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Distributional patterns of the species of Valeriana (Valerianaceae) in southern South America

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Distributional patterns of Valeriana species from southern South America were analyzed. We prepared a database with the records of 40 species from Argentina and Chile south of 33°S, obtained from herbarium specimens, published taxonomic studies and field trips. We undertook a track analysis and a parsimony analysis of endemicity (PAE), the latter with 134 grid cells of 1.5° latitude by 1.5° longitude. Three generalized tracks and one node were obtained, and three areas of endemism were identified. These general patterns of distribution in Valeriana were used to infer possible vicariance and dispersal events that might have shaped them. We identified a center of diversification in Central Chile and the Argentinean province of Neuquén. It represents a complex area that is related to both the Central Chilean and Subantarctic subregions.

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Acknowledgments

This work is part of the doctoral dissertation of AK at the Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco. AK thanks Cecilia Ezcurra, her thesis advisor, for constant support. We thank Isabel Sanmartín and two anonymous reviewers for helpful comments on the manuscript. Thanks to the curators of the herbaria who provided all the information and material needed and the staff of the herbaria BA, LIL and LP for facilitating AK’s task. Thanks to Mariano Gómez from CIEFAP for the design of the base map.

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Kutschker, A., Morrone, J.J. Distributional patterns of the species of Valeriana (Valerianaceae) in southern South America. Plant Syst Evol 298, 535–547 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00606-011-0564-6

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