Do mosses really exhibit so large distribution ranges? Insights from the integrative taxonomic study of the Lewinskya affinis complex (Orthotrichaceae, Bryopsida)

Phylogenetic structure in the Sphagnum recurvum complex (Bryophyta) in relation to taxonomy and geography

“…Vigalondo et al (2019) found that a species generally interpreted as having a broad intercontinental distribution in the moss family Orthotrichaceae consists of more or less allopatric clades that also differ in multivariate patterns of morphological variation. Citing other recent studies that have found similar phylogenetic structure within supposedly widespread species, Vigalondo et al (2019) suggested that species diversity in mosses and liverworts may be significantly underestimated. Evidence to support this broad conclusion is currently limited to fewer than a half dozen bryophyte species/complexes (with a total of some 20,000 species in the combined phyla), and it is noteworthy that all are tropical to temperate groups.…”

“…By contrast, most seed‐plant species are restricted to a single continent; Qian (1999) estimated that only ~6% of vascular plants are shared between North America and Europe. Notwithstanding issues such as how to define what constitutes a species, heterogeneity among plant groups in genetic/phylogenetic structure, and differences in the approaches of different taxonomists, the general pattern that spore plants have broader ranges than seed plants has been uncontroversial (but see Vigalondo et al, 2019).…”

“…Thus, attention has focused on the efficacy of spore dispersal in minimizing or eliminating divergence among distinct populations of bryophytes. At the same time, recent systematic analyses have shown that some species previously thought to have extremely broad intercontinental ranges consist of genetically and sometimes morphologically divergent units that can be interpreted as separate species (Heinrichs et al, 2010; Medina et al, 2012, 2013; Renner et al, 2013, 2017; Hedenäs et al, 2014; Hassel et al, 2018, Vigalondo et al, 2019).…”

Latitudinal Biogeographic Structuring in the Globally Distributed Moss Ceratodon purpureus

“… Sundberg, 2013 ) and phylogeographic studies (e.g. McDaniel and Shaw, 2005 ; Huttunen et al, 2008 ; Pokorny et al, 2011 ; Stenøien et al, 2011 ; Karlin et al, 2012 ; Piñeiro et al, 2012 ; Szövényi et al, 2012 ; Lewis et al, 2014a ; Pisa et al, 2014 ; Kyrkjeeide et al, 2016 ; Biersma et al, 2017 ) has demonstrated the occurrence of long-distance dispersal in mosses with disjunct or widespread ranges, and suggests that the majority of bryophyte distribution patterns are underlain by relatively frequent short distance, and less frequent long distance, dispersal events ( Heinrichs et al, 2009 ; Patiño and Vanderpoorten, 2018 ; Vigalondo et al, 2019 ).…”

The chloroplast genome of the moss Haplocladium microphyllum, first in family Thuidiaceae

“…In this work, 408 SSRs are found in the cp genome, among them 99 tri-nucleotide, tetranucleotide, and penta-nucleotides repeats are 99, 17, and 5, respectively. cpDNA sequences like trnL-F, rps4, trnG, and psbA-trnH are already successfully applied in related moss species classification (Lang et al 2015;Vigalondo et al 2019). Many work on angiosperm confirmed other cpDNA genes also can be candidates and then test the polymorphism finally used to delimitation and phylogenetic study of closely affinity species (Nguyen et al 2017;Kim et al 2018).…”