Journal article
Systematics of the genus Halimeda (Bryopsidales, Chlorophyta) in Brazil including the description of Halimeda jolyana sp. nov.
CF Ximenes, V Cassano, MDF De Oliveira-Carvalho, ME Bandeira-Pedrosa, CFD Gurgel, H Verbruggen, SMB Pereira
Phycologia | INT PHYCOLOGICAL SOC | Published : 2017
DOI: 10.2216/16-77.1
Abstract
The genus Halimeda has a wide geographic distribution in tropical to subtropical regions of the world. Molecular studies have uncovered cryptic and pseudocryptic species as well as strong biogeographic signals in phylogenies. To date, the diversity of Brazilian Bryopsidales has been studied from only a morphological perspective. Here we revised the diversity of Brazilian Halimeda based on molecular data (DNA barcode assessments of the tufA marker and multigene concatenated phylogenies) as well as morphological observations. Of the seven recognized morphospecies, only three were confirmed by molecular data: Halimeda opuntia, H. simulans and H. incrassata. The remaining four species, referred ..
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Funding Acknowledgements
We would like to thank Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa e Tecnologia for the stock grant for the first author and the Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior of the Programa Nacional de Pos-Doutorado (Process 02991/09-8) for the financial support in obtaining collected botanical material. We would like to thank Mariana C. Oliveira, coordinator of the project Br-BOL 564945-2010-2, 301491-2013-5 (CNPq), for partial financial support and all the collectors listed, mainly Douglas Burgos, Fernando Scherner and Beatriz Torrano-Silva. H.V. thanks Mutue Fujii for facilitating fieldwork in Espirito Santo state, CNPq for providing air travel and Vanessa Rossetto Marcelino for assistance in the field. Funding was provided to H.V. by the Australian Research Council (FT110100585), the Australian Biological Resources Study (RFL213-08) and the University of Melbourne (Faculty of Sciences engagement grant).