Friends or Relatives? Phylogenetics and Species Delimitation in the Controversial European Orchid Genus Ophrys

Devey, Dion S.; Bateman, Richard M.; Fay, Michael F.; Hawkins, Julie A.

doi:10.1093/aob/mcm299

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“…The point of view presented here is clearly intermediate between those of the most extreme splitters and lumpers, respectively Delforge (2005) and Devey et al (2008). From a methodological point of view, our taxonomic delimitations are similar to those of Sundermann, which were formally approved by Pedersen and Faurholdt (Pedersen and Faurholdt 2007;Faurholdt and Pedersen 2009), but with a tendency to split more than lump (cf.…”

Section: Taxonomic Debatesupporting

confidence: 64%

“…For example, the specific pollinators of 80 of the 250 species are unknown (Delforge 2005), chemotaxonomy seems to be promising (Mant et al 2005;Véla et al 2007) but only beginning to be used for delimiting species (cf. Joffard et al 2014), karyology and phylogenetics are still incomplete and were rarely used to identify species (Soliva et al 2001;Devey et al 2008;García-Barriuso 2010) until LFY genes were used (cf. Schlüter et al 2007aSchlüter et al , 2011.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Waiting for integrative taxonomy: Morphospecies as an operational proxy for the radiative and reticulate genus Ophrys L. (Orchidaceae)?

Véla

Rebbas

Martin

et al. 2015

European Journal of Environmental Sciences

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Recently published botanical floras provided an opportunity to develop operational systems for identifying in the field in France of species of the difficult genus Ophrys. Its specific and infra-specific taxonomy is extremely complex because of conflicting points of view and/or insufficient knowledge about specific biological features. In order to produce an identification key based on observable morphological criteria we developed a pragmatic taxonomy suitable for non-expert botanists, which includes "morphospecies" that are unambiguously identifiable based on a number of unique or a combination of diagnostic criteria and "subspecies" that are sets of populations sharing the same geographical and ecological adaptations but not distinctly differing morphologically. The taxonomic scheme reviewed here for the section Pseudophrys is well correlated with the floral chemical signatures of all the French taxa. This intermediate position, between splitters (mainly orchidologists) and lumpers (mainly geneticists), will hopefully enable us to revise the taxonomy of this genus at the EuroMediterranean level.

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Section: Taxonomic Debatesupporting

confidence: 64%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Waiting for integrative taxonomy: Morphospecies as an operational proxy for the radiative and reticulate genus Ophrys L. (Orchidaceae)?

Véla

Rebbas

Martin

et al. 2015

European Journal of Environmental Sciences

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“…Although this taxonomic treatment (i.e. the subdivision of the morphs into several species) is extensively argued from both classical taxonomic (Pedersen & Faurhold 2007) and genetic (Devey et al 2008(Devey et al , 2009) aspects, the above taxa shares the common morphological characters of having a convex, saddle-like shaped, dark-purple haired lip with a brightgrey, mirror-like speculum. This common character is thought to have been evolved to attract their genusspecific pollinators (Paulus & Gack 1990): males of the bee genus Chalicodoma Lepeletier, 1841 (Hymenoptera, Aculeata, Megachilidae) (Vereecken & Patiny 2005).…”

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confidence: 99%

An unexpected new record of the Mediterranean orchid, Ophrys bertolonii (Orchidaceae) in Central Europe

Molnár

Máté²,

Sramkó

2011

Biologia

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One flowering specimen of Ophrys bertolonii (s. str.) -a plant with a Circum-Adriatic distribution and hitherto unknown in other regions -was found on 7th May 2010 in the vicinity of Kunadacs (Central Hungary; N 47• 00 E 19• 17 ). The nearest known populations of this Mediterranean plant inhabit the Adriatic coast (ca. 450 km away) in Croatia, therefore this new occurrence represents a significant long distance dispersal event. The circumstances of the occurrence argue against introduction, but we can not decide now whether this new appearance is temporary or permanent. The permanent establishment of this strictly entomophilous plant requires the presence of its specific pollinator in the close neighbourhood of the habitat. However, no pollination was observed on the three flowers of the plant until 9th May, and one day later the stem had disappeared most likely due to grazing. Whatever the long-term fate of the plant is, this discovery represents a significant long distance (jump) dispersal event, and testifies to the dispersal ability of Ophrys species. Additionally, the appearance of a mature Adriatic plant in Central Europe fits well into the currently observed, climate change driven northward expansion of European orchids, therefore this finding most likely reflects a growing Mediterranean-like climatic influence in the region.

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“…Because of the complex floral characteristics and economic value of orchids, they have been the subject of many research fields such as experimental (Darwin, 1862;Kullenberg, 1961;Paulus and Gack, 1990), phylogenetic, and reproductive biology (Devey et al, 2008(Devey et al, , 2009Chase et al, 2009), especially of the genus Ophrys. However, there have been a limited number of studies on the micromorphology of flowers of temperate orchids, except for Ophrys and a few other deceptive genera.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Labellum micromorphology of some orchid genera (Orchidaceae) distributed in the Black Sea region in Turkey

Şeker¹,

Akbulut²,

Şenel³

2016

Turk J Bot

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IntroductionThe family Orchidaceae includes a high variety of epiphytes or parasites that have adapted to a wide range of ecological conditions all over the world (Leake, 2005). It contains many types of species in a wide geographic area from the tropical regions to the temperate zone. The wild orchids show rich biodiversity in Turkey. The family is represented by 24 genera. Together with hybrids, the number of taxa in Turkey is recorded as 229 (Güler and Deniz, 2012). Furthermore, some of the species selected for the present study are important in terms of salep production.The pollination strategy is one factor giving rise to orchid biodiversity (Rudall and Bateman, 2002;Box et al., 2008). These unique plants are noteworthy for their flower variations and pollination methods (Cozzolino and Widmer, 2005). Due to traits such as energy-rich food rewards or deceptive strategies, orchid flowers attract pollinators and increase pollination efficiency (

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Friends or Relatives? Phylogenetics and Species Delimitation in the Controversial European Orchid Genus Ophrys

Cited by 123 publications

References 24 publications

Waiting for integrative taxonomy: Morphospecies as an operational proxy for the radiative and reticulate genus Ophrys L. (Orchidaceae)?

Waiting for integrative taxonomy: Morphospecies as an operational proxy for the radiative and reticulate genus Ophrys L. (Orchidaceae)?

An unexpected new record of the Mediterranean orchid, Ophrys bertolonii (Orchidaceae) in Central Europe

Labellum micromorphology of some orchid genera (Orchidaceae) distributed in the Black Sea region in Turkey

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