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Phylogeny and Flow Cytometry of Species of the Genus Kalidium Moq. (Amaranthaceae s. lato) in Kazakhstan

Version 1 : Received: 16 May 2023 / Approved: 18 May 2023 / Online: 18 May 2023 (05:09:25 CEST)

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Osmonali, B.B.; Vesselova, P.V.; Kudabayeva, G.M.; Skaptsov, M.V.; Shmakov, A.I.; Friesen, N. Phylogeny and Flow Cytometry of the Genus Kalidium Moq. (Amaranthaceae s.l.) in Kazakhstan. Plants 2023, 12, 2619. Osmonali, B.B.; Vesselova, P.V.; Kudabayeva, G.M.; Skaptsov, M.V.; Shmakov, A.I.; Friesen, N. Phylogeny and Flow Cytometry of the Genus Kalidium Moq. (Amaranthaceae s.l.) in Kazakhstan. Plants 2023, 12, 2619.

Abstract

The article presents data on phylogeny, genome size, and ploidy of species of the genus Kalidium Moq. in the flora of Kazakhstan. Genus Kalidium belongs to the tribe Salicornieae of the subfamily Salicornioideae of the family Chenopodiaceae and unites 8 species, the main range of which covers the Iranian-Turanian and Central Asian deserts. There are 4 species in the flora of Kazakhstan: K. foliatum, K. caspicum, K. schrenkianum and the recently described K. juniperinum. Populations of species of the genus Kalidium in the saline deserts of Kazakhstan occupy large areas, often forming monodominant communities. Sometimes there is a joint growth of 2 and very rarely 3 species of the genus. During the period of fieldwork (2021-2022), populations were identified in which these species grew together with a predominance, in most cases, of K. caspicum. Samples of representatives from 15 populations were collected for research. Selected plant samples were studied by flow cytometry to determine plant ploidy. Sequencing of nrITS and two chloroplast fragments were used to build a phylogenetic tree, including sequences from the NCBI database., A phylogenetic tree of species of the genus Kalidium was compiled which considers previously published data. In the valley of the middle reaches of the Syrdarya River tetraploid populations of K. caspicum were found. A hybrid between K. foliatum and K. caspicum was found in the Ili River valley (Almaty region, Uigur district). To identify phylogenetic processes at the intraspecific level, the SCoT (Start codon targeted) fingerprinting method was used.

Keywords

Chenopodiaceae; Salicornioideae; Salicornieae; Kazakhstan; hybrid; tetraploid

Subject

Biology and Life Sciences, Plant Sciences

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