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Taxonomy of Cladonia angustiloba and related species

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 May 2018

Raquel PINO-BODAS ,
Ana Rosa BURGAZ ,
Teuvo AHTI  and
Soili STENROOS
Raquel PINO-BODAS
Affiliation:
Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid, CSIC, Plaza de Murillo 2, E-28014 Madrid, Spain. Email: rpino@rjb.csic.es
Ana Rosa BURGAZ
Affiliation:
Departamento de Biología Vegetal 1, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, E-28040 Madrid, Spain
Teuvo AHTI
Affiliation:
Botanical Museum, Finnish Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 7, FI-00014University of Helsinki, Finland
Soili STENROOS
Affiliation:
Botanical Museum, Finnish Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 7, FI-00014University of Helsinki, Finland
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Abstract

The lichen species Cladonia angustiloba is characterized by a well-developed primary thallus and narrow squamules which show deep incisions, and the presence of usnic and fumarprotocetraric acids. Morphologically it is similar to C. foliacea and C. convoluta, from which it can be distiguished by the squamule size and morphology. Since similar characters were used to distinguish C. foliacea from C. convoluta which do not represent different lineages, it is necessary to examine the taxonomic status of C. angustiloba by means of DNA sequences. In this study, the species delimitation within the C. foliacea complex was studied by sequencing three loci, ITS rDNA, cox1 and RPB2. The data were analyzed by means of phylogenetic and species delimitation methods (GMYC, PTP, ABGD and BPP). Our results show that none of the three species is monophyletic. Most of the species delimitation methods did not support the current species as evolutionary lineages. Only some of the BPP analyses supported C. angustiloba as a species distinct from C. foliacea and C. convoluta. However, the hypothesis that considers the C. foliacea complex as constituted by a unique species obtained the best Bayes Factor value. Therefore, C. angustiloba and C. convoluta are synonymized with C. foliacea. A new, thoroughly checked synonymy with typifications of the whole C. foliacea complex is presented. An updated survey of the world distribution data is compiled.

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CladonialichensMacaronesiamolecular systematicsspecies delimitation
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The Lichenologist , Volume 50 , Issue 3 , May 2018 , pp. 267 - 282
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© British Lichen Society, 2018 

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