Claim · model-written summary
S. sericeum and S. lapazense were sister to the remaining Sphagnum species and highly divergent.
- Taxon
- S. sericeum and S. lapazenseFlatbergium sericeumSphagnum lapazensee0
- Outcome
- resolved as sister to the rest of the genus and are extremely divergente0
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Verbatim
e0“Two tropical species, S. sericeum and S. lapazense, were resolved as sister to the rest of the genus and are extremely divergent from all other sphagna”
Title
Polarity of peatmoss (Sphagnum) evolution: who says bryophytes have no roots?
A. Jonathan Shaw; Cymon J. Cox; Sandra B. Boles American Journal of Botany 2003. doi:10.3732/ajb.90.12.1777
Other claims from this paper (4)
- Observation The main Sphagnum lineage has a clade comprising sections Sphagnum, Rigida and Cuspidata.
- Observation The other main Sphagnum clade comprises Subsecunda, Acutifolia and Squarrosa.
- Observation Placement of section Subsecunda was weakly supported.
- Observation Other phylogenetic nodes were strongly supported across three analysis approaches.