Title
Species delimitation in the Stenocereus griseus (Cactaceae) species complex reveals a new species, S. huastecorum
Date Issued
01 January 2018
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Alvarado-Sizzo H.
Casas A.
Arreola-Nava H.J.
Terrazas T.
Sánchez C.
Publisher(s)
Public Library of Science
Abstract
The Stenocereus griseus species complex (SGSC) has long been considered taxonomically challenging because the number of taxa belonging to the complex and their geographical boundaries remain poorly understood. Bayesian clustering and genetic distance-based methods were used based on nine microsatellite loci in 377 individuals of three main putative species of the complex. The resulting genetic clusters were assessed for ecological niche divergence and areolar morphology, particularly spination patterns. We based our species boundaries on concordance between genetic, ecological, and morphological data, and were able to resolve four species, three of them corresponding to S. pruinosus from central Mexico, S. laevigatus from southern Mexico, and S. griseus from northern South America. A fourth species, previously considered to be S. griseus and commonly misidentified as S. pruinosus in northern Mexico showed significant genetic, ecological, and morphological differentiation suggesting that it should be considered a new species, S. huastecorum, which we describe here. We show that population genetic analyses, ecological niche modeling, and morphological studies are complementary approaches for delimiting species in taxonomically challenging plant groups such as the SGSC.
Volume
13
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ecología
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85040739176
PubMed ID
Source
PLoS ONE
ISSN of the container
19326203
Sponsor(s)
The authors thank the Posgrado en Ciencias Biológicas of the Universidad Nacional Autón-oma de México. We in addition, thank E. Arévalo Marín, E. Pérez-Negrón and I. Torres-Gar-cía for fieldwork assistance, C. J. Figueredo for laboratory support, A. González-Murillo for microscopy technical help, as well as the staff from CHAP, CHAPA, COL, ENCB, HG, IEB, MEXU, UTMC, and XAL herbaria, particularly to C. Gómez-Hinostrosa and M. R. García-Peña (MEXU) for their thorough work on SGSC typification. This manuscript was carried out in partial fulfillment of the requirements for PhD degree of H. A-S at the Institute of Research on Ecosystem and Sustainability (IIES according to its acronym in Spanish) under the Biological Sciences PhD program of the UNAM. Funding:ThisstudywassupportedbytheConsejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologı ´a (CONACYT), whichfundedtheResearchprojectCB-2013-01-221800andprovidedagrant(298299)forHerna ´ n Alvarado-Sizzo(URL:http://www.conacyt.gob.mx/)
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