Evolution of biogeographic disjunction between eastern Asia and eastern North America inPhryma(Phrymaceae)
Open Access
- 1 September 2006
- journal article
- systematics and-phytogeography
- Published by Wiley in American Journal of Botany
- Vol. 93 (9), 1343-1356
- https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.93.9.1343
Abstract
This study examines molecular and morphological differentiation in Phryma L., which has only one species with a well‐known classic intercontinental disjunct distribution between eastern Asia (EA) and eastern North America (ENA). Phylogenetic analysis of nuclear ribosomal ITS and chloroplast rps16 and trnL‐F sequences revealed two highly distinct clades corresponding to EA and ENA. The divergence time between the intercontinental populations was estimated to be 3.68 ± 2.25 to 5.23 ± 1.37 million years ago (mya) based on combined chloroplast data using Bayesian and penalized likelihood methods. Phylogeographic and dispersal‐vicariance (DIVA) analysis suggest a North American origin of Phryma and its migration into EA via the Bering land bridge. Multivariate analysis based on 23 quantitative morphological characters detected no geographic groups at the intercontinental level. The intercontinental populations of Phryma thus show distinct molecular divergence with little morphological differentiation. The discordance of the molecular and morphological patterns may be explained by morphological stasis due to ecological similarity in both continents. The divergence of Phryma from its close relatives in the Phrymaceae was estimated to be at least 32.32 ± 4.46 to 49.35 ± 3.18 mya.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC 40332021)
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