Journal
PLANTS-BASEL
Volume 11, Issue 16, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/plants11162118
Keywords
amphiadriatic taxa; Caryophyllales; Mediterranean mountain flora; Minuartia; reticulate evolution; taxonomy
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- Progetto di Ricerca di Rilevante Interesse Nazionale (PRIN) PLAN.T.S. 2.0-towards a renaissance of PLANt Taxonomy and Systematics [2017JW4HZK]
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This paper provides a comprehensive study on the phylogenetic relationships within the genus Mcneillia through a multigene phylogeny. The results show extensive gene flow between taxa and demonstrate that Mcneillia is not monophyletic. The study also proposes new taxonomy for the genus, including the recognition of separate species and subspecies.
The genus Mcneillia has been recently segregated from Minuartia L. based on molecular results, also supported by morphology. However, to date, a comprehensive study on the phylogenetic relationships within this genus is lacking. In this paper, we provide a multigene phylogeny of all the species and subspecies of Mcneillia employing two nuclear and six chloroplast markers. We documented extensive gene flow between taxa, sometimes separated at specific rank. In addition, Mcneillia as currently circumscribed, is not monophyletic. In fact, Mcneillia graminifolia subsp. brachypetala, strictly endemic to Greece, truly belongs to Minuartiella, a genus otherwise limited to South-West Asia. Moreover, even after removal of this taxon, our results do not support the monophyly of the taxa included in M. graminifolia s.l., the most variable and widespread species of the genus. Further controversial subspecies of Mcneillia graminifolia, i.e., subsp. hungarica and subsp. rosanoi, are shown to deserve taxonomic recognition as separate species, whereas Mc. moraldoi is not distinct at specific rank. In addition, Mc. saxifraga subsp. tmolea is here regarded as a further distinct species. A consistent taxonomic treatment is therefore proposed with six new combinations and nomenclatural notes, providing the necessary typifications.
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