Molecular analyses display the increasing diversity of Podostemaceae in China

Zhi-Zhong Li; Zhun Xu; Shuang Wu; Lang-Xing Yuan; Chun-Yu Zou; Yan Liu; Jian-Yong Lin; Shi-Chu Liang

doi:10.1016/j.pld.2024.02.002

Molecular analyses display the increasing diversity of Podostemaceae in China

Plant Divers. 2024 Feb 7;46(3):421-424. doi: 10.1016/j.pld.2024.02.002. eCollection 2024 May.

Authors

Zhi-Zhong Li^{1

2}, Zhun Xu^{2

3}, Shuang Wu⁴, Lang-Xing Yuan⁵, Chun-Yu Zou⁶, Yan Liu⁶, Jian-Yong Lin⁷, Shi-Chu Liang¹

Affiliations

¹ Key Laboratory of Ecology of Rare and Endangered Species and Environmental Protection (Guangxi Normal University), Ministry of Education, Guilin 541006, China.
² Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, China.
³ Sino-Africa Joint Research Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430074, China.
⁴ Guangxi Association for Science and Technology, Nanning 530023, China.
⁵ Tropical Crops Genetic Resources Institute, Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences, Haikou 571101, China.
⁶ Guangxi Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guilin 541006, China.
⁷ Guangxi Forestry Research Institute, Nanning 530028, China.

Abstract

•Four newly recorded species of Podostemaceae from southern China were identified by molecular and morphological evidence.•17 plastomes of Podostemaceae were newly sequenced and two novel polymorphic barcodes (ccsA and ndhA) detected.•Our findings reveal greater species richness (15 species from five genera) of Podostemaceae in China and supply molecular resources for research on taxonomy and phylogenomics of this enigmatic aquatic family.

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