Adansonia kilima sp. nov., a diploid baobab from Africa TAXON Morphology, ploidy and molecular phylogenetics reveal a new diploid species from Africa in the baobab genus Adansonia (Malvaceae: Bombacoideae) Jack D. Pettigrew FRS,1,8 Karen L. Bell,2,3 Adhil Bhagwandin,4 Eunice Grinan,5 Ngalla Jillani,4 Jean Meyer,6 Emily Wabuyele7 & Claudia E. Vickers8 1 Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland, St Lucia 4072, Australia 2 Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, Birdwood Avenue, South Yarra, Victoria 3141, Australia School of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia 4 School of Anatomical Sciences, Faculty of Health Science, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Gauteng, 2193, South Africa Centre for Microscopy & Microanalysis, The University of Queensland, St Lucia 4072 Australia 6 Pretoria National Herbarium, Cussonia Ave, Bremmeria 0001, South Africa East African Herbarium, Museum Hill Road, P.O Box 45166, 00100 Nairobi, Kenya Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, St Lucia 4072 Australia Jack D. Pettigrew, [email protected] Adansonia Abstract Adansonia digitata A. digitata Adansonia kilima Adansonia kilima A. digitata A. digitata Adansonia kilima A. digitata A. digitata Adansonia A. digitata A. kilima - Keywords Adansonia kilima Supplementary Material INTRODUCTION Adansonia digitata - - Adansonia - 1240 A. digitata TAXON Adansonia kilima sp. nov., a diploid baobab from Africa A. gregorii A. digitata A. grandidieri arezensis A. rubrostipa A. madagascariensis A. perrieri - A. suA. za A. digitata - Adansonia (A. digitata A. grandidieri Longitubae A. Brevitubae A. suarezensis A. gregorii Adansonia . A. kilima Adansonia A. gregorii MATERIALS AND METHODS - Sampling. — A. digitata Adansonia A. gregorii - Adansonia . Bombacoid outgroups Malagasy Fig. . - A. perrieri A. madagascariensis A. za Hawk moth pollinated A. rubrostipa A. digitata A. suarezensis A. grandidieri Australian A. gregorii African hypothetical diploid A. digitata Mammal pollinated - Limited information Mammal pollinated 1241 TAXON Adansonia kilima sp. nov., a diploid baobab from Africa DNA sequencing. — g psbA-trnH trnL-trnF - 2 Morphological analyses. — A. gregorii A. madagascariensis - (A. digitata - Phylogenetic analysis. — A. kilima A. digitata - - Chromosome number. — Cavanillesia platanifolia 1242 - TAXON Adansonia kilima sp. nov., a diploid baobab from Africa - Table . A. kilima A. digitata A. kilima A. digitata n= n RESULTS A. kilima A. digitata Morphological differentiation between the diploid and the tetraploid. — n = 160 A. digitata n) 1 Adansonia kilima Fig. . C, A. kilima A. digitata A, A. kilima B, A. digitata D, A. digitata A. digitata A. digitata 160 A. kilima Adansonia kilima A. digitata A. kilima A. digitata TAXON Adansonia kilima sp. nov., a diploid baobab from Africa A. kilima A. kilima A. digitata Adansonia A. kilima A. kilima A. kilima - A. digitata A. kilima A. kilima A. digitata A. kilima A. digitata A. digitata - A. kilima A. digitata A. kilima A. digitata A. digitata psbA-trnH - - A. digitata Adansonia digitata A. kilima A. digitata Fig. . Adansonia A. digitata (Ad) A. kilima - (Ak) Adansonia A. kilima A. madagascariensis A. kilima A. gregorii - A. kilima 1244 trnL-trnF A. kil- ima A. kilima digitata A. kilima Adansonia Phylogenetic analysis. — TAXON Adansonia kilima sp. nov., a diploid baobab from Africa A. perrieri A. grandidieri tubae psbA-trnH trnL-trnF trnLtrnF A trnL-trnF A. za A. suarezensis Adansonia Brevi- B ITS Cavanillesia platanifolia HQ696737 Cavanillesia platanifolia