Molecular evidence for the hybrid origin of Rosa lichiangensis (Rosaceae)

Zhangming Zhu; Xinfen Gao

doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.222.3.5

Issue: Vol. 222 No. 3: 19 August 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-08-19

DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.222.3.5

Page range: 221–228

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**Molecular evidence for the hybrid origin of Rosa lichiangensis (Rosaceae)**

Zhangming Zhu⁺⁻
Xinfen Gao⁺⁻

Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China

Chloroplast nuclear hybridization progenitors wild roses Eudicots

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Abstract

Natural hybridization was assumed to play a significant role in the diversification of Rosa. Rosa lichiangensis was suspected to be of hybrid origin based on its intermediate morphological characters between R. soulieana and R. multiflora var. cathayensis. In this study, four chloroplast regions (ndhC-trnV, ndhF-rpl32, ndhJ-trnF, and psbJ-petA) and a single copy nuclear marker (GAPDH) were used to test the hybrid origin of R. lichiangensis. The results from molecular data supported the hybrid origin of R. lichiangensis and further identified R. soulieana as its maternal progenitor and R. multiflora var. cathayensis as the paternal progenitor.