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Phylogeny of the sphagnopsida based on chloroplast and nuclear DNA sequences

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Shaw, AJ
Published in: Bryologist
January 1, 2000

Most reconstructions of basal land plant relationships derived from morphological or molecular data suggest that the Sphagnopsida form a critical clade at or near the base of the mosses (Bryophyta s.s.). The Sphagnopsida include two orders: Sphagnales and Ambuchananiales, each with one family. The Ambuchananiaceae is monotypic, with A. leucobryoides of Tasmania. Nucleotide sequences from five genomic regions, two from the nuclear genome (ITS and 26S nuclear ribosomal DNA) and three from the chloroplast genome (psbT, rpl16, trnL) were subjected to cladistic analyses in order to assess 1) the relationship between Ambuchanania and Sphagnum, 2) the polarity of evolutionary change in Sphagnum (i.e., infer a root for the infrageneric phylogeny), 3) monophyly of the four large sections of Sphagnum (Acutifolia, Cuspidata, Sphagnum, and Subsecunda) and 4) phylogenetic relationships of the smaller or monotypic sections. Ambuchanania is resolved as the sister group to Sphagnum and is not nested within the latter as a highly derived species. Polarity of evolutionary change in Sphagnum is ambiguous; alternative hypotheses suggested by molecular data place either the sect. Subsecunda or the sect. Sphagnum as sister to all other species. The four large sections of Sphagnum are each monophyletic if circumscribed to include species traditionally placed in monotypic sections. Sphagnum macrophyllum (sect. Isocladus) is nested within the Subsecunda. Sphagnum pylaesii (sect. Hemitheca) is nested within the Cuspidata and is closely related to S. tenellum (sect. Mollusca). Sphagnum wulfianum (sect. Polyclada) is nested within the Acutifolia, closely related to S. fimbriatum and S. girgensohnii. Sphagnum aongstroemii (sect. Insulosa) is either nested within the Acutifolia, or is sister to other species of Acutifolia. Molecular evidence supports a sister group relationship between the sections Rigida and Sphagnum, and between the sections Squarrosa and Acutifolia. Molecular data suggest that phylogenetic structure in Sphagnum can be accommodated by four large sections without segregating morphologically distinctive taxa into smaller sections, as is traditionally done. A revised classification is proposed in which the genus is divided into four sections: Acutifolia, Cuspidata, Sphagnum, and Subsecunda.

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Bryologist

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0007-2745

Publication Date

January 1, 2000

Volume

103

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2

Start / End Page

277 / 306

Related Subject Headings

  • Plant Biology & Botany
  • 3108 Plant biology
  • 0607 Plant Biology
 

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Shaw, A. J. (2000). Phylogeny of the sphagnopsida based on chloroplast and nuclear DNA sequences. Bryologist, 103(2), 277–306. https://doi.org/10.1639/0007-2745(2000)103[0277:POTSBO]2.0.CO;2
Shaw, A. J. “Phylogeny of the sphagnopsida based on chloroplast and nuclear DNA sequences.” Bryologist 103, no. 2 (January 1, 2000): 277–306. https://doi.org/10.1639/0007-2745(2000)103[0277:POTSBO]2.0.CO;2.
Shaw AJ. Phylogeny of the sphagnopsida based on chloroplast and nuclear DNA sequences. Bryologist. 2000 Jan 1;103(2):277–306.
Shaw, A. J. “Phylogeny of the sphagnopsida based on chloroplast and nuclear DNA sequences.” Bryologist, vol. 103, no. 2, Jan. 2000, pp. 277–306. Scopus, doi:10.1639/0007-2745(2000)103[0277:POTSBO]2.0.CO;2.
Shaw AJ. Phylogeny of the sphagnopsida based on chloroplast and nuclear DNA sequences. Bryologist. 2000 Jan 1;103(2):277–306.

Published In

Bryologist

DOI

ISSN

0007-2745

Publication Date

January 1, 2000

Volume

103

Issue

2

Start / End Page

277 / 306

Related Subject Headings

  • Plant Biology & Botany
  • 3108 Plant biology
  • 0607 Plant Biology