HQ658371 A. madagascariensis AF028534 A. suarezensis DIEB005.i JN400304 66 87 A. madagascariensis AF028533 54 A. grandidieri HQ696739 A. perrieri AF028538 77 A. za AF028536 A. rubrostipa Aru1 JN400306 A. grandidieri AF028527 A. za HQ696741 89 61 62 A. madagascariensis Ama1 JN400307 A. grandidieri AF028528 A. suarezensis AF028529 A. rubrostipa AF028531 A. gregorii HQ696740 A. gregorii AF028524 A. digitata HQ696378 85 A. sp. AF028525 A. kilima 402 JX178941 A. kilima 488 JX178940 100 A. kilima 488 JX178942 2.0 substitutions 94 A. kilima 402 JX178939 A. digitata AF028526 A. digitata Adi2 JX254900 20.0 substitutions D ITS C trnL-trnF Cavanillesia platanifolia HQ696737 Cavanillesia platanifolia HQ658371 A. madagascariensis Ama1 JN400307 1 0.86 A. za HQ696741 A. suarezensis DIEB005.i JN400304 0.92 0.79 A. grandidieri HQ696739 A. perrieri AF028538 A. za AF028536 A. grandidieri AF028528 A. grandidieri AF028527 A. suarezensis AF028529 0.96 A. gregorii HQ696740 A. rubrostipa AF028531 A. gregorii AF028524 A. kilima 402 JX178941 0.88 A. madagascariensis AF028533 0.89 A. rubrostipa Aru1 JN400306 0.72 A. madagascariensis AF028534 A. kilima 402 JX178939 0.76 A. kilima 488 JX178942 A. kilima 488 JX178940 1 A. sp. HQ696378 A. sp. AF028525 0.02 subs/site 1 A. digitata AF028526 A. digitata Adi2 JX254900 0.03 subs/site Fig. . trnL-trnF (C) trnL-trnF (A) (D) (B) A. kilima (B) (D) Adansonia TAXON Adansonia kilima sp. nov., a diploid baobab from Africa psbA-trnH Adansonia - A. rubrostipa A. madagascariensis A. gregorii A. digitata - rpl16 A. digitata A. kilima - A. digitata. A. kilima - Adansonia A. gregorii. Cavanillesia platanifolia A. digitata A. kilima - DISCUSSION Ploidy level and morphology differentiate two African species. — A. gregorii A. suarezensis Adansonia A. grandidieri Brevitubae A. kilima A. digitata A. gregorii - Adansonia - Phylogenetic conclusions for Adansonia. — A. kilima A. digitata A. gregorii - trnL-trnF A. digitata A. kilima A. kilima A. digitata A. kilima A. digitata A. kilima Adansonia - A. digitata Adansonia 1246 TAXON Adansonia digitata Adansonia kilima sp. nov., a diploid baobab from Africa A. kilima A. digitata - A. kilima A. digitata A. kilima Altitudinal distribution of African species. — A. digitata A. kilima A. kilima – – 9 9 - A. kilima A. digitata Adansonia A. kilima A. digitata Concluding comments. — A. digitata A. digitata - A. kilima - Adansonia A. kilima Ploidy of Adansonia digitata. — Adansonia digitata - A. digitata A. kilima - A. kilima A. digitata Adansonia A. kilima. A. kilima A. digitata A. digitata - A. kilima tata A. digiA. kilima A. digitata A. digitata TAXON Adansonia kilima sp. nov., a diploid baobab from Africa A. kilima A. digitata Adansonia A. digitata A. digitata A. digitata A. digitata A. kilima - TAXONOMIC CONCLUSIONS 44 sonia Adan- A. kilima - kilima A. kilima A. digitata . A. Adansonia. Distribution and ecology. – Adansonia kilima A. kilima sp. nov. 22.90159 S 222222222 22.90159S 6618004 S 28 009 29.99656E temon 1 Adansonia digitata A. kilima Jack Pettigrew & Chloë Callis- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Jack Pettigrew & Chloë Callistemon s.n. Diagnosis. – Adansoniae digitatae A. digitata - A. digitata A. digitata A. digitata A. digitata - 44 A. digitata A. digitata n Description A. digitata - - TAXON Adansonia kilima sp. nov., a diploid baobab from Africa LITERATURE CITED (Adansonia digitata Adanson, M. African natural plant products: New discoveries and challenges in chemistry and quality Mem. Acad. Roy. Sci. (Paris) Armstrong, P. 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