Phylogenetic relationships within the moss family Bryaceae based on chloroplast DNA evidence

Cox, C. J.; Hedderson, T. A. J.

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Cox, C. J.

Hedderson, T. A. J.

Abstract(s)

The Bryaceae are a large cosmopolitan family of mosses containing genera of considerable taxonomic difficulty. Phylogenetic relationships within the family were inferred using data from chloroplast DNA sequences (rps4 and trnL-trnF region). Parsimony and maximum likelihood optimality criteria, and Bayesian phylogenetic inference procedures were employed to reconstruct relationships. The genera Bryum and Brachymenium are not monophyletic groups. A clade comprising Plagiobryum, Acidodontium, Mielichhoferia macrocarpa, Bryum sects. Bryum, Apalodictyon, Limbata, Leucodontium, Caespiticia, Capillaria (in part: sect. Capillaria), and Brachymenium sect. Dicranobryum, is well supported in all analyses and represents a major lineage within the family. Section Dicranobryum of Brachymenium is more closely related to section Bryum than to the other sections of Brachymenium, as are Mielichhoferia macrocarpa and M. himalayana. Species of Acidodontium form a clade with Anomobryum julaceum. The grouping of species with a rosulate gametophytic growth form suggests the presence of a 'rosulate' clade similar in circumscription to the genus Rosulabryum. Mielichhoferia macrocarpa and M. himalayana are transferred to Bryum as B. porsildii and B. caucasicum, respectively.

Keywords

Bryopsida Bryaceae Phylogenetic relationships Chloroplast DNA TrnL-trnF Ps4

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/5483

Citation

Cox, C.J.; Hedderson, T.A.J.Phylogenetic relationships within the moss family Bryaceae based on chloroplast DNA evidence, Journal of Bryology, 25, 1, 31-40, 2003.