Molecular Phylogeny and Morphological Analysis Support a New Species and New Synonymy in Iranian Astragalus (Leguminosae)

As a result of a taxonomic and phylogenetic revision of Astragalus section Hymenostegis we identified a new species of Astragalus from northwestern Iran, namely A. remotispicatus spec. nov., which is described and illustrated here. It is morphologically similar to A. karl-heinzii in possessing a lax...

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Autores principales: Bagheri, Ali, Maassoumi, Ali Asghar, Rahiminejad, Mohammad Reza, Blattner, Frank R.
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4784885/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26960159
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0149726
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author Bagheri, Ali
Maassoumi, Ali Asghar
Rahiminejad, Mohammad Reza
Blattner, Frank R.
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description As a result of a taxonomic and phylogenetic revision of Astragalus section Hymenostegis we identified a new species of Astragalus from northwestern Iran, namely A. remotispicatus spec. nov., which is described and illustrated here. It is morphologically similar to A. karl-heinzii in possessing a lax inflorescence. Phylogenetic inference of the nuclear ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region support A. remotispicatus as a clearly distinct species within the lax-inflorescence group of this section. Also the placement of A. sciureus var. subsessilis was found to be wrong and this taxon should be treated as a synonym within A. kohrudicus.
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spelling pubmed-47848852016-03-23 Molecular Phylogeny and Morphological Analysis Support a New Species and New Synonymy in Iranian Astragalus (Leguminosae) Bagheri, Ali Maassoumi, Ali Asghar Rahiminejad, Mohammad Reza Blattner, Frank R. PLoS One Research Article As a result of a taxonomic and phylogenetic revision of Astragalus section Hymenostegis we identified a new species of Astragalus from northwestern Iran, namely A. remotispicatus spec. nov., which is described and illustrated here. It is morphologically similar to A. karl-heinzii in possessing a lax inflorescence. Phylogenetic inference of the nuclear ribosomal DNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region support A. remotispicatus as a clearly distinct species within the lax-inflorescence group of this section. Also the placement of A. sciureus var. subsessilis was found to be wrong and this taxon should be treated as a synonym within A. kohrudicus. Public Library of Science 2016-03-09 /pmc/articles/PMC4784885/ /pubmed/26960159 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0149726 Text en © 2016 Bagheri et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Bagheri, Ali
Maassoumi, Ali Asghar
Rahiminejad, Mohammad Reza
Blattner, Frank R.
Molecular Phylogeny and Morphological Analysis Support a New Species and New Synonymy in Iranian Astragalus (Leguminosae)
title Molecular Phylogeny and Morphological Analysis Support a New Species and New Synonymy in Iranian Astragalus (Leguminosae)
title_full Molecular Phylogeny and Morphological Analysis Support a New Species and New Synonymy in Iranian Astragalus (Leguminosae)
title_fullStr Molecular Phylogeny and Morphological Analysis Support a New Species and New Synonymy in Iranian Astragalus (Leguminosae)
title_full_unstemmed Molecular Phylogeny and Morphological Analysis Support a New Species and New Synonymy in Iranian Astragalus (Leguminosae)
title_short Molecular Phylogeny and Morphological Analysis Support a New Species and New Synonymy in Iranian Astragalus (Leguminosae)
title_sort molecular phylogeny and morphological analysis support a new species and new synonymy in iranian astragalus (leguminosae)
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4784885/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26960159
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0149726
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