Claim · model-written summary
Aptychella proligera was closely related to the A. brevinervis complex.
- Taxon
- Aptychella proligeraAptychella proligerae0
- Outcome
- close relationship to the A. brevinervis complexe0
- Setting
- South and Central Americae0
Verbatim
e0“Aptychella proligera, the sole member of the genus known from South and Central America, is shown to have a close relationship to the A. brevinervis complex”
Title
Phylogenetic study of the genus Aptychella (Pylaisiadelphaceae, Musci)
Hiroyuki Akiyama; Alfons Schäfer-Verwimp; Narin Printarakul; et al. The Bryologist 2015. doi:10.1639/0007-2745-118.3.273
Other claims from this paper (5)
- Observation Aptychella robusta showed substantial genetic variation and population differentiation.
- Observation Asian species with unicostate leaves were confirmed as distinct.
- Observation Aptychella proligera had low genetic variation across distant sampling localities.
- Observation The authors synonymized Clastobryopsis with Aptychella.
- Observation The authors proposed the new combination Aptychella imbricata.