Two new Malagasy species of genus Piper L. (Piperaceae), Piper malgassicum and Piper tsarasotrae, and their phylogenetic position

Enrico PALCHETTI; Stefano BIRICOLTI; Massimo GORI; Giulia Rota NODARI; Nicola GANDOLFI; Alessio PAPINI

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Two new Malagasy species of genus Piper L. (Piperaceae), Piper malgassicum and Piper tsarasotrae, and their phylogenetic position

Authors:

Enrico PALCHETTI | Stefano BIRICOLTI | Massimo GORI | Giulia Rota NODARI | Nicola GANDOLFI | Alessio PAPINI

Publisher:

TUBITAK

Main Topics:

Plants

Journal:

Turkish Journal of Botany 2018 Vol.42 Issue 5, pp.610-622

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

7/2018

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000815028

Frequency:

Bimonthly

eISSN:

1303-6106

pISSN:

1300-008X

Abstract:

 

Here we describe two new species of genus Piper L. from Madagascar: Piper malgassicum and Piper tsarasotrae, the species names referring to the currently known distribution areas. These two species contribute, at least in part, to the production of local  voatsiperifery pepper, probably mixed together with P. borbonense, and are therefore economically relevant as spices. We used a selected  set of characters (those more easily observable on herbarium samples) for principal component analysis to assess the relative distance  between the species, including the analysis of the autochthonous species of Piper known from Africa and Madagascar. In order to check  the identity and assess the phylogenetic position of the two species, we also sequenced the chloroplast gene ndhF, the trnL intron, and the  nuclear gene G3pdh. On the basis of these results we show here the relationships between these two new Piper taxa and the most closely  related species within the genus (excluding P. heimii and P. pachyphyllum, for which only morphological characters were available).

Article Details

Two new Malagasy species of genus Piper L. (Piperaceae), Piper malgassicum and Piper tsarasotrae, and their phylogenetic position

Authors: Enrico PALCHETTI | Stefano BIRICOLTI | Massimo GORI | Giulia Rota NODARI | Nicola GANDOLFI | Alessio PAPINI

Publisher: TUBITAK

Main Topics: Plants

Journal: Turkish Journal of Botany 2018 Vol.42 Issue 5, pp.610-622

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 7/2018

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2000815028

Frequency: Bimonthly

eISSN: 1303-6106

pISSN: 1300-008X

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Authors:

Enrico PALCHETTI | Stefano BIRICOLTI | Massimo GORI | Giulia Rota NODARI | Nicola GANDOLFI | Alessio PAPINI

Publisher:

TUBITAK

Main Topics:

Plants

Journal:

Turkish Journal of Botany 2018 Vol.42 Issue 5, pp.610-622

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

7/2018

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2000815028

Frequency:

Bimonthly

eISSN:

1303-6106

pISSN:

1300-008X