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Phylogenetic analysis of Sorbus ser. Folgnerianae (Rosaceae)

MA Jianhui(), CHEN Xin*(), GENG Liyang, TANG Chenqian, WEI Xueyan   

  1. Co-Innovation Center for Sustainable Forestry in Southern China, College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China
  • Received:2022-05-02 Revised:2022-06-10 Online:2024-07-30 Published:2024-08-05
  • Contact: CHEN Xin E-mail:2556429572@qq.com;chenxinzhou@njfu.edu.cn

Abstract:

【Objective】To test whether Sorbus ser. Folgnerianae is a monophyletic group and to reconstruct the phylogenetic relationship among three species, S. dunnii, S. folgneri and S. hemsleyi.【Method】Morphological characteristics of leaves, flowers and fruits of Ser. Folgnerianae species were compared through specimen examination and field observation. Phylogenetic relationships within Ser. Folgnerianae were analyzed based on the comparison of the plastid genomes, repeat sequences, sequence variations of the five plastid genomes newly sequenced including three Ser. Folgnerianae species and S. megalocarpa from Sect. Aria, together with other plastid genomes available in this genus, using representatives of related genera in Rosaceae and Barbeya oleoides (Barbeyaceae) as the outgroups.【Result】Species of Ser. Folgnerianae can be easily distinguished from each other in the number of styles, color of anthers, fruit morphology and the persistence of calyx. Plastid genomes of five samples have a similar structure, gene content and organization. This sizes of plastid genomes range from 159 898 to 160 755 bp, with the GC contain range between 36.4% and 36.6%. All plastid genomes contain 113 unique genes (79 protein-coding genes, 30 tRNA genes and four ribosomal RNA genes). The IR region has two pseudogenes, rps19Ψand ycf1Ψ, with different extension lengths. 48-54 simple sequence repeats (SSRs), 36-49 long repeats sequences (LRSs) and 20 highly variable regions in the noncoding regions are identified as the most promising potentially variable makers for population genetics, species delimitation and phylogenetic studies. Phylogenetic analyses under ML/BI indicated that Sorbus is polyphyletic and the six sections within it are all monophyletic. Although, three sampled species of Ser. Folgnerianae are clustered in one group, S. Alnifolia of Ser. Alnifolia is more closely related to S. dunnii and S. folgneri than S. hemsleyi.【Conclusion】Sorbus ser. Folgnerianae is not monophyletic. Morphological characteristics and plastid genome analysis are effective in understanding the phylogenetic relationship in Ser. Folgnerianae.

Key words: Sorbus, morphology, plastid genome, phylogeny

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