Insights into the phylogenetic relationships and species boundaries of the Myricaria squamosa complex (Tamaricaceae) based on the complete chloroplast genome.

ABSTRACT: Myricaria plants are widely distributed in Eurasia and are helpful for windbreak and embankment protection. Current molecular evidence has led to controversy regarding species boundaries within the Myricaria genus and interspecific phylogenetic relationships between three specific species-M. bracteata, M. paniculata and M. squamosa-which have remained unresolved. This study treated these three unresolved taxa as a species complex, named the M. squamosa complex. The genome skimming approach was used to determine 35 complete plastome sequences and nuclear ribosomal DNA sequences for the said complex and other closely related species, followed by de novo assembly. Comparative analyses were conducted across Myricaria to identify the genom

SUBMITTER: Hu H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10720482 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature