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- Title
Genetic and morphological variability in the Raddia brasiliensis complex (Poaceae: Bambusoideae).
- Authors
Oliveira, R.; Borba, E.; Longhi-Wagner, H.; Pereira, A.; Lambert, S.
- Abstract
Raddia brasiliensis forms a species complex with the recently segregated R. megaphylla, R. lancifolia, R. soderstromii and R. stolonifera, occurring in the Atlantic rainforest, Brazil. Allozymic markers were used in 272 individuals of 14 populations of this group to investigate its genetic variability, correlating this with morphological variability, and testing the proposed taxonomy based on multivariate morphometrics. Genetic variability was low in almost all populations ( P = 22.2–66.7, A = 1.3–2.0, H e=0.04–0.17). R. brasiliensis showed a very high endogamy ( F IS = 0.329). Values for genetic and morphological structuring were very high to high ( F ST = 0.43, A MRPP = 0.22; F ST = 0.19, A MRPP = 0.10 and F ST = 0.18, A MRPP = 0.39), respectively, for R. brasiliensis, R. soderstromii and R. megaphylla. The lowest genetic identity between populations was also found in R. brasiliensis, and the highest morphological differentiation was found between populations of R. megaphylla. Allozymic and morphological data were congruent and complementary, and confirm that we are dealing with five distinct species as previously circumscribed.
- Subjects
RADDIA brasiliensis; PERENNIALS; ISOENZYMES; PLANT genetics; GRASS research
- Publication
Plant Systematics & Evolution, 2008, Vol 274, Issue 1/2, p25
- ISSN
0378-2697
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00606-008-0034-y