Allium pallasii and A. caricifolium—Surprisingly Diverse Old Steppe Species, Showing a Clear Geographical Barrier in the Area of Lake Zaysan

Friesen N. Grützmacher L. Skaptsov M. Vesselova P. Dorofeyev V. Luferov A.N. Turdumatova N. Lazkov G. Smirnov S.V. Shmakov A.I. Hurka H.
June-1 2022 MDPI

Plants
2022 #11 Issue 11

Polymorph Allium pallasii s.l. from monotypic A. sect. Pallasia was studied using a wide spectrum of methods and divided into two clearly morphologically, geographically, cytologically and genetically isolated species: A. pallasii s. str.—North‐East Kazakhstan, Western Siberia, and the Altai Mountains; A. caricifolium—Kyrgyzstan, Northwest China, South‐East Kazakhstan until Zaysan Lake in the east. Despite serious genetic differences, both species are sisters and are related to species of the A. sect. Codonoprasum (Subg. Allium). Allium caricifolium differs from A. pallasii s. str. by taller stems, dense inflorescence, and with filaments longer than perianth. The possible phylogenetic reasons for the separation of these species are discussed. A nomenclature analysis of synonyms was carried out.

internal transcribed spacer , plastid DNA , steppe evolution , vicariant species , Zaysan Lake

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Botanical Garden, University of Osnabrück, Albrechtstrasse 29, Osnabrück, 49076, Germany
Department of Pharmacy and Natural Sciences, A.P. Nelyubin Institute of Pharmacy, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Izmailovsky Boulevard 8, Moscow, 105043, Russian Federation
South Siberian Botanical Garden, Altai State University, Lenina Str. 61, Barnaul, 656049, Russian Federation
Institute of Botany and Phytointroduction of the Committee of Forestry and Wildlife, Ministry of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Almaty, 480070, Kazakhstan
Komarov Botanical Institute of RAS, Professor Popov Str. 2, Saint Petersburg, 197376, Russian Federation
Institute of Biology, National Academy of Sciences, Bishkek, 720071, Kyrgyzstan

Botanical Garden
Department of Pharmacy and Natural Sciences
South Siberian Botanical Garden
Institute of Botany and Phytointroduction of the Committee of Forestry and Wildlife
Komarov Botanical Institute of RAS
Institute of Biology

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