The European Paleoendemic<i>Haberlea rhodopensis</i>(Gesneriaceae) Has an Oligocene Origin and a Pleistocene Diversification and Occurs in a Long-Persisting Refugial Area in Southeastern Europe

Petrova, Galya; Moyankova, Daniela; Nishii, Kanae; Forrest, Laura L.; Tsiripidis, Ioannis; Drouzas, Andreas D.; Djilianov, Dimitar; Möller, Michael

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“…Interestingly enough and with lack of sufficient scientifically sound explanations so far, the only resurrection angiosperm plants, found in Europe and Asia belong to one and the same family—Gesneriaceae (Shen et al, 2004; Huang et al, 2012; Mitra et al, 2013; Li et al, 2014; Djilianov et al, 2016; Zhang et al, 2016). The resurrection species in Europe— Haberlea rhodopensis , Ramonda myconii , R. serbica , and R. nathaliae are phylogenetically relatively close and live in more or less similar environments (Petrova et al, 2015; Rakić et al, 2015; Fernández-Marín et al, 2018). The Asia endemic resurrection species, including Boea hygrometrica (also named Dorcoeras hygrometricum ), B. clarkeana , B. crassifolia , Paraboea rufescens , and Paraisometrum mileense , are phylogenetically separated from European clade according to molecular phylogenetic analyses (Shen et al, 2004; Wang et al, 2010; Huang et al, 2012; Mitra et al, 2013; Li et al, 2014; Djilianov et al, 2016; Zhang et al, 2016).…”

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“…Transcriptome and metabolome studies were also performed in B. hygrometrica (Xiao et al, 2015; Zhu et al, 2015; Sun et al, 2018) and H. rhodopensis (Gechev et al, 2013; Moyankova et al, 2014; Mladenov et al, 2015; Liu et al, 2018). B. hygrometrica is distributed in East and Southeast Asia, and H. rhodopensis is endemic to the Balkans in Europe (Mitra et al, 2013; Petrova et al, 2015). They both prefer shady slopes and limestone rocks and are subjected to frequent cycles of drying and rehydration under natural conditions, but spend dry state in different seasons.…”

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Common and Specific Mechanisms of Desiccation Tolerance in Two Gesneriaceae Resurrection Plants. Multiomics Evidences

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Environmental stress, especially water deficiency, seriously limits plant distribution and crop production worldwide. A small group of vascular angiosperm plants termed “resurrection plants,” possess desiccation tolerance (DT) to withstand dehydration and to recover fully upon rehydration. In recent years, with the rapid development of life science in plants different omics technologies have been widely applied in resurrection plants to study DT. Boea hygrometrica is native in East and Southeast Asia, and Haberlea rhodopensis is endemic to the Balkans in Europe. They are both resurrection pants from Gesneriaceae family. This paper reviews recent advances in transcriptome and metabolome, and discusses the differences and similarities of DT features between both species. Finally, we believe we provide novel insights into understanding the mechanisms underlying the acquisition and evolution of desiccation tolerance of the resurrection plants that could substantially contribute to develop new approaches for agriculture to overcome water deficiency in future.

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Common and Specific Mechanisms of Desiccation Tolerance in Two Gesneriaceae Resurrection Plants. Multiomics Evidences

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“…From an evolutionary point of view, the origin of European Gesneriaceae genera has been dated back to the early Oligocene, while the Haberlea lineage emerged in the late Oligocene as suggested by population genetic (ISSRs) analyses of the chloroplast encoded atpB-rbcL. trnH-psbA , and trnL-F genes ( Petrova et al, 2015 ). Despite its importance as a resurrection plant, there is a lack of studies using the chloroplast genome of Haberlea lineage to understand its molecular evolution and resolve the phylogenetic position of H. rhodopensis with respect to Lamiales.…”

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Chloroplast Genome Analysis of Resurrection Tertiary Relict Haberlea rhodopensis Highlights Genes Important for Desiccation Stress Response

