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Pollinators drive floral evolution in an Atlantic Forest genus.
Neves, Beatriz; Kessous, Igor M; Moura, Ricardo L; Couto, Dayvid R; Zanella, Camila M; Antonelli, Alexandre; Bacon, Christine D; Salgueiro, Fabiano; Costa, Andrea F.
Afiliación
  • Neves B; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Museu Nacional, Programa de Pós Graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Botânica), São Cristóvão, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
  • Kessous IM; Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, SE Gothenburg, Sweden.
  • Moura RL; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Museu Nacional, Programa de Pós Graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Botânica), São Cristóvão, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
  • Couto DR; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Museu Nacional, Programa de Pós Graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Botânica), São Cristóvão, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
  • Zanella CM; Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Museu Nacional, Programa de Pós Graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Botânica), São Cristóvão, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
  • Antonelli A; National Institute of Agricultural Botany, Cambridge, UK.
  • Bacon CD; Gothenburg Global Biodiversity Centre, SE Gothenburg, Sweden.
  • Salgueiro F; Royal Botanic Gardens, Surrey, UK.
  • Costa AF; Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Gothenburg, SE Gothenburg, Sweden.
AoB Plants ; 12(5): plaa046, 2020 Oct.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33033591
Pollinators are important drivers of angiosperm diversification at both micro- and macroevolutionary scales. Both hummingbirds and bats pollinate the species-rich and morphologically diverse genus Vriesea across its distribution in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Here, we (i) determine if floral traits predict functional groups of pollinators as documented, confirming the pollination syndromes in Vriesea and (ii) test if genetic structure in Vriesea is driven by geography (latitudinal and altitudinal heterogeneity) or ecology (pollination syndromes). We analysed 11 floral traits of 58 Vriesea species and performed a literature survey of Vriesea pollination biology. The genealogy of haplotypes was inferred and phylogenetic analyses were performed using chloroplast (rps16-trnk and matK) and nuclear (PHYC) molecular markers. Floral traits accurately predict functional groups of pollinators in Vriesea. Genetic groupings match the different pollination syndromes. Species with intermediate position were found between the groups, which share haplotypes and differ morphologically from the typical hummingbird- and bat-pollinated flowers of Vriesea. The phylogeny revealed moderately to well-supported clades which may be interpreted as species complexes. Our results suggest a role of pollinators driving ecological isolation in Vriesea clades. Incipient speciation and incomplete lineage sorting may explain the overall low genetic divergence within and among morphologically defined species, precluding the identification of clear species boundaries. The intermediate species with mixed floral types likely represent a window into shifts between pollinator syndromes. This study reports the morphological-genetic continuum that may be typical of ongoing pollinator-driven speciation in biodiversity hotspots.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: AoB Plants Año: 2020 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Brasil Pais de publicación: Reino Unido

Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: AoB Plants Año: 2020 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Brasil Pais de publicación: Reino Unido