An integrative delimitation of the species boundaries within one hornbeam species complex(Betulaceae:Carpinus)  

作　　者：Zhi-Qiang Lu Yong-Zhi Yang Jian-Quan Liu 

机构地区：[1]CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Forest Ecology,Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden,Chinese Academy of Sciences,Mengla 666303,China [2]State Key Laboratory of Herbage Improvement and Grassland Agro-ecosystems,College of Ecology,Lanzhou University,Lanzhou 730000,China [3]Key Laboratory of Bio-Resource and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education&State Key Laboratory of Hydraulics&Mountain River Engineering,College of Life Sciences,Sichuan University,Chengdu 610065,China

出　　处：《Journal of Systematics and Evolution》2024年第5期876-888,共13页植物分类学报（英文版）

基　　金：supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31901326);Yunnan Fundamental Research Projects(202101ATo70065);CAS"Light of West China"project。

摘　　要：Both hybridization and intraspecific morphological variation across environmental gradients complicate species delineation.We aimed to discern both possibilities that may blur species boundaries in the Carpinus viminea–Carpinus laxiflora–Carpinus londoniana species complex.We conducted statistical analyses on 535 specimens encompassing the entire distribution of this species complex to identify phenotypic clusters.Additionally,we analyzed genetic divergence and probable hybridization between clusters using 76 individuals from 37 populations.Based on phenotypic and genetic clusters,we tentatively recognized four species:C.viminea,C.fargesii,C.laxiflora,and C.londoniana.Except for rare overlapping distributions between C.fargesii and C.londoniana,the redefined four species are mostly allopatric to each another based on their distributions.The morphological delimitation,species boundary and distribution of each species differ distinctly from past taxonomic treatments.For example,specimens previously identified under C.viminea,in fact,belong to three different species.Hybrids between C.fargesii and C.londoniana exhibit morphological traits similar to C.viminea,thereby contributing to difficulties in determining species boundaries and outlining species distributions.These findings suggest that local selection and geographical isolation may together have promoted both phenotypic and genetic divergences within this species complex.However,interspecific hybridization blurs species boundaries by producing hybrids with phenotypic similarity in addition to intraspecific variation.This study emphasizes the importance of statistical analyses of population-level morphological and genetic variations across major distributional ranges for an integrative delimitation of species boundaries and the identification of hybridization and hybrids.

关 键 词：genetic cluster Hornbeam hybridization integrative species delimitation phenotypic cluster species boundary 

分 类 号：Q94[生物学—植物学]