More links in the daisy chain: morphology and molecules delimit two new species in Coronidium and two in Leucozoma (Asteraceae; Gnaphalieae)

Title
More links in the daisy chain: morphology and molecules delimit two new species in Coronidium and two in Leucozoma (Asteraceae; Gnaphalieae)
Publication Date
2025-03-13
Author(s)
Collins, Timothy L
Schmidt-Lebuhn, Alexander N
Andrew, Rose L
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0099-8336
Email: randre20@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:randre20
Telford, Ian R H
Bruhl, Jeremy J
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9112-4436
Email: jbruhl@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:jbruhl
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
CSIRO Publishing
Place of publication
Australia
DOI
10.1071/SB24018
UNE publication id
une:1959.11/65057
Abstract

Taxonomic uncertainty in Coronidium has existed since its original circumscription. Recent molecular phylogenetic analyses inferred Coronidium to be non-monophyletic and composed of four distinct clades, leading to the erection of Leucozoma and the confirmation that C. scorpioides (Labill.) Paul G.Wilson and related species are more closely related to other Australian Gnaphalieae. The present study focused on the delimitation of those species inferred to be part of Coronidium, Leucozoma and the closely related Helichrysum leucopsideum DC. We gathered DArTseq singlenucleotide polymorphism data and tested species limits by examining genotypic differences, ancestry, and morphological characters observed on herbarium specimens and living collections. Results support the recognition of four new narrowly endemic species, namely, C. batianoffii T.L.Collins & I.Telford, C. bruhlii T.L.Collins, L. alexandri T.L.Collins and L. wollumbin T.L.Collins. Results indicated that the narrow endemic C. fulvidum Paul G.Wilson is a variable hybrid between C. newcastlianum (Domin) Paul G.Wilson and C. rupicola (DC.) Paul G. Wilson, and subspecies of C. oxylepis (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson to be a polymorphic aggregate or ochlospecies, the subject of ongoing study. We lectotypify H. elatum A.Cunn ex DC. and Helipterum glutinosum Hook. and provide revised descriptions of all taxa in the genera, their conservation status, a dichotomous key, tables distinguishing closely related taxa and distribution maps.

Link
Citation
Australian Systematic Botany, 38(2), p. 1-43
ISSN
1446-5701
1030-1887
Start page
1
End page
43
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

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