期刊
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY
卷 103, 期 4, 页码 740-753出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1500281
关键词
allozymes; Botrychium m atricariifolium; cryptic species; ferns; Ophioglossaceae; polyploidy; speciation
资金
- Clarence R. & Florence N. Hanes Foundation
- Huron Mountain Wildlife Foundation
- Department of Botany John J. Davis Grant
- Michigan Rare Plant Fund
- UW-Madison Vilas Travel Award
- USDA Forest Service
PREMISE OF THE STUDY: Cryptic species are a challenge for botanists and taxonomists. To improve species delineation in the genus Botrychium (Ophioglossaceae), which includes multiple instances of allotetraploid speciation, we examined a cryptic species complex using genetics and morphology. METHODS: We sampled species in the B. matricariifolium complex, concentrating on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and including multiple proposed morphospecies. We analyzed over 1500 samples using 10 enzyme systems, measured 42 quantitative and qualitative morphological characters for over 650 individuals, and analyzed 145 samples using AFLPs. We tested for diagnostic enzymes in the morphospecies and calculated the correlation between morphological and genetic distances to determine whether putatively distinct morphotypes warrant taxonomic recognition. KEY RESULTS: Allozyme allelic variation corresponded loosely to some morphotypes of B. matricariifolium, but with lower genetic distinction among them than found between B. matricariifolium and B. michiganense. Botrychium michiganense contains unique alleles, indicating a different hybrid origin from that of B. matricariifolium and supporting its status as a genetically distinct species. CONCLUSIONS: We showed that B. acuminatum morphology and genetics are accommodated taxonomically within B. matricariifolium; B. matricariifolium and B. michiganense likely represent hybridization events between related species; and morphotypes within B. matricariifolium likely represent repeated hybridization events between the same two parental species. These hybridizations have resulted in the array of morphotypes observed by field botanists. By helping to identify diagnostic morphological characters, genetic analyses also help us understand and resolve morphological variation observed in the field.
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