Phylogenomics resolves the rediscovered Himalayan endemic Brachymeniopsis gymnostoma (Bryophyta, Funariaceae), as a species of Entosthodon , prompting also the transfer of Clavitheca poeltii
Phylogenomics resolves the rediscovered Himalayan endemic Brachymeniopsis gymnostoma (Bryophyta, Funariaceae), as a species of Entosthodon , prompting also the transfer of Clavitheca poeltii
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系统基因组学解析了重新发现的喜马拉雅特有的 Brachymeniopsis gynostoma(苔藓植物,Funariaceae),作为 Entosthodon 的一种,也促进了 Clavitheca poeltii 的转移
DOI:
10.1002/tax.13106
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发表时间:
2023
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影响因子:
3.4
通讯作者:
Goffinet, Bernard
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作者:
Zhang, Li;Zuo, Qin;Ma, Wen‐Zhang;Shevock, James R.;Patel, Nikisha;Johnson, Matthew;Medina, Rafael;Wilding, Nicholas;Goffinet, Bernard
Traits of the spore‐bearing generation have historically provided the basis for systematic concepts across the phylogenetic spectrum and depth of mosses. Whether taxa characterized by a simple sporophytic architecture are closely related or emerged from independent reduction is often ambiguous. Phylogenomic inferences in the Funariaceae, which hold the model taxonPhyscomitrium patens, revealed that several such shifts in sporophyte complexity occurred, and mostly within theEntosthodon‐Physcomitriumcomplex. Here, we report the rediscovery of the monospecific, Himalayan endemic generaBrachymeniopsisandClavitheca, after nearly 100 years and 40 years since their respective descriptions. The genera are characterized by, among other traits, their short sporophytes lacking the sporangial peristome teeth controlling spore dispersal. Phylogenomic inferences reveal thatBrachymeniopsis gymnostomaarose within the clade ofEntosthodons.str., a genus with typically long‐exserted capsules. We therefore propose to transferB. gymnostomato the genusEntosthodon, asE. gymnostomuscomb. nov.Furthermore,Clavitheca poeltii, the sole species of the genus, is morphologically highly similar toE. gymnostomus, and should also be transferred toEntosthodon, but is retained as a distinct taxon,E. poeltiicomb. nov., until additional populations allow for testing the robustness of the observed divergence in costa and seta length between the Nepalese and Chinese populations.