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2A-2-P<br />
Lichen: from genome to ecosystem in a changing world<br />
(2A-2-P12) Submission ID: <strong>IAL</strong>0204-00002<br />
PARMOTREMA TINCTORUM AND P. PSEUDOTINCTORUM<br />
(PARMELIACEAE, ASCOMYCOTA) TWO SUPPORTED SPECIES<br />
Roca-valiente B. 1 , Divakar P.K. 1 , Ohmura Y. 2 , Crespo A. 1<br />
1 Biología Vegetal II, UCM, Madrid, Spain<br />
2 Botany, National Museum of Nature and Science (TNS), Tsukuba, Japan<br />
Parmotrema tinctorum (Despr. ex Nyl.) Hale has a tropical and sub-tropical distribution. Morphological<br />
and phylogenetic relationships have been studied in order to clarify whether the specimens from Asia could be<br />
a different species than specimens from Canarias Island. A total of 104 New sequences have been produced of<br />
nuclear ITS rDNA region and mitochondrial SSU rDNA from fifty-two specimens of Parmotrema tinctorum (Despr.<br />
ex Nyl.) Hale. We have included also a several related species of the genus as P. endosulphureum (Hillmann)<br />
Hale, P. andinum (Müll. Arg.) Hale, P. internexum (Nyl.) Hale ex De Priest & B.W. Hale and P. nilgherrense (Nyl.)<br />
Hale. The samples were collected from 9 worldwide locations: Canary Is., Japan, India, Nepal, Kenya, Mozambique,<br />
United States, Brazil and Costa Rica. Phylogenetic inference was performed using Maximum Parsimony<br />
analysis and Bayesian (MC) 3 tree sampling. Morphological features such as isidia, lobe morphology and upper<br />
surface maculation were studied under optical microscopy. Our results show two main conclusions: (I) All the<br />
samples from Canary Is., with some specimens from India, formed an independent well-supported monophyletic<br />
group. In contrast, some samples from India and all samples collected in Africans regions and in Japan formed<br />
another monophyletic clade with strong statistical support. (II) Two types of isidia are observed in the morphological<br />
search: a) Isidia thin cylindrical type that is mainly found on corticolous specimens. b) Isidia thick coarse<br />
type that is present on the specimens growing saxicolous. Samples bearing each type of isidia nested in two<br />
independent lineages. The samples with coarse isidia type are similar to those recognised by Des Abbayes as<br />
Parmelia pseudotinctorum that was considered synonym. We resurrect the name for this lineage. Parmotrema<br />
pseudotinctorum is distributed so far in Canary Is., Ethiopia, Guinea, Tanzania, Ivory Coast and India. The other<br />
lineage was identified as Parmotrema tinctorum distinctive in having thin cylindrical isidia and mainly growing<br />
corticolous, is widely distributed in tropical regions.<br />
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