1Paeonia decomposita, endemic to China, has important ornamental, medicinal and 2 economic value and is regarded as a threatened endangered plant. The genetic diversity and 3 structure have seldom been described. A conservation management plan is not currently 4 available. In present study, 16 pairs of SSR primers were used to evaluate genetic diversity 5 and population structure. A total of 122 alleles were obtained with a mean of 7.625 alleles per 6 locus. The expected heterozygosity (He) varied from 0.043 to 0.901 (mean 0.492). Moderate 7 genetic diversity (He=0.405) among populations were revealed, with Danba identified as the 8 center of genetic diversity. Mantel tests revealed a significant positive correlation between 9 geographic and genetic distance among populations (r=0.592, P=0.0001), demonstrating 1 0 consistency with the isolation by distance model. Analysis of molecular variance (AMOVA) 1 1 results indicated that the principal genetic variation existed within populations (73.48%) 1 2 rather than among populations (26.52%). Bayesian structure analysis and principal coordinate 1 3 analysis (PCoA) supported classification of the populations into three clusters. Based on the 1 4 level of observed genetic diversity, three management unints were proposed as conservation 1 5measures. The results will be beneficial for the conservation and exploitation of the species, 1 6 providing a theoretical basis for further research on its evolution and phylogeography. 1 7
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