Open AccessUnmasking cryptic species: morphometric and phylogenetic analyses of the I bero‐ N orth A frican L inaria incarnata complex
Author(s) -
Vigalondo Beatriz,
FernándezMazuecos Mario,
Vargas Pablo,
Sáez Llorenç
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
botanical journal of the linnean society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.872
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1095-8339
pISSN - 0024-4074
DOI - 10.1111/boj.12251
Subject(s) - biology , phylogenetic tree , taxon , species complex , phylogenetics , taxonomy (biology) , genetic algorithm , evolutionary biology , ecology , gene , genetics
L inaria incarnata has been treated as a widely distributed I bero‐ N orth A frican species in the latest taxonomic reviews. Morphological and phylogenetic disparity between populations of this species has been previously reported. Here we present new morphological and phylogenetic evidence for the disintegration of L . incarnata into three distinct species: L . incarnata from the western I berian P eninsula; L. mamorensis sp. nov. from north‐western M orocco; and L . onubensis from south‐western S pain. The relatively poor morphological differentiation between these taxa (which can be regarded as cryptic species) and their distinct phylogenetic positions indicate that characters of the L . incarnata morphotype have been acquired multiple times in the evolution of L inaria section V ersicolores . © 2015 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society , 2015, 00, 000–000.