Merging of Pedicularis exaltata and P. hacquetii in the Carpathians: from local history to regional phylogeography based on complex evidence

0502890 - BÚ 2019 RIV NL eng J - Journal Article
Těšitel, J. - Vratislavská, M. - Novák, P. - Chorney, I. I. - Roleček, Jan
Merging of Pedicularis exaltata and P. hacquetii in the Carpathians: from local history to regional phylogeography based on complex evidence.
Folia Geobotanica. Roč. 53, č. 3 (2018), s. 301-315. ISSN 1211-9520. E-ISSN 1874-9348
R&D Projects: GA ČR GB14-36079G
Institutional support: RVO:67985939
Keywords : phytogeography * relict * White Carpathians
OECD category: Plant sciences, botany
Impact factor: 1.046, year: 2018

The disjunct occurrence of Pedicularis exaltata in the White Carpathians (Czech Republic), isolated by more than 500 km from the nearest populations in the Eastern Carpathians, has been considered one of the mysteries of the Western Carpathian flora. The pattern of molecular variability does not support a species boundary between P. exaltata and P. hacquetii. These assumed species should be merged into one bearing the name Pedicularis hacquetii following the priority rule, as also proposed by several early morphology-based taxonomic studies. We found no support for the late introduction/long-distance dispersal scenarios and consider the relic survival scenario most parsimonious for the White Carpathians.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0295099