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A molecular and morphological reinvestigation of topotype specimens of Calliblepharis occidentalis (Cystocloniaceae, Rhodophyta)

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Author(s):
Soares, Luanda Pereira [1] ; Fujii, Mutue Toyota [1] ; Diaz-Tapia, Pilar [2, 3] ; Hommersand, Max H. [4]
Total Authors: 4
Affiliation:
[1] Inst Bot, Res Nucleus Phycol, Ave Miguel Estefano 3687, BR-04301902 Sao Paulo - Brazil
[2] Univ A Coruna, Fac Sci, Coastal Biol Res Grp, Campus A Zapateira S-N, La Coruna 15071 - Spain
[3] Univ A Coruna, Ctr Adv Sci Res CICA, Campus A Zapateira S-N, La Coruna 15071 - Spain
[4] Univ North Carolina Chapel Hill, Dept Biol, Coker Hall, 120 South Rd, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 - USA
Total Affiliations: 4
Document type: Journal article
Source: PHYCOLOGIA; v. 58, n. 2, p. 169-179, 2019.
Web of Science Citations: 0
Abstract

Calliblepharis occidentalis was originally described from northeastern Brazil and later reduced to synonymy with C. fimbriata from South Africa. It was later reinstated, but phylogenetic relationships with other congeners and several morphological characters remain poorly understood. In the present article, topotype specimens of C. occidentalis were reinvestigated using molecular, morphological and anatomical data, and its phylogenetic position was inferred on the basis of rbcL and SSU rRNA. Calliblepharis occidentalis was characterised mainly by the axial filament surrounded by medullary cells, weakly developed rosettes in the outer cortex and carposporophytes with central columns. Our molecular phylogeny showed that C. occidentalis is distinct from C. fimbriata (rbcL divergence of 4.5%). Relationships among the 10 species currently assigned to Calliblepharis remain unresolved and whether they form a monophyletic clade is uncertain. Our results suggest that this genus is composed of five morphological groups, here called Calliblepharis sensu lato, based on vegetative and reproductive features such as type of placentation in the carposporophyte, axial filament arrangement and formation of rosettes. The morphological groups might represent different genera, but this hypothesis needs to be tested with better resolved phylogenies based on more comprehensive gene datasets. (AU)