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Berberis burruyacuensis O. R. Dantur, S. Radice, E. Giordani, A. Papini sp. nov. (Berberidaceae): a new species

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Abstract

A new species of Berberis L. from the region of Tucumán (Argentina), locally known as “sacha mikuna”, was described as Berberis burruyacuensis. The phylogenetic position was evaluated with ITS DNA sequences, particularly with respect to Berberis mikuna Job and other Berberis species of West-South America. The autonomy of the species, beyond the observed morphological and phenological traits, was confirmed through high maximum likelihood bootstrap values and bayesian support. Moreover, a 3 nucleotides insertion, together with two transversions and one transition, characterizes B. burruyacuensis ITS1 DNA region with respect to the rest of the species of the genus. B. burruyacuensis clustered in a very interesting position, that is as an outgroup to the rest of the South American species of Berberis. This position may suggest for this species the maintenance of relatively plesiomorphic characters with respect to the rest of the clade.

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Acknowledgements

The authors wish to thank Ms. Liliana Pastrana for her availability to share with us the traditional Diaguita-Calchaquíes knowledge about Mikuna and Gabriela Dantur for the contribution to the illustration of B. burruyacuensis. Research carried on in the frame of the Project DAGRI-UNIFI-PID2019—UM and the Master Course “Natural Resources Management for Tropical Rural Development”—UNIFI.

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  1. Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry, University of Florence, Viale delle Idee 30, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, Italy

    M. Gori, S. Biricolti, S. Pedrazzani & E. Giordani

  2. Department of Biology, University of Florence, Via Micheli 3, 50121, Florence, Italy

    A. Papini

  3. Agronomist, Yerba Buena, Tucumàn, Argentina

    O. R. Dantur

  4. Department of Plant Physiology (FAyCAUM – CONICET), Machado 914, University of Morón, Morón, Argentina

    M. E. Arena & S. Radice

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. Alignment of the sequences obtained with Clustalx and adjusted by eye by the authors. The last positions, coded as 0 and 1, represent the coding of indels produced by Gapcoder (see materials and methods) (NEX 60 kb)

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Gori, M., Biricolti, S., Pedrazzani, S. et al. Berberis burruyacuensis O. R. Dantur, S. Radice, E. Giordani, A. Papini sp. nov. (Berberidaceae): a new species. Genet Resour Crop Evol 68, 1799–1808 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10722-020-01096-y

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Keywords

  • Berberis mikuna
  • Berberis burruyacuensis
  • Sacha mikuna
  • Barcoding
  • Yunga