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RENDICONTI LINCEI-SCIENZE FISICHE E NATURALI
卷 31, 期 3, 页码 637-644出版社
SPRINGER-VERLAG ITALIA SRL
DOI: 10.1007/s12210-020-00943-5
关键词
Plant biodiversity; Conservation; Endemism; Turraea; Soqotra
资金
- Botanical Garden of Palermo
- International Foundation pro Herbario Mediterraneo
The relationship of two geographically and ecologically separated populations ofTurraea socotranaStyles and F. White (Meliaceae), a vulnerable and scattered shrub from the island of Socotra (Yemen), was explored using preliminary molecular data. The nuclear ribosomal ITS region was used to screen the level of genetic divergence ofT. socotranafrom ecologically distant localities in comparison to a few other species ofTurraeaand closely related genera. The individuals from the inland (Diksam) differed from the western coastal ones (Ma'alah) by vegetative characters and by therbcL gene. This may be due to the fact that the population from Ma'alah grows on lithosoil slopes directly exposed to moist winds coming from the sea, whereas the population of Diksam occurs on arid cliffs overlooking the inland of the island. The ITS sequences grouped the studied populations from Socotra together and separated them from other species ofTurraeathat are morphologically similar and occurring in East Africa. Considering the differences recorded in therbcL gene, we suggest that the populations ofT. socotranainvestigated here on only a few specimens from two different areas on the island, deserve more research. Our preliminary study potentially indicates that there may be independent evolutionary significant units in this species, however, more research including a wider sampling and comparison to other taxa is needed.
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