Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Cryptic speciation, habitat differentiation, and geography in Hamatocaulis vernicosus (Calliergonaceae, Bryophyta)

  • Published:
Plant Systematics and Evolution Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

A molecular study of the wetland pleurocarpous moss Hamatocaulis vernicosus (Mitt.) Hedenäs, based on the ITS region, the trnL-trnF region, and rpl16 revealed two cryptic species. One of these is widespread in Europe, and was also sampled from several localities in Minnesota (United States). The other cryptic species occurs only south of the boreal zone in Europe, and was in addition sampled from single localities in Peru and northernmost Asiatic Russian Federation. Although it seems likely that the southern species colonized parts of Europe from southern refugia after the last glaciation, its wide distribution outside Europe indicates that the speciation event is unrelated to the European glacial history. No correlations could be found between variation in habitat preferences (pH and electric conductivity) and molecular variation.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  • Anonymous. (2004) Våtmarker i Norrbottens län. Länsstyrelsen i Norrbottens län, Rapportserie 6: 1–217.

  • Clement M., Posada D. and Crandall K. A. (2000). TCS: a computer program to estimate gene genealogies. Molec. Ecol. 9: 1657–1659

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Cronberg N. (1996). Isozyme evidence of relationships within Sphagnum sect. Acutifolia (Sphagnaceae, Bryophyta). Pl. Syst. Evol. 203: 41–64

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Farris J. S. (1997). “Xac”. Computer program and manual. Distributed by the author. Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm

    Google Scholar 

  • Farris J. S., Albert V. A., Källersjö M., Lipscomb D. and Kluge A. G. (1996). Parsimony jackknifing outperforms neighbor-joining. Cladistics 12: 99–124

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Feldberg K., Groth H., Wilson R., Schäfer-Verwimp A. and Heinrichs J. (2004). Cryptic speciation in Herbertus (Herbertaceae, Jungermanniopsida): Range and morphology of Herbertus sendtneri inferred from nrITS sequences. Pl. Syst. Evol. 249: 247–261

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Fernandez C. C., Shevock J. R., Glazer A. N. and Thompson J. D. (2006). Cryptic species within the cosmopolitan desiccation-tolerant moss Grimmia laevigata. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 103: 637–642

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Goloboff P. A. (1993). Estimating character weights during tree search. Cladistics 9: 83–91

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Gärdenfors U. (2000). Rödlistade arter i Sverige 2000. ArtDatabanken, Uppsala

    Google Scholar 

  • Hallingbäck T. (1998). Rödlistade mossor i Sverige. Artfakta. ArtDatabanken, SLU, Uppsala

    Google Scholar 

  • Hartmann F. A., Wilson R., Gradstein S. R., Schneider H. and Heinrichs J. (2006). Testing hypotheses on species delimitations and disjunctions in the liverwort Bryopteris (Jungermanniopsida, Lejeuneaceae). Internationa J. Pl. Sci. 167: 1205–1214

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Hedderson T. A. and Nowell T. L. (2006). Phylogeography of Homalothecium sericeum (Hedw.) Br. Eur.; toward a reconstruction of glacial survival and postglacial migration. J. Bryol. 28: 283–292

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Hedenäs L. (2003). The European species of the Calliergon-Scorpidium-Drepanocladus complex, including some related or similar species. Meylania 28: 1–116

    Google Scholar 

  • Hedenäs L. and Kooijman A. (1996a). Förändringar i rikkärret SV om Mellansjön (Mellanslättsjön) i Västergötland. Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 90: 113–121

    Google Scholar 

  • Hedenäs L. and Kooijman A. (1996b). Phylogeny and habitat adaptations within a monophyletic group of wetland moss genera (Amblystegiaceae). Pl. Syst. Evol. 199: 33–52

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Hedenäs L. and Kooijman A. (2004). Habitat differentiation within Palustriella. Lindbergia 29: 40–50

    Google Scholar 

  • Hedenäs L., Oliván G. and Eldenäs P. (2005). Phylogeny of the Calliergonaceae (Bryophyta) based on molecular and morphological data. Pl. Syst. Evol. 252: 49–61

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Hewitt G. M. (1999). Post-glacial re-colonization of European biota. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 68: 87–112

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Hey J. and Wakeley J. (1997). A coalescent estimator of the population recombination rate. Genetics 145: 833–846

    PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Jordan W. C., Courtney M. W. and Neigel J. E. (1996). Low levels of infraspecific genetic variation at a rapidly evolving chloroplast DNA locus in North American Duckweeds (Lemnaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 83: 430–439

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Kooijman A. and Hedenäs L. (1991). Differentiation in habitat requirements within the genus Scorpidium , especially between S. revolvens and S. cossonii . J. Bryol. 16: 619–627

    Google Scholar 

  • Mwafongo E. (2002). Phylogeographic patterns in three South African forest mosses (Masters thesis). University of Cape Town, Rondebosch

