Morphological variability and taxonomic concepts of Broad-leaved Helleborine ingroup Epipactis helleborine (L.) Crantz / Raznolikost morfoloških lastnosti in taksonomski koncepti oblikovnega kroga širokolistne močvirnice Epipactis helleborine (L.) Crantz
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https://doi.org/10.3986/fbg0071Abstract
The Broad-leaved Helleborine (Epipactis helleborine s.l.) represents a taxonomically complex group with wide morphological diversity and close genetic relationships among the Epipactis taxa. The transition of some taxa to self-pollination leads to initial speciation from the paraphyletic background of the Broad-leaved Helleborine. In the last twenty years, several new taxa have been awarded species status. However, these taxa are morphologically poorly defined, the descriptions are often contradictory and they actually merit the rank of a subspecies, variety or a form. The taxonomic issue is being explored by several research groups at molecular phylogenetic level. Their results are difficult to integrate into a precise phylogenetic tree, as researchers most often address few local taxa using a variety of more or less supportive molecular markers. In the present review article, the use of an appropriate combination of morphological and molecular markers has been emphasized as being crucial in resolving taxonomic relationships within the Broad-leaved Helleborine.
Key words: Epipactis helleborine s.l., Broad-leaved Helleborine, taxonomic problems, speciation
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Oblikovni krog širokolistne močvirnice (Epipactis helleborine s.l.) predstavlja taksonomsko zapleteno skupino s široko morfološko raznolikostjo in ožjo genetsko sorodnostjo taksonov. Na težavnost določanja nekaterih taksonov vpliva prehod k samoopraševanju, ki vodi k začetni speciaciji iz parafiletskega ozadja širokolistne močvirnice. V zadnjih dvajsetih letih je bilo opisanih več novih taksonov, vendar so ti morfološko slabo opredeljeni, opisi so pogosto nasprotujoči. Taksonomski nivo vrste je večinoma neupravičen in bi jih morali umestiti na nivo podvrste ali različice. Filogenetsko problematiko znotraj oblikovnega kroga širokolistne močvirnice proučuje nekaj raziskovalnih skupin. Njihove rezultate je težko povezati v jasno filogenetsko drevo, saj raziskovalci največkrat obravnavajo nekaj lokalnih taksonov, pri čemer uporabljajo različne, bolj ali manj podporne molekulske metode. V preglednem članku izpostavljamo, da je pri reševanju taksonomskih odnosov ključna uporaba ustrezne kombinacije tako morfoloških kot tudi molekulskih markerjev.
Ključne besede: Epipactis helleborine s.l., širokolistna močvirnica, taksonomska problematika, speciacija
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