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ArticleJournal of plant research2022

Phylogenetic and morphological analyses of Pilosocereus leucocephalus group s.s. (Cactaceae) reveal new taxonomical implications.

Daniel Franco-Estrada, Duniel Barrios, Cristian R Cervantes, Xochitl Granados-Aguilar, Salvador Arias

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  1. Phylogenomics and classification of Cactaceae based on hundreds of nuclear genes.Plant systematics and evolution = Entwicklungsgeschichte und Systematik der Pflanzen · 2025
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Daniel Franco-EstradaPosgrado en Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, 04510, Mexico City, Mexico. daniel.franco@st.ib.unam.mx.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8788-0025
Duniel BarriosGrupo de Ecología y Conservación, Jardín Botánico Nacional, Universidad de La Habana, Carretera El Rocío km 3½, Calabazar, Boyeros, 19 230, Havana, Cuba.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7876-7645
Cristian R CervantesPosgrado en Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, 04510, Mexico City, Mexico.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6158-9099
Xochitl Granados-AguilarPosgrado en Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, 04510, Mexico City, Mexico.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7570-4211
Salvador AriasJardín Botánico, Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Tercer Circuito Exterior, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, 04510, Mexico City, Mexico. sarias@ib.unam.mx.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7674-7050

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UNAM-DGAPA-PAPIIT IN208619
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Abstract

Pilosocereus is one of the Cactaceae family's most relevant genera in terms of the number of species and its wide geographical range in the Americas. Within Pilosocereus, five informal taxonomic groups have been recognized, one of which is P. leucocephalus group s.s., whose phylogenetic relationships remain unresolved. Therefore, our objectives are to recognize the circumscriptions of the species in P. leucocephalus group s.s. and to corroborate the monophyly and phylogenetic relationships of this group through a set of morphological and molecular characters. This study is based on representative sampling along the broad distribution of this group in Mexico and Central America using multivariate and phylogenetic analyses. The morphological characters identified to contribute to species recognition and group formation are branch diameter, areole length, the areole length-width ratio, the distance between areoles, the length of the longest radial spine, and branch and spines colors. The chloroplast markers rpl16, trnL-trnF, and petL-psbE and the nuclear marker AT1G18270 support the monophyly of the P. leucocephalus group s.s., and two probable synapomorphies are suggested, including one transversion in rpl16 and another in petL-psbE. Together, our results demonstrate that sampled species of P. leucocephalus group s.s. encompass six species distributed in Mexico and Central America: P. alensis and P. purpusii in the western region, P. chrysacanthus and P. collinsii in the central region, and P. gaumeri and P. leucocephalus in the eastern region. A taxonomic key to recognized species is provided.

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CactaceaeCell NucleusGeographyMexicoPhylogenyCentral AmericaMesoamerican dominionMexicoMultivariate analysisPhylogenetic analysisPilosocereus

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