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A combined analysis of morphological traits, chloroplast and nuclear DNA sequences within Santiria trimear (Burseraceae) suggests several species following the Biological Species Concept

Koffi K. Guillaume, Heuretz Myriam, Doumenge Charles, Onana Jean-Michel, Gavory Fréderick, Hardy Olivier J.. 2010. A combined analysis of morphological traits, chloroplast and nuclear DNA sequences within Santiria trimear (Burseraceae) suggests several species following the Biological Species Concept. Plant Ecology and Evolution, 143 (2) : 160-169.

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Résumé : Species delimitation remains a difficult task in many groups of organisms. Even widespread and conspicuous tropical trees make no exception. Santiria trimera, an African rainforest tree, displays substantial morphological variability. While classical analysis of historical herbarium samples lead to the recognition of a single species, two morphotypes of S. trimera are regularly collected in Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, sometimes in sympatry: one form with stilt roots (SR) and another form without stilt roots (NSR). To assess whether these forms constitute distinct taxa and to understand evolutionary processes within African Santiria, we combined a morphological and a spatial analysis of both sympatric morphotypes in northern Gabon with a phylogenetic analysis of samples from West and Central Africa, including the island of São Tomé. In Gabon, morphological traits, chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) and nuclear DNA (nuDNA) sequences congruently lead to the recognition of two well differentiated and reproductively isolated taxa corresponding to SR and NSR morphotypes. However, rare cases of the SR morphotype bearing DNA sequences typical of NSR individuals suggest that hybridization might sometimes occur. No evidence for habitat specialization of the two taxa was found. DNA sequences from São Tomé formed monophyletic clades at both marker types and the nuDNA gene tree suggests that the São Tomé population probably originated from Central Africa and subsequently underwent allopatric differentiation from continental populations. In Central Africa, S. trimera is composed of at least two distinct sympatric species following the Biological Species Concept and calls for further morphological and phenological studies and experimental crosses between them to specify their taxonomic status. Our results also show that classical taxonomic species delimitation may not always be congruent with the Biological Species Concept, calling for more population-based in situ morphological and molecular genetic analyses.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : Burseraceae, phylogénie, morphologie végétale, biotype, forêt tropicale humide, biologie moléculaire, évolution, séquence d'adn, espèce, adn chloroplastique, adn

Mots-clés géographiques Agrovoc : Gabon, Cameroun, République centrafricaine, Guinée Équatoriale, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinée, Sao Tomé-et-Principe, Afrique centrale

Mots-clés complémentaires : Santiria, Séquencage

Classification Agris : F50 - Anatomie et morphologie des plantes
F30 - Génétique et amélioration des plantes
F70 - Taxonomie végétale et phytogéographie

Champ stratégique Cirad : Hors axes (2005-2013)

Auteurs et affiliations

  • Koffi K. Guillaume, ULB (BEL)
  • Heuretz Myriam, ULB (BEL)
  • Doumenge Charles, CIRAD-ES-UPR BSef (FRA)
  • Onana Jean-Michel, Herbier national du Cameroun (CMR)
  • Gavory Fréderick, Centre national de séquençage (FRA)
  • Hardy Olivier J., ULB (BEL)

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