Linking morphological and molecular sources to disentangle the case of Xylodon australis.

ABSTRACT: The use of different sources of evidence has been recommended in order to conduct species delimitation analyses to solve taxonomic issues. In this study, we use a maximum likelihood framework to combine morphological and molecular traits to study the case of Xylodon australis (Hymenochaetales, Basidiomycota) using the locate.yeti function from the phytools R package. Xylodon australis has been considered a single species distributed across Australia, New Zealand and Patagonia. Multi-locus phylogenetic analyses were conducted to unmask the actual diversity under X. australis as well as the kinship relations respect their relatives. To assess the taxonomic position of each clade, locate.yeti function was used to locate in a molecular phylogeny the X. australis type material for which no mole

SUBMITTER: Fernandez-Lopez J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7738490 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature