Multilocus Data Analysis Reveal the Diversity of Cryptic Species in the Tillandsia ionantha (Bromeliaceae: Tillansiodeae) Complex.

ABSTRACT: Independent evolutionary lineages or species that lack phenotypic variation as an operative criterion for their delimitation are known as cryptic species. However, these have been delimited using other data sources and analysis. The aims of this study are: (1) to evaluate the divergence of the populations of the T. ionantha complex; and (2) to delimit the species using multilocus data, phylogenetic analysis and the coalescent model. Phylogenetic analyses, genetic diversity and population structure, and isolation by distance analysis were performed. A multispecies coalescent analysis to delimit the species was conducted. Phylogenetic analysis showed that T. ionantha is polyphyletic composed of eight evolutionary lineages. Haplotype distribution and genetic differentiation anal

SUBMITTER: Ancona JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9269404 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature