Molecular systematics of four endemic Batrachospermaceae (Rhodophyta) species in China with multilocus data

• Published in: Journal of systematics and evolution : JSE Vol. 52; no. 1; pp. 92 - 100
• Main Authors: JI, Li, XIE, Shu-Lian, FENG, Jia, CHEN, Le, WANG, Jie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Beijing Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2014; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc; School of Life Science, Shanxi University, Taiyuan 030006, China
• Subjects: analysis; Batrachospermaceae; Batrachospermaceae;China;endemic; Batrachospermales; Batrachospermum; China; data;phylogenetic; endemic species; Evolution; Genes; multilocus data; phylogenetic analysis; Phylogenetics; Rhodophyta; species;multilocus; Batrachospermaceae; phylogenetic analysis; multilocus data; China; endemic species
• ISSN: 1674-4918; 1759-6831
• DOI: 10.1111/jse.12058

Four endemic Batrachospermaceae species in China, Batrachospermum hongdongense Xie & Feng, Batrachospermum longipedicellatum Hua & Shi, Kumanoa curvata (Shi) Vis et al., and Kumanoa intorta (Jao) Entwisle et al., were analyzed with multilocus data in order to assess their phylogenetic placement. Multilocus molecular data from one nuclear gene (the ribosomal SSU), one chloroplast gene (rbcL), and two mitochondrial genes (COI and the cox2‐3 spacer) as well as morphological studies were used to determine the phylogenetic relationships of these endemic species within the Batrachospermales. Batrachospermum hongdongense and B. longipedicellatum had previously been placed in Batrachospermum section Batrachospermum, but based on the data from this study they should be transferred into section Helminthoidea. Kumanoa curvata and K. intorta clearly belong to the newly established genus Kumanoa.