| dc.contributor.author | Kirika, Paul M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Divakar, Pradeep K. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Buaruang, Kawinnat | |
| dc.contributor.author | Leavitt, Steven D. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Crespo, Ana | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gatheri, Grace W. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mugambi, George | |
| dc.contributor.author | Benatti, Michel N. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Lumbsch, H. Thorsten | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-12-15T08:49:22Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-12-15T08:49:22Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Kirika, P. M., Divakar, P. K., Buaruang, K., Leavitt, S. D., Crespo, A., Gatheri, G. W., Mugambi, G., Benatti, M. N., & Lumbsch, H. T. (2017). Molecular phylogenetic studies unmask overlooked diversity in the tropical lichenized fungal genus Bulbothrix s.l. (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 184(3), 387–399. https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/box027 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1093/botlinnean/box027 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://repository.must.ac.ke/handle/123456789/583 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Species boundaries in lichen-forming fungi occurring in extra-tropical regions are relatively well studied in comparison with those in species distributed in tropical regions. Here, we aim to re-examine species boundaries in two pantropical, asexually reproducing species, Bulbothrix isidiza and B. tabacina. We generated a multi-locus DNA sequence data set from samples collected throughout the Tropics and these data were analysed in a phylogenetic framework. Our results show that B. isidiza and B. tabacina, as currently circumscribed, do not form monophyletic groups. Rather, our study supports the presence of five, independent species-level lineages in B. isidiza s.l. and three in B. tabacina s.l. Additionally, seven other species were recovered in distinct lineages. Some of the previously overlooked lineages appear to have a restricted geography, whereas others are pantropical. Morphological, chemical and ecological features were re-evaluated for each of these lineages. A new species, B. kenyana sp. nov., is formally described from East Africa and a new combination, B. sublaevigatoides comb. nov., is proposed. Due to limited specimen sampling, the remaining undescribed species-level lineages newly circumscribed in this study are not formally recognized here. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society | en_US |
| dc.subject | Africa – integrative taxonomy – molecular systematics – new species – parmelioid lichens – taxonomic re-evaluation. | en_US |
| dc.title | Molecular phylogenetic studies unmask overlooked diversity in the tropical lichenized fungal genus Bulbothrix s.l. (Parmeliaceae, Ascomycota) | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