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Haberlea rhodopensis is a paleolithic tertiary relict species, best known as a resurrection plant with remarkable tolerance to desiccation. When exposed to severe drought stress, H. rhodopensis shows an ability to maintain the structural integrity of its photosynthetic apparatus, which re-activates easily upon rehydration. We present here the results from the assembly and annotation of the chloroplast (cp) genome of H. rhodopensis, which was further subjected to comparative analysis with the cp genomes of closely related species. H. rhodopensis showed a cp genome size of 153,099 bp, harboring a pair of inverted repeats (IR) of 25,415 bp separated by small and large copy regions (SSC and LSC) of 17,826 and 84,443 bp. The genome structure, gene order, GC content and codon usage are similar to those of the typical angiosperm cp genomes. The genome hosts 137 genes representing 70.66% of the plastome, which includes 86 protein-coding genes, 36 tRNAs, and 4 rRNAs. A comparative plastome analysis with other closely related Lamiales members revealed conserved gene order in the IR and LSC/SSC regions. A phylogenetic analysis based on protein-coding genes from 33 species defines this species as belonging to the Gesneriaceae family. From an evolutionary point of view, a site-specific selection analysis detected positively selected sites in 17 genes, most of which are involved in photosynthesis (e.g., rbcL, ndhF, accD, atpE, etc.). The observed codon substitutions may be interpreted as being a consequence of molecular adaptation to drought stress, which ensures an evolutionary advantage to H. rhodopensis.

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“…, and thus our estimates fall well within the probable. Furthermore, the HPD ranges for the crown age of Corallodiscus overlap greatly with those of other Gesneriaceae genera such as Epithema (HPD: 5.92-28.14) or Streptocarpus (HPD: 8.56-28.03, Petrova et al 2015;HPD: 17.86-37.15, Roalson and Roberts 2016), and Corallodiscus appears to thus fall at the upper end of ages for genera in the family. Given its position on an early diverging branch of tribe Trichosporeae (Möller et al 2009;Roalson and Roberts 2016) and huge distribution range, an old age is quite feasible.…”

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“…The uplift of the QTP has had profound effects on the global climate, including cooler winters in northern Asia and drier winter of the Asian interior (Ruddiman and Kutzbach 1989;Shi et al 2001). Since Corallodiscus species are strongly poikilohydrous, similar to the related but younger Gesneriaceae lineage including Haberlea (Georgieva et al 2007;Petrova et al 2015), this trait may have been acquired with the origin of Corallodiscus perhaps as an adaptation to the drier climates and habitats. The Hengduan Mountains have a strong dry season in the present day due to the rain shadow effect of the Gaoligong Shan and the Nu Shan in the West of the Three River gorges subregion ( Fig.…”

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Secondary contact, hybridization and polyploidization add to the biodiversity in the Hengduan Mountains, exemplified by the widespread Corallodiscus lanuginosus (Gesneriaceae)

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2017

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Corallodiscus lanuginosus is distributed 12,000 km across its northeast-southwest boundaries, showing its highest morphological diversity in the Hengduan Mountains, Southwest China. We investigated the mechanisms behind the high diversity in this species. We acquired ITS sequence data across the distribution range of the genus, reconstructed dated phylogenies, projected the resulting clades onto geographic maps and linked the results with inferred ploidy levels of the populations. We found strong geographic patterns for the ITS clades but with extensively overlapping ranges, particularly in the Hengduan Mountains area. We deduced an origin of C. lanuginosus in the mid-Oligocene. We used the presence of ITS polymorphisms to infer a high level of hybridization events mainly in areas of clade overlap, where we also inferred repeated tetraploidization events to have taken place. Pre-and post-Quaternary climate oscillation-driven expansions and contractions of distribution ranges have allowed secondary contacts, hybridization and introgression that shaped the current patchy distribution of morphological diversity in the species. Polyploidization as a reinforcing genetic barrier added to the genetic diversity in space and time particularly in the Hengduan Mountains.

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The European PaleoendemicHaberlea rhodopensis(Gesneriaceae) Has an Oligocene Origin and a Pleistocene Diversification and Occurs in a Long-Persisting Refugial Area in Southeastern Europe

Cited by 32 publications

References 92 publications

Common and Specific Mechanisms of Desiccation Tolerance in Two Gesneriaceae Resurrection Plants. Multiomics Evidences

Common and Specific Mechanisms of Desiccation Tolerance in Two Gesneriaceae Resurrection Plants. Multiomics Evidences

Chloroplast Genome Analysis of Resurrection Tertiary Relict Haberlea rhodopensis Highlights Genes Important for Desiccation Stress Response

Secondary contact, hybridization and polyploidization add to the biodiversity in the Hengduan Mountains, exemplified by the widespread Corallodiscus lanuginosus (Gesneriaceae)

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