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Issue: Vol. 687 No. 2: 18 Feb. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-02-18
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.687.2.5
Page range: 267-277
Abstract views: 146
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The phylogenomic position and barcoding resources of Ficus conglobata with additional notes to its distribution ranges

State Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops, South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China. Guangzhou International Ficus Research Center, Guangzhou Institute of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, Guangzhou 510405, China.
State Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla 666303, China
State Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla 666303, China
State Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla 666303, China
State Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla 666303, China
Guangzhou International Ficus Research Center, Guangzhou Institute of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, Guangzhou 510405, China
Assam down town University, Guwahati, 781026, India
State Key Laboratory of Plant Diversity and Specialty Crops, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mengla 666303, China
Eastern China Conservation Centre for Wild Endangered Plant Resources, Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden, Shanghai 201602, China
fig tree new record Motuo County east Himalaya phylogenomics distribution region Eudicots

Abstract

Ficus conglobata, a fig tree previously reported in the east Himalaya region, including northeast India, Bhutan, and Bangladesh, is additionally recorded here in Motuo County, Xizang Autonomous Region in China and Putao District, Kachin State in Myanmar. This less known species is distinguishable from its morphologically related taxa, such as F. heterostyla, F. hispida, and F. squamosa, by its fascicular and ramous breeding shoots bearing numerous figs. Phylogenomic investigation based on a large nuclear dataset and chloroplast genomes were implemented to verify its phylogenetic position. Furthermore, we annotated and provided its barcodes for future research, including a super-barcode (the complete chloroplast genome) and a nuclear barcode (internal transcribed spacer, ITS).

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How to Cite

Liao, S., Miao, B.-G., Gao, J.-X., Gao, J., Yang, D.-R., Xiong, Y.-M., Sensarma, S., Peng, Y.-Q. & Zhang, Z. (2025) The phylogenomic position and barcoding resources of Ficus conglobata with additional notes to its distribution ranges. Phytotaxa 687 (2): 267–277. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.687.2.5