RESOLVING PHYLOGENETIC AND TAXONOMIC CONFLICT IN BEGONIA

Authors

  • Begonia Phylogeny Group:
  • W.H. Ardi Research Center for Biosystematics and Evolution, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Jl. Raya Jakarta-Bogor Km.46, Cibinong, Kabupaten Bogor, Jawa Barat 16911. Indonesia. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7388-7608
  • L. Campos-Domínguez Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8998-3394
  • K.-F. Chung Research Museum and Herbarium (HAST), Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica (Taiwan), Taipei 115, Taiwan. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3628-2567
  • W.-K. Dong Beijing Green Garden Group Co., Ltd, Beijing 100067, China. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3710-6186
  • E. Drinkwater Writtle University College, Lordship Road, Writtle, Chelmsford, Essex CM1 3RR, UK. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5273-4298
  • D. Fuller Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LR, Scotland, UK. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0199-0512
  • J. Gagul Division of Biological Sciences, University of Papua New Guinea, PO Box 320, Uni PO, National Capital District, Papua New Guinea. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0304-547X
  • G.J.L. Garnett Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EA, England, UK. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4986-219X
  • D. Girmansyah Research Center for Biosystematics and Evolution, Research Organization for Life Science and Environment, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Cibinong Science Center, Jalan Raya Jakarta Bogor, Km 46, Cibinong, West Java, 16911, Indonesia. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3096-8763
  • W.P. Goodall-Copestake Scottish Association for Marine Science, Scottish Marine Institute, Oban, Scotland, UK. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3586-9091
  • M. Hughes Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LR, Scotland, UK. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2168-0514
  • E.L. Jacques Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, BR-465, km 7, 23890-000 Seropédica – RJ, Brazil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8226-4338
  • O.A. Jara-Muñoz Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7123-124X
  • S. Julia Sarawak Herbarium, Research, Development and Innovation Division, Forest Department Sarawak, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1418-3843
  • C.A. Kidner Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LR, Scotland, UK/Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3BF, Scotland, UK. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6426-3000
  • R. Kiew Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM), 52109 Kepong, Selangor, Malaysia.
  • N. Krishna Department of Botany, University of Calicut, Malappuram, Kerala, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2616-9854
  • R. Li College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2892-6086
  • L.D.K. Marasinghe Kandy Regional Center, The Open University of Sri Lanka, Polgolla, Sri Lanka. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1053-3268
  • M.B. Maw Southeast Asia Biodiversity Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Center for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, Mengla, Yunnan 666303, China. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4527-0621
  • C.W. Lin Herbarium of Taiwan Forestry Research Institute (TAIF), Taiwan Forestry Research Institute, 53 Nan-Hai Road, Taipei 100, Taiwan. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8564-5793
  • P.W. Moonlight Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LR, Scotland, UK. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4342-2089
  • H.T. Nguyen Center for Plant Conservation of Vietnam (CPC), Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations, 25/32 Lane 191, Lac Long, Quan Road, Hanoi, Vietnam.
  • H.Q. Nguyen Center for Plant Conservation of Vietnam (CPC), Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations, 25/32 Lane 191, Lac Long, Quan Road, Hanoi, Vietnam. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5936-2319
  • T. Phutthai Faculty of Environment and Resource Studies, Mahidol University (Salaya Campus), Nakhon Pathom 73170, Thailand. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5573-6002
  • A.K. Pradeep Department of Botany, University of Calicut, Malappuram, Kerala, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0994-5599
  • S. Rajbhandary Central Department of Botany, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7360-1577
  • R.R. Rubite Department of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines Manila, Padre Faura, Manila 1000, Philippines. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1704-1533
  • D. Scherberich Jardin Botanique de Lyon, Mairie de Lyon, 69205 Lyon, France. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3534-6576
  • K. Souvannakhoummane Faculty of Natural Science, National University of Laos, Dongdok Campus, Xaythany District, Vientiane Capital, Laos. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4875-8307
  • M. Sreenath Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LR, Scotland, UK. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2181-6124
  • M.C. Tebbitt Department of Biology, Geology and Environmental Sciences, California University of Pennsylvania, California, PA 15419-1394, USA. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6884-8946
  • D.C. Thomas Herbarium, Singapore Botanic Gardens, National Parks Board, 1 Cluny Road, Singapore 259569. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1307-6042
  • D. Tian Chenshan Plant Science Research Center of CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences, 3888 Chenhua Road, Songjiang, Shanghai 201602, China. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5387-5300
  • Y.-H. Tseng Department of Life Sciences, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8166-5690
  • H.P. Wilson Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH3 5LR, Scotland, UK. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5231-3987

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24823/ejb.2022.1928

Keywords:

Taxonomy, classification

Abstract

Begonia is the world’s fastest-growing genus and a focus of intense taxonomic research. To support this, a stable and useful sectional classification is needed. This paper reviews the feasibility and challenges of creating an infrageneric classification for Begonia based on phylogenetic data, and how to overcome phylogenetic and taxonomic conflict. In particular, it (i) tests genus-wide patterns of incongruence between phylogenies based on the nuclear, chloroplast and mitochondrial genomes; (ii) explains organelle inheritance and its contribution to phylogenetic incongruence, and (iii) presents a manifesto for a workable and stable subgeneric classification in light of the above and lays the foundation for a collaborative Begonia Phylogeny Group.

A tanglegram of Begonia phylogenies

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2022-08-18

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Vol. 79 (2022): Begonia Special Issue

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Copyright (c) 2022 Begonia Phylogeny Group:, W.H. Ardi, L. Campos-Domínguez, K.-F. Chung, W.-K. Dong, E. Drinkwater, D. Fuller, J. Gagul, G.J.L. Garnett, D. Girmansyah, W.P. Goodall-Copestake, M. Hughes, E.L. Jacques, O.A. Jara-Muñoz, S. Julia, C.A. Kidner, R. Kiew, N. Krishna, R. Li, L.D.K. Marasinghe, M.B. Maw, C.W. Lin, P.W. Moonlight, H.T. Nguyen, H.Q. Nguyen, T. Phutthai, A.K. Pradeep, S. Rajbhandary, R.R. Rubite, D. Scherberich, K. Souvannakhoummane, M. Sreenath, M.C. Tebbitt, D.C. Thomas, D. Tian, Y.-H. Tseng, H.P. Wilson

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