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Understanding molecular relationships in Campomanesia Ruiz & Pav. (Myrtaceae): emphasizing the C. xanthocarpa complex based on multiple accessions

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Campomanesia comprises approximately 45 species, and 18 of them are organized into three informal morphological complexes. Among these, the “C. xanthocarpa complex” includes nine accepted species displaying delimitation problems, especially in C. adamantium (Cambess.) O.Berg, C. eugenioides (Cambes.) D.Legrand ex Landrum and C. xanthocarpa (Mart.) O.Berg. As there are no phylogenies available for the genus, we seek to understand whether the morphological similarities observed between the cited taxa may be congruent with molecular data. Thus, we generated sequences of the internal transcribed spacer of the ribosomal nuclear DNA (ITS) from 32 samples of Campomanesia and nine belonging to other genera of neotropical Myrtaceae. Phylogenetic analyses using Maximum Parsimony and Bayesian Inference produced similar topologies, which indicate that the “C. xanthocarpa complex” is not monophyletic. Otherwise, the taxa previously assigned to this complex correspond to two distinct lineages highly supported, here designated as the “C. xanthocarpa Group” and “C. eugenioides Group.” The use of multiple accessions of these species also provided taxonomic insights for the recognition of C. littoralis D.Legand and C. repanda O.Berg, as well as the separation of C. rhombea from C. xanthocarpa.

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We thank Leslie Landrum and Élvia Rodrigues for their opinions; Jair Faria, Daniel Villarroel, Eloína Matos and Robson Avi who kindly collected samples of Campomanesia used in this study; CAPES (Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior) and CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, process 142180/2009-2) for doctoral scholarships granted; PRONEX/Fapesb/CNPq (Programa de Apoio aos Núcleos de Excelência/Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado da Bahia/Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, process PNX0014-2009); and PPBio-Semiárido (Programa de Pesquisa em Biodiversidade do Semiárido, process 558317/2009-0 and 457427/2012-4) for financial support. We also thank the CNPq by fellowships given to CVDB and RPO (PQ1A and PQ1C, respectively).

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The first author received doctoral scholarships grants from CAPES (Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior) and CNPq (Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, process 142180/2009-2). This work was supported by PRONEX/Fapesb/CNPq (Programa de Apoio aos Núcleos de Excelência/Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado da Bahia/Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico, process PNX0014-2009) and PPBio-Semiárido (Programa de Pesquisa em Biodiversidade do Semiárido, process 558317/2009-0 and 457427/2012-4).

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MIUO, RPO and LSF contributed to the study’s conception and design. CVB contributed to the study design. Material preparation, data collection and analysis were performed by MIUO; some data collection and analysis were performed by JPV. The first draft of the manuscript was written by MIUO, and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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de Oliveira, M.I.U., Vieira, J.P.S., van den Berg, C. et al. Understanding molecular relationships in Campomanesia Ruiz & Pav. (Myrtaceae): emphasizing the C. xanthocarpa complex based on multiple accessions. Braz. J. Bot 44, 917–927 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40415-021-00769-x

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