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Species divergence and relationships in Stephanomeria (Compositae): PgiC phylogeny compared to prior biosystematic studies¹

²Section of Evolution and Ecology, Division of Biology, University of California, Davis, California 95616 USA; ³Jepson Herbarium and Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-2465 USA

ABSTRACT

We present a maximum likelihood tree of 41 PgiC sequences for the monophyletic Stephanomeria, with 10 perennial and six annual species, widely distributed in western North America and exemplary of different speciation processes. The phylogenetic analysis represents the first use of PgiC sequences for Compositae. The annual species were originally delimited by biosystematic studies that provided evidence of their reproductive compatibility and chromosome structural homology. The perennial species are highly distinctive in morphology and have not been examined similarly. The PgiC tree provides more resolution than our previous ITS/ETS tree and reflects both past and ongoing hybridization and/or incomplete lineage sorting. Two major PgiC clades were resolved in Stephanomeria. One clade contains the genes from the annual species plus the perennial, insular endemic S. guadalupensis, which appears closely related to a monophyletic S. virgata. Stephanomeria exigua is not monophyletic. The second clade includes the genes from all other sampled perennial species and a monophyletic subclade of four genes from two annual species. The results are compared to previous studies, also using PgiC, of Clarkia (Onagraceae). Both molecular systematic and biosystematic approaches are essential to discern the very different courses of evolution in these two, well-studied genera of western North America.

Key Words: Asteraceae • biosystematics • Cichorieae • Compositae • PgiC • phylogeny • speciation • Stephanomeria

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