Genetic and morphological variation in the Bulbophyllum exaltatum (Orchidaceae) complex occurring in the Brazilian “campos rupestres”: implications for taxonomy and biogeography |
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Authors: | P Luz Ribeiro E Leite Borba E de Camargo Smidt S Mota Lambert A Selbach Schnadelbach C van den Berg |
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Institution: | 1. Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Laboratório de Sistemática Molecular de Plantas, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana, Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil 2. Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Botanica, Laboratório de Sistemática, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Ant?nio Carlos, 6627, Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, 31270-901, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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Abstract: | The Bulbophyllum exaltatum complex comprises 15 described taxa, and present a number of unresolved taxonomic questions, especially among populations
found in the Brazilian campo rupestre vegetation. Allozymes were examined in 33 populations to determine the degree of genetic variability between them and their
degree of differentiation to better define the taxa of this group. Additionally morphometric analyses were also performed
on representatives of 24 populations. All of the populations examined demonstrated high levels of variability and none of
the species formed distinct groups comprising all of the conspecific populations. However, the populations primarily grouped
according to their regional occurrence, with a distinction between populations of the states of Minas Gerais and Bahia, which
coincided with the geophysical disjunction of the mountain chains where they occur. It is probable that hybridization or incipient
differentiation is contributing to the elevated genetic identity observed among the populations, generating a reticulated
grouping pattern. |
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Keywords: | allozymes Bulbophyllum Cadeia do Espinha?o campo rupestre genetic variability geographic barrier morphometrics orchidaceae |
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