Garima Singh, Francesco Dal Grande, Pradeep K. Divakar, Jürgen Otte, Steven D. Leavitt, Katarzyna Szczepanska, Ana Crespo, Víctor J. Rico, André Aptroot, Marcela Eugenia da Silva Cáceres, Helge Thorsten Lumbsch, Imke Schmitt
- Species recognition in lichen-forming fungi has been a challenge because of unsettled species concepts, few taxonomically relevant traits, and limitations of traditionally used morphological and chemical characters for identifying closely related species. Here we analyze species diversity in the cosmopolitan genus Protoparmelia s.l. The ~25 described species in this group occur across diverse habitats from the boreal -arctic/alpine to the tropics, but their relationship to each other remains unexplored. In this study, we inferred the phylogeny of 18 species currently assigned to this genus based on 160 specimens and six markers: mtSSU, nuLSU, ITS, RPB1, MCM7, and TSR1. We assessed the circumscription of species-level lineages in Protoparmelia s. str. using two coalescent-based species delimitation methods – BP&P and spedeSTEM. Our results suggest the presence of a tropical and an extra-tropical lineage, and eleven previously unrecognized distinct species-level lineages in Protoparmelia s. str. Several cryptic lineages were discovered as compared to phenotype-based species delimitation. Many of the putative species are supported by geographic evidence.
MetadatenAuthor: | Garima SinghORCiDGND, Francesco Dal GrandeORCiD, Pradeep K. Divakar, Jürgen OtteORCiDGND, Steven D. Leavitt, Katarzyna Szczepanska, Ana Crespo, Víctor J. Rico, André Aptroot, Marcela Eugenia da Silva Cáceres, Helge Thorsten Lumbsch, Imke SchmittORCiDGND |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-379892 |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0124625 |
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ISSN: | 1932-6203 |
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Pubmed Id: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25932996 |
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Parent Title (English): | PLoS one |
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Publisher: | PLoS |
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Place of publication: | Lawrence, Kan. |
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Document Type: | Article |
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Language: | English |
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Date of Publication (online): | 2015/08/07 |
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Date of first Publication: | 2015/05/01 |
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Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
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Release Date: | 2015/08/07 |
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Volume: | 10 |
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Issue: | (5): e0124625 |
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Page Number: | 20 |
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First Page: | 1 |
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Last Page: | 20 |
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Note: | Copyright: © 2015 Singh et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited |
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HeBIS-PPN: | 37011339X |
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Institutes: | Biowissenschaften / Biowissenschaften |
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| Angeschlossene und kooperierende Institutionen / Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft |
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| Biowissenschaften / Institut für Ökologie, Evolution und Diversität |
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| Fachübergreifende Einrichtungen / Biodiversität und Klima Forschungszentrum (BiK-F) |
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Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 57 Biowissenschaften; Biologie / 570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie |
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Sammlungen: | Universitätspublikationen |
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| Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte |
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Licence (German): | Creative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0 |
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