis without support. In this study, we performed phylogenetic analyses using a nuclear ribosomal DNA spacer (ITS1-5.8S-ITS2), a low-copy nuclear coding gene (Xdh) and a mitochondrial intron (nad1b-c intron) to study the phylogenetic relationships within Tropidieae. We included six photosynthetic and all three fully mycoheterotrophic Tropidieae species. The resulting phylogenetic trees placed these fully mycoheterotrophic species inside the Tropidia clade with high support. In our trees, these three species do not form a monophyletic group together, because the photosynthetic T. graminea is nested amongst them. Our results also suggest that the loss of photosynthetic ability occurred at least twice in Tropidia.

A morphology-based phylogenetic analysis of Fasciolariidae (Gastropoda: Buccinoidea)

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4684 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-65
Author(s):  
DIOGO R. COUTO ◽  
LUIZ R. L. R. SIMONE
Keyword(s):  
Morphological Data ◽  
Phylogenetic Study ◽  
Similar Species ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic Study ◽  
The Family ◽  
Basal Clade ◽  
Morphological Approach ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Taxonomic Groups ◽  
The Tropics

Fasciolariids are buccinoid neogastropods and key predators in the tropics and subtropics, comprising more than 500 species in the subfamilies Fasciolariinae, Fusininae and Peristerniinae. Tulip shells, horse-conchs, spindles, etc., have been grouped into heterogeneous combinations of unrelated species, while several generic names have been used to group conchologically similar species. The latest molecular phylogenetic study conflicts with the current circumscription of many genera, and even more so, with the three currently recognized subfamilies. This work is the first morphological approach to the phylogeny of fasciolariids, using a parsimony analysis in TnT of 53 taxa based on 100 characters. This analysis reveals a monophyletic Fasciolariidae, with the genera Dolicholatirus and Teralatirus representing the most basal clade in the family, followed by three nodes that correspond to a fusinine grade, which includes the genus Pseudolatirus (Peristerniinae). A terminal clade groups the peristerniine genera Peristernia and Fusolatirus, fasciolariines and the remaining peristerniines. Although none of these clades correspond to currently accepted taxonomic groups, the latter two clades are corroborated in the most recent multilocus molecular phylogeny. This study supports the utility of morphological data in the recovery of groups, even in the molecular era. 

scholarly journals A new view on the morphology and phylogeny of eugregarines suggested by the evidence from the gregarine Ancora sagittata (Leuckart, 1860) Labbé, 1899 (Apicomplexa: Eugregarinida)

PeerJ ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. e3354 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timur G. Simdyanov ◽  
Laure Guillou ◽  
Andrei Y. Diakin ◽  
Kirill V. Mikhailov ◽  
Joseph Schrével ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Phylogenetic Trees ◽  
Sequence Data ◽  
Phylogenetic Analyses ◽  
Molecular Data ◽  
Wide Distribution ◽  
Phylogenetic Study ◽  
Molecular Evidence ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
Phylogenetic Lineages

