Re-evaluation of phylogenetic relationships among species of the mangrove genus Avicennia from Indo-West Pacific based on multilocus analyses

Li, Xinnian, Duke, Norman C., Yang, Yuchen, Huang, Lishi, Zhu, Yuxiang, Zhang, Zhang, Zhou, Renchao, Zhong, Cairong, Huang, Yelin, and Sia, Suhua (2016) Re-evaluation of phylogenetic relationships among species of the mangrove genus Avicennia from Indo-West Pacific based on multilocus analyses. PLoS ONE, 11 (10). e0164453. pp. 1-14.

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Abstract

Avicennia L. (Avicenniaceae), one of the most diverse mangrove genera, is distributed widely in tropical and subtropical intertidal zones worldwide. Five species of Avicennia in the Indo-West Pacific region have been previously described. However, their phylogenetic relationships were determined based on morphological and allozyme data. To enhance our understanding of evolutionary patterns in the clade, we carried out a molecular phylogenetic study using wide sampling and multiple loci. Our results support two monophyletic clades across all species worldwide in Avicennia: an Atlantic-East Pacific (AEP) lineage and an Indo-West Pacific (IWP) lineage. This split is in line with biogeographic distribution of the clade. Focusing on the IWP branch, we reconstructed a detailed phylogenetic tree based on sequences from 25 nuclear genes. The results identified three distinct subclades, (1) A. rumphiana and A. alba, (2) A. officinalis and A. integra, and (3) the A. marina complex, with high bootstrap support. The results strongly corresponded to two morphological traits in floral structure: stigma position in relation to the anthers and style length. Using Bayesian dating methods we estimated diversification of the IWP lineage was dated to late Miocene (c. 6.0 million years ago) and may have been driven largely by the fluctuating sea levels since that time.

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Item Type: Article (Research - C1)
ISSN: 1932-6203
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Funders: National Natural Science Foundation of China (NNSFC), Science Foundation of State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol (SFSKLB), Chang Hungta Science Foundation (CHSF), Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU)
Projects and Grants: NNSFC 41130208, NNSFC 91331202, NNSFC 41276107, SFSKLB SKLBC 16A35
Date Deposited: 21 Oct 2016 04:29
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