Phylogeny and Flow Cytometry of the Genus Kalidium Moq. (Amaranthaceae s.l.) in Kazakhstan
Osmonali B.B. Vesselova P.V. Kudabayeva G.M. Skaptsov M.V. Shmakov A.I. Friesen N.
July 2023Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
Plants
2023#12Issue 14
The article presents data on phylogeny, genome size, and ploidy of species of the genus Kalidium Moq. in the flora of Kazakhstan. Genus Kalidium belongs to the tribe Salicornieae of the subfamily Salicornioideae of the family Chenopodiaceae and unites eight species, the main range of which covers the Iranian-Turanian and Central Asian deserts. There are four species in the flora of Kazakhstan: K. foliatum, K. caspicum, K. schrenkianum, and the recently described K. juniperinum. Populations of species of the genus Kalidium in the saline deserts of Kazakhstan occupy large areas, often forming monodominant communities. Sometimes there is a joint growth of two and very rarely three species of the genus. During the period of fieldwork (2021–2022), populations were identified in which these species grew together with a predominance, in most cases, of K. caspicum. Samples of representatives from 15 populations were collected for research. Selected plant samples were studied by flow cytometry to determine plant ploidy. Sequencing of nrITS and two chloroplast fragments were used to build a phylogenetic tree, including sequences from the NCBI database., A phylogenetic tree of species of the genus Kalidium was compiled, which takes previously published data into consideration. In the valley of the middle reaches of the Syrdarya River, tetraploid populations of K. caspicum were found. A hybrid between K. foliatum and K. caspicum was found in the Ili River valley (Almaty region, Uigur district). To identify phylogenetic processes at the intraspecific level, the SCoT (Start codon targeted) fingerprinting method was used.
Chenopodiaceae , hybrid , Kazakhstan , Salicornieae , Salicornioideae , tetraploid
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Institute of Botany and Phytointroduction, Almaty, 050040, Kazakhstan
Department of Biodiversity and Bioresources, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, 050040, Kazakhstan
South Siberian Botanical Garden, Faculty of Biology, Altai State University, Barnaul, 656906, Russian Federation
Botanical Garden, School of Biology/Chemistry, Osnabruck University, Osnabruck, 49076, Germany
Institute of Botany and Phytointroduction
Department of Biodiversity and Bioresources
South Siberian Botanical Garden
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