Background Gregarines are a group of early branching Apicomplexa parasitizing invertebrate animals. Despite their wide distribution and relevance to the understanding the phylogenesis of apicomplexans, gregarines remain understudied: light microscopy data are insufficient for classification, and electron microscopy and molecular data are fragmentary and overlap only partially. Methods Scanning and transmission electron microscopy, PCR, DNA cloning and sequencing (Sanger and NGS), molecular phylogenetic analyses using ribosomal RNA genes (18S (SSU), 5.8S, and 28S (LSU) ribosomal DNAs (rDNAs)). Results and Discussion We present the results of an ultrastructural and molecular phylogenetic study on the marine gregarine Ancora sagittata from the polychaete Capitella capitata followed by evolutionary and taxonomic synthesis of the morphological and molecular phylogenetic evidence on eugregarines. The ultrastructure of Ancora sagittata generally corresponds to that of other eugregarines, but reveals some differences in epicytic folds (crests) and attachment apparatus to gregarines in the family Lecudinidae, where Ancora sagittata has been classified. Molecular phylogenetic trees based on SSU (18S) rDNA reveal several robust clades (superfamilies) of eugregarines, including Ancoroidea superfam. nov., which comprises two families (Ancoridae fam. nov. and Polyplicariidae) and branches separately from the Lecudinidae; thus, all representatives of Ancoroidea are here officially removed from the Lecudinidae. Analysis of sequence data also points to possible cryptic species within Ancora sagittata and the inclusion of numerous environmental sequences from anoxic habitats within the Ancoroidea. LSU (28S) rDNA phylogenies, unlike the analysis of SSU rDNA alone, recover a well-supported monophyly of the gregarines involved (eugregarines), although this conclusion is currently limited by sparse taxon sampling and the presence of fast-evolving sequences in some species. Comparative morphological analyses of gregarine teguments and attachment organelles lead us to revise their terminology. The terms “longitudinal folds” and “mucron” are restricted to archigregarines, whereas the terms “epicystic crests” and “epimerite” are proposed to describe the candidate synapomorphies of eugregarines, which, consequently, are considered as a monophyletic group. Abolishing the suborders Aseptata and Septata, incorporating neogregarines into the Eugregarinida, and treating the major molecular phylogenetic lineages of eugregarines as superfamilies appear as the best way of reconciling recent morphological and molecular evidence. Accordingly, the diagnosis of the order Eugregarinida Léger, 1900 is updated.

Mycetia griffithii, a new name for Mycetia angustifolia (Hook.f.) Razafim. & B.Bremer (Rubiaceae)

Phytotaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 252 (3) ◽  
pp. 231
Author(s):  
DONG-XIAN XU ◽  
SYLVAIN G. RAZAFIMANDIMBISON ◽  
ZHU-QIU SONG
Keyword(s):  
South China ◽  
Phylogenetic Study ◽  
New Combinations ◽  
New Name ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic Study ◽  
The Family ◽  
Distinct Genus ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic

Myrioneuron R. Brown ex J. D. Hooker in Bentham & Hooker (1873: 69) comprises about eight species of the family Rubiaceae and it is distributed in East Himalaya to South China (Govaerts et al. 2011). Although it was occasionally treated as a synonym of Mycetia Reinwardt (1825: 9) (Bakhuizen 1975) or Keenania J. D. Hooker (1880: 101) (Van Steenis 1987, Robbrecht 1988), most botanists accepted it as a distinct genus (Kurz 1877, Hooker 1880, Schumann 1891, Pitard 1923, Merrill 1942, Bremekamp 1952, Deb 1996, Lo 1999, Wright 1999, Kress et al. 2003; Chen & Taylor 2011, Govaerts et al. 2011). Most recently, however, a molecular phylogenetic study revealed that Myrioneuron and Mycetia are non-monophyletic and intermixed, and therefore both taxa were combined to represent a monophyletic genus and Mycetia was accepted as its generic name (Ginter et al. 2015). In the study, they published nine new combinations, including Mycetia angustifolia (J. D. Hooker 1880: 97) Razafim. & B. Bremer in Ginter et al. (2015: 293). However, this name is illegitimate because it is a later homonym of Mycetia angustifolia Ridley (1923: 68), in accordance with Article 53.1 of the ICN (McNeil et al. 2012).

New combination and new location Gagea reticulata var. robusta comb. et stat. nov. (Liliaceae)

2017 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 58-64
Author(s):  
L. S. Krasovskaya
Keyword(s):  
Morphological Data ◽  
New Combination ◽  
Phylogenetic Study ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic Study ◽  
The Status ◽  
New Localities ◽  
Molecular Phylogenetic ◽  
New Location

The status of Gagea robusta Zarrei et Wilkin is revised and a new combination, G. reticulata var. robusta (Zarrei et Wilkin) Krassovsk. comb. et stat. nov., is published in accordance with morphological data. Previously, this taxon was involved in the molecular phylogenetic study of the genus Gagea under the designation «G. helicophylla Levichev» (ined.). The new localities of G. reticulata var. robusta in Turkmenia (Badkhyz, Kopetdag) and Iran are cited.

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