The African timber tree Entandrophragma congoense (Pierre ex De Wild.) A.Chev. is morphologically and genetically distinct from Entandrophragma angolense (Welw.) C.DC

cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversité Libre de Bruxellesen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversité de Montpellieren
cg.contributor.affiliationBioversity Internationalen
cg.contributor.affiliationRoyal Museum for Central Africa, Belgiumen
cg.contributor.affiliationGhent Universityen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversité de Kisanganien
cg.contributor.affiliationCenter for International Forestry Researchen
cg.contributor.affiliationResources and Synergies Development Pte Ltden
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversité de Liègeen
cg.contributor.affiliationMeise Botanic Garden, Belgiumen
cg.contributor.crpForests, Trees and Agroforestry
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11295-018-1277-6en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn1614-2942en
cg.issue5en
cg.journalTree Genetics and Genomesen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.bioversityFORESTSen
cg.subject.bioversityMORPHOLOGYen
cg.subject.bioversityTIMBERen
cg.subject.ciforBIODIVERSITYen
cg.volume14en
dc.contributor.authorMonthe, F.K.en
dc.contributor.authorDuminil, J.en
dc.contributor.authorKasongo Yakusu, E.en
dc.contributor.authorBeeckman, H.en
dc.contributor.authorBourland, N.en
dc.contributor.authorDoucet, J.L.en
dc.contributor.authorSosef, M.S.M.en
dc.contributor.authorHardy, Olivier J.en
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-09T09:40:14Zen
dc.date.available2018-10-09T09:40:14Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/97605
dc.titleThe African timber tree Entandrophragma congoense (Pierre ex De Wild.) A.Chev. is morphologically and genetically distinct from Entandrophragma angolense (Welw.) C.DCen
dcterms.abstractInterpreting morphological variability in terms of species delimitation can be challenging. However, correcting species delineation can have strong implications for the sustainable management of exploited species. Up to now, species delimitation between two putative timber species from African forests, Entandrophragma congoense and E. angolense, remained unclear. To investigate their differences, we applied an integrated approach which combines morphological traits and genetic markers. We defined 13 morphological characters from 81 herbarium specimens and developed 15 new polymorphic microsatellite markers to genotype 305 samples (herbarium samples and specimens collected in the field across the species distribution ranges). Principal component analysis (PCA) of morphological data and the Bayesian clustering analyses of genetic data were used to assess differentiation between putative species. These analyses support two well-differentiated groups (FST = 0.30) occurring locally in sympatry. Moreover, these two groups present distinct morphological characters at the level of the trunk, leaflets, and seeds. Our genetic markers identified few individuals (4%) that seem to be hybrids, though there is no evidence of genetic introgression from geographic patterns of genetic variation. Hence, our results provide clear support to recognize E. congoense as a species distinct from E. angolense, with a much lower genetic diversity than the latter, and that should be managed accordingly. This work highlights the power of microsatellite markers in resolving species boundaries.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2018-08-17
dcterms.bibliographicCitationMonthe, F.K., Duminil, J., Kasongo Yakusu, E. et al. The African timber tree Entandrophragma congoense (Pierre ex De Wild.) A.Chev. is morphologically and genetically distinct from Entandrophragma angolense (Welw.) C.DC. Tree Genetics & Genomes 14, 66 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11295-018-1277-6en
dcterms.issued2018
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherSpringeren
dcterms.replaceshttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/112821en
dcterms.subjectwooden
dcterms.subjecttreesen
dcterms.subjectentandrophragmaen
dcterms.subjectforestsen
dcterms.subjectmorphologyen
dcterms.subjectvariety (taxa)en
dcterms.subjecttimbersen
dcterms.subjectgenetic markersen
dcterms.subjectspeciesen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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