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ArticleBotanical studies2019

Molecular systematics of Chiritopsis-like Primulina (Gesneriaceae): one new species, one new name, two new combinations, and new synonyms.

Wei-Bin Xu, Hsuan Chang, Jie Huang, Kuo-Fang Chung

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Article in Botanical studies, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Wei-Bin XuGuangxi Key Laboratory of Plant Conservation and Restoration Ecology in Karst Terrain, Guangxi Institute of Botany, Guangxi Zhuangzu Autonomous Region and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guilin, 541006, China.
Hsuan ChangResearch Museum and Herbarium (HAST), Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan.
Jie HuangSchool of Life Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200433, China.
Kuo-Fang ChungResearch Museum and Herbarium (HAST), Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan. bochung@gate.sinica.edu.tw.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3628-2567
Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica · TWChinese Academy of Sciences · CNFudan University · CN

Funding

Guilin Scientific Research and Technology Development Program 20180107-6Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan 103-2621-B-002004-MY3National Natural Science Foundation of China 31860043
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe Gesneriaceae genus Chiritopsis, confined almost exclusively to cave or cave-like microhabitats of limestone karsts of southern China, was described to distinguish it from Chirita by much smaller flowers and generally miniature plant sizes in the former genus. However, molecular phylogenetic analyses showed that Chiritopsis is polyphyletic and its species delimitation has been problematic. To understand how many times Chiritopsis-like species have evolved from within the recircumscribed Primulina and to further clarify their species identification, we sampled all but two recently described species of Chiritopsis-like Primulina and reconstructed their phylogenetic relationship based on DNA sequences of nuclear ITS and chloroplast trnL-F and trnH-psbA.

resultsWith 182 accessions of 165 taxa of Primulina sampled, our analyses placed the 40 accessions of 25 taxa of Chiritopsis-like Primulina in 17 unrelated positions, indicating at least 17 independent origins of the traits associated with caves or cave-like microhabitats. Of the 17 clades containing Chiritopsis-like Primulina, Clade 1 is composed of P. bipinnatifida, P. cangwuensis, P. jianghuaensis, P. lingchuanensis, and P. zhoui, as well as additional samples that show variable and overlapping morphology in leaf shapes. Clade 10 includes P. cordifolia, P. huangii, and P. repanda, while Primulina repanda var. guilinensis is not placed within Clade 10. Primulina glandulosa var. yangshuoensis is not placed in the same clade of P. glandulosa.

conclusionsBased on our data, P. cangwuensis, P. jianghuaensis, and P. lingchuanensis are proposed to synonymize under P. bipinnatifida, with P. zhoui treated as a variety of P. bipinnatifida. Primulina repanda var. guilinensis is transferred as P. subulata var. guilinensis comb. nov. and Primulina pseudoglandulosa nom. nov. is proposed for P. glandulosa var. yangshuoensis. One new species is named P. chingipengii to honor the late Dr. Ching-I Peng (1950-2018).

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Convergent evolutionFlora of ChinaLimestone cave floraPrimulina chingipengiiPrimulina pseudoglandulosaPrimulina subulata var. guilinensisSino-Vietnamese limestone karst (SVLK)Taxonomy

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