02585nas a2200265   4500008004100000022001400041245010700055210006900162300001400231490000700245520173400252653003401986653001702020653002802037653002102065653001502086653001802101100002202119700002802141700002202169700002402191700002202215700001602237856006602253       2017                        eng d  a1365-269900aHistorical biogeography of Boraginales: West Gondwanan vicariance followed by long-distance dispersal?0 aHistorical biogeography of Boraginales West Gondwanan vicariance  a158–1690 v443 a<p>Aim To examine the historical biogeography of the Boraginales using molecular dating and ancestral area reconstruction. Location World-wide. Methods We constructed data sets that included all major clades of Boraginales and all orders of asterids using previously published sequences of four plastid markers (trnL-trnF, rps16, ndhF, rbcL). We estimated divergence times using a Bayesian uncorrelated, lognormal relaxed clock approach with four different fossil calibration schemes. Ancestral areas were reconstructed using maximum likelihood methods (Dispersal-Extinction-Cladogenesis). Results Boraginales originated during the Early to Late Cretaceous and started its diversification in the Late Cretaceous. The inferred ancestral area of Boraginales includes the Americas and Africa. The two major clades of Boraginales diversified during the Early Paleogene from African and American ancestors respectively. Early branching families in both clades (Codonaceae and Wellstediaceae in one clade and Hydrophyllacee and Namaceae in the other) may have remained restricted to their areas of origin. The other families started diversifying in several regions of the world during the Eocene (Boraginaceae s.str., Heliotropiaceae, Ehretiaceae) or later (Cordiaceae). Main conclusions Molecular dating and ancestral area reconstruction may be broadly consistent with the idea of a vicariant origin of the two major clades of Boraginales after the break-up of West Gondwana, followed by several independent trans-oceanic dispersal events into most areas of the world. However, uncertainty in both divergence times and ancestral area reconstruction do not rule out the possibility of an origin involving long-distance dispersal.</p>
10aAncestral area reconstruction10aBoraginaceae10ahistorical biogeography10aMolecular dating10avicariance10aWest Gondwana1 aLuebert, Federico1 aCouvreur, Thomas, L. P.1 aGottschling, Marc1 aHilger, Hartmut, H.1 aMiller, James, S.1 aWeigend, M.  uhttp://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jbi.12841/abstract02399nas a2200241   4500008004100000020001400041245013700055210006900192260003200261300001400293490000800307520161000315653001001925653002501935653002101960653002401981653001602005653002202021100001902043700002302062700002402085856004802109       2015                        eng d  a0378-269700aNative New Zealand forget-me-nots (Myosotis, Boraginaceae) comprise a Pleistocene species radiation with very low genetic divergence0 aNative New Zealand forgetmenots Myosotis Boraginaceae comprise a  bSpringer Viennac2015/05/01  a1455-14710 v3013 a<p>Reconstruction of molecular phylogenies is an important step towards understanding the evolutionary history of island plant radiations. The New Zealand forget-me-nots (Myosotis, Boraginaceae) comprise a lineage of over 40 closely related but morphologically and ecologically diverse species whose evolutionary history and taxonomy are unclear. Myosotis is a high priority for systematic research in New Zealand because a high proportion of these species are threatened, and many have restricted geographic ranges and occupy very specific habitats. Here, we investigated the relationships and age of Southern Hemisphere forget-me-nots by performing phylogenetic, molecular dating, and other analyses of DNA sequence datasets from representatives of nearly all described species. To this end, we used both chloroplast (atpI&ndash;atpH + rps16&ndash;trnQ) and nuclear ribosomal (ITS + ETS) DNA sequences, as well as amplified fragment length polymorphisms (AFLPs). Our analyses showed that genus Myosotis likely arose in the Northern Hemisphere during the Miocene with the ancestor of the Southern Hemisphere lineage arising in the Pleistocene and radiating shortly thereafter. The Southern Hemisphere Myosotis species have very low levels of genetic divergence and their relationships are largely unresolved, likely due to a combination of recent radiation, hybridization, and incomplete lineage sorting. Our results are compared to those of similar studies on other New Zealand species radiations, and implications for ongoing and future Myosotis taxonomic and evolutionary research are discussed.</p>
10aAFLPs10aDNA sequence markers10aMolecular dating10amolecular phylogeny10aNew Zealand10aSpecies radiation1 aMeudt, HeidiM.1 aPrebble, JessicaM.1 aLehnebach, CarlosA.  uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00606-014-1166-x