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A taxonomic monograph of Ipomoea integrated across phylogenetic scales.

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Muñoz-Rodríguez, P; Carruthers, T; Wood, JRI; Williams, BRM; Weitemier, K; Kronmiller, B; Goodwin, Z; Sumadijaya, A; Anglin, NL; Filer, D ...
Published in: Nature plants
November 2019

Taxonomic monographs have the potential to make a unique contribution to the understanding of global biodiversity. However, such studies, now rare, are often considered too daunting to undertake within a realistic time frame, especially as the world's collections have doubled in size in recent times. Here, we report a global-scale monographic study of morning glories (Ipomoea) that integrated DNA barcodes and high-throughput sequencing with the morphological study of herbarium specimens. Our approach overhauled the taxonomy of this megadiverse group, described 63 new species and uncovered significant increases in net diversification rates comparable to the most iconic evolutionary radiations in the plant kingdom. Finally, we show that more than 60 species of Ipomoea, including sweet potato, independently evolved storage roots in pre-human times, indicating that the storage root is not solely a product of human domestication but a trait that predisposed the species for cultivation. This study demonstrates how the world's natural history collections can contribute to global challenges in the Anthropocene.

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Nature plants

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EISSN

2055-0278

ISSN

2055-0278

Publication Date

November 2019

Volume

5

Issue

11

Start / End Page

1136 / 1144

Related Subject Headings

  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Phylogeography
  • Phylogeny
  • Ipomoea
  • Evolution, Molecular
  • DNA, Plant
  • DNA Barcoding, Taxonomic
  • Biological Specimen Banks
  • 0703 Crop and Pasture Production
  • 0607 Plant Biology
 

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Muñoz-Rodríguez, P., Carruthers, T., Wood, J. R. I., Williams, B. R. M., Weitemier, K., Kronmiller, B., … Scotland, R. W. (2019). A taxonomic monograph of Ipomoea integrated across phylogenetic scales. Nature Plants, 5(11), 1136–1144. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-019-0535-4
Muñoz-Rodríguez, Pablo, Tom Carruthers, John R. I. Wood, Bethany R. M. Williams, Kevin Weitemier, Brent Kronmiller, Zoë Goodwin, et al. “A taxonomic monograph of Ipomoea integrated across phylogenetic scales.Nature Plants 5, no. 11 (November 2019): 1136–44. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-019-0535-4.
Muñoz-Rodríguez P, Carruthers T, Wood JRI, Williams BRM, Weitemier K, Kronmiller B, et al. A taxonomic monograph of Ipomoea integrated across phylogenetic scales. Nature plants. 2019 Nov;5(11):1136–44.
Muñoz-Rodríguez, Pablo, et al. “A taxonomic monograph of Ipomoea integrated across phylogenetic scales.Nature Plants, vol. 5, no. 11, Nov. 2019, pp. 1136–44. Epmc, doi:10.1038/s41477-019-0535-4.
Muñoz-Rodríguez P, Carruthers T, Wood JRI, Williams BRM, Weitemier K, Kronmiller B, Goodwin Z, Sumadijaya A, Anglin NL, Filer D, Harris D, Rausher MD, Kelly S, Liston A, Scotland RW. A taxonomic monograph of Ipomoea integrated across phylogenetic scales. Nature plants. 2019 Nov;5(11):1136–1144.

Published In

Nature plants

DOI

EISSN

2055-0278

ISSN

2055-0278

Publication Date

November 2019

Volume

5

Issue

11

Start / End Page

1136 / 1144

Related Subject Headings

  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Phylogeography
  • Phylogeny
  • Ipomoea
  • Evolution, Molecular
  • DNA, Plant
  • DNA Barcoding, Taxonomic
  • Biological Specimen Banks
  • 0703 Crop and Pasture Production
  • 0607 Plant Biology