    Google Scholar 

  • Rendell S. and Ennos R. A. (2002). Chloroplast DNA diversity in Calluna vulgaris (heather) populations in Europe. Molec. Ecol. 11: 69–78

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Rydin C., Pedersen K. R. and Friis E. M. (2004). On the evolutionary history of Ephedra: Cretaceous fossils and extant molecules. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 101: 16571–16576

    Article  PubMed  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Shaw A. J. (2000a). Molecular phylogeography and cryptic speciation in the mosses, Mielichhoferia elongata and M. mielichhoferiana (Bryaceae). Molec. Ecol. 9: 595–608

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Shaw A. J. (2000b). Population ecology, population genetics and microevolution. In: Shaw, A. J. and Goffinet, B. (eds) Bryophyte biology, pp 369–402. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge

    Google Scholar 

  • Shaw A. J. (2001). Biogeographic patterns and cryptic speciation in bryophytes. J. Biogeogr. 28: 253–261

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Shaw A. J. and Allen B. H. (2000). Phylogenetic relationships, morphological incongruence and geographic speciation in the Fontinalaceae (Bryophyta). Molec. Syst. Evol. 16: 225–237

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Shaw A. J., Cox C. J. and Boles S. B. (2005a). Phylogeny, species delimitation, and recombination in Sphagnum section Acutifolia. Syst. Bot. 30: 16–33

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Shaw A. J., Melosik I., Cox C. J. and Boles S. B. (2005b). Divergent and reticulate evolution in closely related species of Sphagnum section Subsecunda. Bryologist 108: 363–376

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Shaw A. J. and Srodon M. (1995). Clonal diversity in Sphagnum rubellum Wils. Bryologist 98: 261–264

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Sjörs H. (1999). The background: Geology, climate and zonation. Acta Phytogeogr. Suec. 84: 5–14

    Google Scholar 

  • StatSoft I. (2005) STATISTICA (data analysis software system), version 7.1. Tulsa. http://www.statsoft.com.

  • Stech M. and Dohrmann J. (2004). Molecular relationships and biogeography of two Gondwanan Campylopus species, C. pilifer and C. introflexus (Dicranaceae). Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 98: 415–431

    Google Scholar 

  • Stenöien H. K., Såstad S. M. (1999) Genetic structure in three haploid peat mosses (Sphagnum ). Heredity 82:.

  • Szövényi P., Hock Z., Urmi E. and Schneller J. (2006). New primers for amplifying the GapC gene in bryophytes and its utility in infraspecific phylogenies in the genus Sphagnum. Lindbergia 31: 78–84

    Google Scholar 

  • Taberlet P., Fumagalli L., Wust-Saucy A.-G. and Cosson J.-F. (1998). Comparative phylogeography and postglacial colonization routes in Europe. Molec. Ecol. 7: 453–464

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Taberlet P., Gielly L., Pautou G. and Bouvet J. (1991). Universal primers for the amplification of three non-coding regions of chloroplast DNA. Pl. Molec. Biol. 17: 1105–1109

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Tahvanainen T., Sallantaus T. and Heikkilä R. (2003). Seasonal variation of water chemical gradients in three boreal fens. Ann. Bot. Fenn. 40: 345–355

    CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Thompson J. D., Gibson T. J., Plewniak F., Jeanmougin F. and Higgins D. G. (1997). The ClustalX windows interface: flexible strategies for multiple sequence alignment aided by quality analysis tools. Nucleic Acids Res. 24: 4876–4882

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Trewick S. A., Morgan-Richards M., Russell S. J., Henderson S., Rumsey F. J., Pintér I., Barrett J. A., Gibby M. and Vogel J. C. (2002). Polyploidy, phylogeography and Plesitocene refugia of the rockfern Asplenium ceterach : evidence from chloroplast DNA. Molec. Ecol. 11: 2003–2012

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Vitt D. H., Bayley S. E. and Jin T. L. (1995). Seasonal variation in water chemistry over a bog-rich fen gradient in continental western Canada. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 52: 587–606

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  • Vitt D. H., van Wirdum G., Halsey L. and Zoltai S. (1993). The effects of water chemistry on the growth of Scorpidium scorpioides in Canada and The Netherlands. Bryologist 96: 106–111

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Cryptogamic Botany, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, 104 05, Stockholm, Sweden

    L. Hedenäs

  2. Laboratory of Molecular Systematics, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, 104 05, Stockholm, Sweden

    P. Eldenäs

Authors
  1. L. Hedenäs
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. P. Eldenäs
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to L. Hedenäs.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Hedenäs, L., Eldenäs, P. Cryptic speciation, habitat differentiation, and geography in Hamatocaulis vernicosus (Calliergonaceae, Bryophyta). Plant Syst. Evol. 268, 131–145 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00606-007-0529-y

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00606-007-0529-y

Keywords

Search

Navigation