Phylogeography and disjunct distribution in Lychnophora ericoides (Asteraceae), an endangered cerrado shrub species

• Published in: Annals of botany Vol. 104; no. 4; pp. 655 - 664
• Main Authors: Collevatti, Rosane Garcia, Rabelo, Suelen Gonçalves, Vieira, Roberto F
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press 01.09.2009; Oxford Publishing Limited (England)
• Subjects: ancestry; Asteraceae; Asteraceae - genetics; Asteraceae - physiology; Biological taxonomies; Brazil; Cerrado; cerrado rupestre; Chloroplasts; climate; climatic relict; coalescent analysis; cpDNA; Disjunct geographical distribution; Endangered species; endemism; extinction; Extinction, Biological; Gene flow; Genetic diversity; Genetic structure; Genetic Variation; genetics; Genomes; Geographical distribution; Geography; Glaciation; Haplotypes; intergenic DNA; ITS; Lychnophora ericoides; Molecular Sequence Data; Original; Phylogeny; phylogeography; physiology; Plants; Population distributions; Population Dynamics; Population migration; population structure; Sequence Analysis, DNA; shrubs; Species extinction; Time Factors; vicariance; Brazil; climatic relict; coalescent analysis; cerrado rupestre; Asteraceae; ITS; Disjunct geographical distribution; endemism; Cerrado; vicariance; cpDNA; phylogeography

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Lychnophora ericoides (Asteraceae) presents disjunct geographical distribution in cerrado rupestre in the south-east and central Brazil. The phylogeography of the species was investigated to understand the origin of the disjunct geographical distribution. METHODS: Populations in...