A new subspecies of Stellaria alsine (Caryophyllaceae) from Yakushima, Japan

By

Yahara, Tetsukazu 1954-
Hirota, Shun
Fuse, Kengo
Sato, Hiroyuki
Tagane, Shuichiro
Yoshihisa, Suyama

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021

Original Publication

PhytoKeys

Volume

187

Pages

177--188

Subjects

cpDNA , DNA barcoding , Island , ITS , MIG-seq , next generation sequencing , threatened plants

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers [2010]-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.187.64023

 

Abstract

An unknown taxon of Stellaria was discovered in Yakushima, a Japanese island known to harbor several endemic species. To determine the identity of this taxon, this study employed MIG-seq for the reconstruction of a finely resolved phylogenetic tree of the newly discovered taxon, along with some related species of Stellaria. The results showed that the newly discovered taxon is a relative of S. alsine. Based on this result, Stellaria alsine subsp. nanasubsp. nov. was published.