A phylogenetic assessment of Endocalyx (Cainiaceae, Xylariales) with E. grossus comb. et stat. nov.
0301 basic medicine
03 medical and health sciences
15. Life on land
DOI:
10.1007/s11557-021-01759-9
Publication Date:
2022-03-04T05:02:24Z
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ABSTRACT
Abstract The phylogenetic affinities of four representative Endocalyx taxa, including three species and two varieties, are studied based on materials collected on different palm hosts in Japan and the states of Hawaii and Texas, USA. They include specimens and their isolates belonging to E. cinctus, E. indumentum, E. melanoxanthus var. grossus and E. melanoxanthus var. melanoxanthus. Phylogenetic analyses of nuclear ribosomal DNA sequence data (ITS-LSU nrDNA) confirmed that Endocalyx belongs to the order Xylariales (Sordariomycetes) where all species and varieties treated form a strongly supported monophyletic lineage within the family Cainiaceae. They were also phylogenetically well resolved and consistent with their morphological and ecological circumscription. Species status is proposed for E. melanoxanthus var. grossus under the name E. grossus comb. et stat. nov. on the basis of its distinct morphological, molecular, cultural and ecological characteristics. The putative placement of Endocalyx within the family Apiosporaceae (Amphisphaeriales) based on the presence of basauxic conidiophores is rejected considering that all species treated clustered within the distant Cainiaceae (Xylariales). This characteristic mode of conidiophore elongation is determined to have evolved independently within unrelated or distant ascomycetous lineages. Novel morphological and cultural features of Endocalyx taxa based on new isolates are commented. The recently described E. metroxyli is reduced to synonym with E. melanoxanthus.
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