New insights into the phylogenetic relationships among wild onions (Allium, Amaryllidaceae), with special emphasis on the subgenera Anguinum and Rhizirideum, as revealed by plastomes

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Title: New insights into the phylogenetic relationships among wild onions (Allium, Amaryllidaceae), with special emphasis on the subgenera Anguinum and Rhizirideum, as revealed by plastomes
Authors: JiYoung Yang, Seon-Hee Kim, Hee-Young Gil, Hyeok-Jae Choi, Seung-Chul Kim
Source: Frontiers in Plant Science, Vol 14 (2023)
Publisher Information: Frontiers Media S.A., 2023.
Publication Year: 2023
Collection: LCC:Plant culture
Subject Terms: Allium ulleungense, Allium dumebuchum, Ulleung Island, plastome evolution, infrageneric classification, Plant culture, SB1-1110
More Details: The genus Allium, with over 900 species, is one of the largest monocotyledonous genera and is widely accepted with 15 recognized subgenera and 72 sections. The robust subgeneric and sectional relationships within Allium have long been not resolved. Based on 76 species of Allium (a total of 84 accessions), we developed a highly resolved plastome phylogenetic framework by integrating 18 newly sequenced species (20 accessions) in this study and assessed their subgeneric and sectional relationships, with special emphasis on the two subgenera Anguinum and Rhizirideum. We retrieved the three major evolutionary lines within Allium and found that the two subgenera Anguinum and Rhizirideum are monophyletic whereas others are highly polyphyletic (e.g., Allium, Cepa, Polyprason, and Melanocrommyum). Within the subgenus Anguinum, two strongly supported sublineages in East Asian and Eurasian-American were found. Allium tricoccum in North America belonged to the Eurasian clade. The distinct taxonomic status of A. ulleungense and its sister taxon were further determined. In subg. Rhizirideum, the Ulleung Island endemic A. dumebuchum shared its most recent common ancestor with the species from Mongolia and the narrow Korean endemic A. minus. Two Ulleung Island endemics were estimated to originate independently during the Pleistocene. In addition, a separate monotypic sectional treatment of the east Asian A. macrostemon (subg. Allium) and sister relationship between A. condensatum and A. chinense was suggested.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 1664-462X
Relation: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2023.1124277/full; https://doaj.org/toc/1664-462X
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1124277
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/defc06f87a514196a9d8171ef367863e
Accession Number: edsdoj.fc06f87a514196a9d8171ef367863e
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:1664462X
DOI:10.3389/fpls.2023.1124277
Published in:Frontiers in Plant Science
Language:English