Plastome phylogenomics and new fossil evidence from Dominican amber shed light on the evolutionary history of the Neotropical fern genus <i>Pecluma</i>
Although the circumscription of Pecluma is still challenging, our results elucidate the origin and age of the genus. The newly described fossil, Pecluma hispaniolae sp. nov., supports the hypothesis that the epiphytic communities of the Greater Antilles exhibit a constant generic composition since the Miocene. We propose new combinations (Pecluma otites, Pecluma pinnatissima, and Pecluma ursipes) to accommodate three species previously classified in Polypodium.
Authors
- Marc S. Appelhans (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4864-5003)
- Alexander R. Schmidt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5426-4667)
- Axel Himmelbach (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7338-0946)
- Ledis Regalado (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2414-604X)
- Anja Poehlein (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2473-6202)
Institutions
- Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung (IPK) (DE)
- University of Göttingen (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Botany
- Published
- 2024-09-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.16410
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Fern and Epiphyte Biology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.09
Funders
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft