@ARTICLE{TreeBASE2Ref25921,
author = {Glynis V Cron and Nisa Karimi and Kelsey L Glennon and Chukwudi A Udeh and Ed T.F Witkowski and Sarah M Venter and Achille E Assogbadjo and David A. Baum},
title = {One African baobab species or two? Synonymy of Adansonia kilima and A. digitata},
year = {2016},
keywords = {Baobabs, haplotype network; phylogenetic analysis; ploidy level; pollen; stomatal density.},
doi = {},
url = {http://},
pmid = {},
journal = {Taxon},
volume = {},
number = {},
pages = {},
abstract = {We assessed the validity of a recently described baobab species Adansonia kilima that was suggested to be a diploid occurring in both eastern and southern Africa at high elevations within the range of the well-known tetraploid species A. digitata. We used a combination of phylogenetic analyses and statistical comparisons of various traits (e.g., flowers, stomata, pollen, chromosome counts) to test for the presence of two continental African baobab species. Ordination of the floral features of 133 herbarium specimens from across the natural range of A. digitata, including the putative type of A. kilima and other Tanzanian accessions as previously assigned A. kilima, revealed no distinct clusters of specimens. Likewise, stomatal size and density varied greatly across the specimens examined, with no clear bimodal pattern and no obvious association with altitude. The type specimen of A. kilima was found to have a chromosome number of 2n ≈ 166, showing it to be a tetraploid, like A. digitata. Phylogenetic analysis of the ITS region showed little resolution within the African baobab clade and a lack of distinction between the A. kilima type and A. digitata regional accessions. Among the 13 haplotypes detected, no distinct haplotype representing A. kilima was identified. Based on the data at hand we conclude that A. kilima is neither cytologically nor morphologically distinct and is here reduced to synonymy with A. digitata.}
}
Taxa for tree 97537 of Study 19341
Citation title:
"One African baobab species or two? Synonymy of Adansonia kilima and A. digitata".
Study name:
"One African baobab species or two? Synonymy of Adansonia kilima and A. digitata".
This study is part of submission 19341
(Status: Published).
Taxa
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ID |
Taxon Label |
NCBI taxid |
uBIO namebankID |
2372665 |
Adansonia digitata AF028525 |
69109
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2576506
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2372700 |
Adansonia digitata AF028526 |
69109
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2576506
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2372656 |
Adansonia digitata JN400311 |
69109
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2576506
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2372717 |
Adansonia digitata JN400317 |
69109
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2576506
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2372690 |
Adansonia digitata KX231845 |
69109
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2576506
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2372675 |
Adansonia digitata KX231846 |
69109
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2576506
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2372713 |
Adansonia digitata KX231847 |
69109
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2576506
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2372639 |
Adansonia grandidieri AF028528 |
69111
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5956383
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2372721 |
Adansonia gregorii AF028524 |
69110
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1671616
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2372652 |
Adansonia kilima JN400324 |
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2372711 |
Adansonia kilima JN400325 |
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2372649 |
Adansonia kilima JN400326 |
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2372669 |
Adansonia kilima JN400327 |
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2372661 |
Adansonia kilima JX178939 |
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2372632 |
Adansonia kilima JX178940 |
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2372682 |
Adansonia madagascariensis AF028534 |
69112
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5907142
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2372720 |
Adansonia madagascariensis JN400312 |
69112
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5907142
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2372680 |
Adansonia perrieri AF028538 |
69113
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5956384
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2372710 |
Adansonia perrieri JN400315 |
69113
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5956384
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2372698 |
Adansonia rubrostipa AF028531 |
69114
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5956385
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2372644 |
Adansonia rubrostipa JN400313 |
69114
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5956385
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2372633 |
Adansonia sp. KU145696 |
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2372662 |
Adansonia sp. KU145697 |
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2372683 |
Adansonia sp. KU145698 |
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2372674 |
Adansonia sp. KU145699 |
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2372687 |
Adansonia sp. KU145700 |
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2372670 |
Adansonia sp. KU145701 |
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2372714 |
Adansonia sp. KU145702 |
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2372706 |
Adansonia sp. KU145703 |
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2372657 |
Adansonia sp. KU145704 |
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2372707 |
Adansonia sp. KU145705 |
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2372676 |
Adansonia sp. KU145707 |
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2372715 |
Adansonia sp. KU145708 |
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2372664 |
Adansonia sp. KU145709 |
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2372672 |
Adansonia sp. KU145710 |
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2372709 |
Adansonia sp. KU145711 |
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2372718 |
Adansonia sp. KU145712 |
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2372689 |
Adansonia sp. KU145713 |
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2372705 |
Adansonia sp. KU145714 |
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2372667 |
Adansonia sp. KU145715 |
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2372693 |
Adansonia sp. KU145716 |
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2372666 |
Adansonia sp. KU145717 |
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2372645 |
Adansonia sp. KU145718 |
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2372658 |
Adansonia sp. KU145719 |
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2372651 |
Adansonia sp. KU145721 |
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2372702 |
Adansonia sp. KU145722 |
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2372679 |
Adansonia sp. KU145723 |
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2372681 |
Adansonia sp. KU145724 |
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2372704 |
Adansonia sp. KU145725 |
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2372659 |
Adansonia sp. KU145726 |
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2372727 |
Adansonia sp. KU145727 |
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2372631 |
Adansonia sp. KU145728 |
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2372630 |
Adansonia sp. KU145729 |
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2372726 |
Adansonia sp. KU145730 |
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2372723 |
Adansonia sp. KU145732 |
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2372637 |
Adansonia sp. KU145734 |
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2372716 |
Adansonia sp. KU145736 |
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2372692 |
Adansonia sp. KU145738 |
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2372650 |
Adansonia sp. KU145741 |
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2372694 |
Adansonia sp. KU145742 |
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2372722 |
Adansonia sp. KU145743 |
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2372712 |
Adansonia sp. KU145744 |
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2372663 |
Adansonia sp. KU145745 |
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2372685 |
Adansonia sp. KU145746 |
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2372719 |
Adansonia sp. KU145747 |
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2372647 |
Adansonia sp. KU145748 |
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2372701 |
Adansonia sp. KU145749 |
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2372671 |
Adansonia sp. KU145750 |
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2372655 |
Adansonia sp. KU145751 |
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2372697 |
Adansonia sp. KU145752 |
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2372684 |
Adansonia sp. KU145753 |
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2372638 |
Adansonia sp. KU145755 |
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2372642 |
Adansonia sp. KU145760 |
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2372678 |
Adansonia sp. KU145761 |
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2372728 |
Adansonia sp. KU145762 |
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2372677 |
Adansonia sp. KU145763 |
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2372696 |
Adansonia sp. KU145765 |
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2372641 |
Adansonia sp. KU145767 |
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2372634 |
Adansonia sp. KU145768 |
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2372654 |
Adansonia sp. KU145770 |
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2372686 |
Adansonia sp. KU145771 |
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2372691 |
Adansonia sp. KU145772 |
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2372646 |
Adansonia sp. KU145773 |
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2372635 |
Adansonia sp. KU145774 |
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2372629 |
Adansonia sp. KX118401 |
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2372643 |
Adansonia sp. KX118402 |
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2372703 |
Adansonia sp. KX118403 |
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2372648 |
Adansonia sp. KX118404 |
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2372688 |
Adansonia sp. KX118405 |
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2372695 |
Adansonia sp. KX118406 |
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2372725 |
Adansonia sp. KX118407 |
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2372660 |
Adansonia sp. KX118408 |
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2372668 |
Adansonia sp. KX118409 |
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2372708 |
Adansonia sp. KX118410 |
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2372724 |
Adansonia sp. KX118411 |
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2372640 |
Adansonia suarezensis AF028530 |
69115
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5907146
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2372673 |
Adansonia suarezensis JN400314 |
69115
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5907146
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2372636 |
Adansonia za AF028537 |
69116
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5907144
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2372699 |
Adansonia za JN400316 |
69116
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5907144
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2372653 |
Cavanillesia platanifolia HQ658371 |
93751
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5829058
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