the hawaiian rhodophyta biodiversity survey (2006-2010) a summary of principal findings夏威夷红藻生物多样性调查(2006 - 2010)的总结主要的发现.pdfVIP

Sherwood et al. BMC Plant Biology 2010, 10:258 /1471-2229/10/258 RESEARCH ARTICLE Open Access The Hawaiian Rhodophyta Biodiversity Survey (2006-2010): a summary of principal findings 1* 1,2 1,3 1 4 Alison R Sherwood , Akira Kurihara , Kimberly Y Conklin , Thomas Sauvage , Gernot G Presting Abstract Background: The Hawaiian red algal flora is diverse, isolated, and well studied from a morphological and anatomical perspective, making it an excellent candidate for assessment using a combination of traditional taxonomic and molecular approaches. Acquiring and making these biodiversity data freely available in a timely manner ensures that other researchers can incorporate these baseline findings into phylogeographic studies of Hawaiian red algae or red algae found in other locations. Results: A total of 1,946 accessions are represented in the collections from 305 different geographical locations in the Hawaiian archipelago. These accessions represent 24 orders, 49 families, 152 genera and 252 species/ subspecific taxa of red algae. One order of red algae (the Rhodachlyales) was recognized in Hawaii for the first time and 196 new island distributional records were determined from the survey collections. One family and four genera are reported for the first time from Hawaii, and multiple species descriptions are in progress for newly discovered taxa. A total of 2,418 sequences were generated for Hawaiian red algae in the course of this study - 915 for the nuclear LSU marker, 864 for the plastidial UPA marker, and 639 for the mitochondrial COI marker. These baseline molecular data are presented as neighbor-joining trees to illustrate degrees of divergence within and among taxa. The LSU marker was t