Biogeographic and cytogenetic evolution of the Alstroemeriaceae/Colchicaceae inferred from multi

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by  Juliana Chacon

Biogeographic and cytogenetic evolution of the
Alstroemeriaceae/Colchicaceae inferred from multi-locus
molecular phylogenies, fluorescent in situ hybridization
data, and probabilistic models of geographic and
chromosome number change
Juliana Chacón Pinilla
DISSERTATION
ZUR ERLANGUNG DES DOKTORGRADES
AND DER FAKULTÄT FÜR BIOLOGIE
DER LUDWIG-MAXIMILIANS-UNIVERSITÄT MÜNCHEN
MÜNCHEN 2013
GUTACHTER
1. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Susanne S. Renner
2. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. Günther Heubl
Tag der Einreichung: 25. Juli 2013
Tag der mündlichen Prüfung: 5. November 2013
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A mis padres
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Preface
Statutory Declaration
Erklärung
Diese Dissertation wurde im Sinne von §12 der Promotionsordnung von Prof. Dr.
Susanne S. Renner betreut. Ich erkläre hiermit, dass die Dissertation nicht einer
anderen Prüfungskommission vorgelegt worden ist und dass ich mich nicht
anderweitig einer Doktorprüfung ohne Erfolg unterzogen habe.
Eidesstattliche Erklärung
Ich versichere hiermit an Eides statt, dass die vorgelegte Dissertation von mir
selbstständig und ohne unerlaubte Hilfe angefertigt wurde.
Juliana Chacón Pinilla
München, 25. Juli 2013
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Note
In this thesis, I present the results from my doctoral research, carried out in Munich
from September 2009 to July 2013 under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Susanne S.
Renner. My thesis resulted in five manuscripts, presented in Chapters 2 to 6, of which
two have been published (Chapters 2 and 5), two are in review (Chapters 3 and 4),
and one has been accepted pending minor revision (Chapter 6). I also gave the
presentations listed below. I generated all data and conducted all analyses myself,
except for the estimation of ancestral chromosome numbers in Colchicaceae (part of
Chapter 6), which was done with help of Dr. Natalie Cusimano, and the identification
of fossil leaves from New Zealand (Chapter 3), which was done in collaboration with
Dr. John G. Conran (The University of Adelaide, Australia), Dr. Dallas C. Mildenhall
(Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, New Zealand), Dr. Jennifer M.
Bannister, and Dr. Daphne E. Lee (University of Otago, New Zealand). Writing and
discussion involved collaboration with Professor Susanne Renner.
List of publications
Peer-reviewed journal articles
CHACÓN, JULIANA, M. C. ASSIS, A. W. MEEROW, AND S. S. RENNER. 2012. From
East Gondwana to Central America: Historical biogeography of the
Alstroemeriaceae. Journal of Biogeography 39: 1806–1818. (accepted April
13th 2012)
CHACÓN, JULIANA, A. SOUSA, C. M. BAEZA, AND S. S. RENNER. 2012. Ribosomal
DNA distribution and a genus-wide phylogeny reveal patterns of
chromosomal evolution in Alstroemeria (Alstroemeriaceae). American
Journal of Botany 99: 1501–1512. (accepted 6thAugust 2012)
CHACÓN, JULIANA, N. CUSIMANO, AND S. S. RENNER. 2013. The evolution of
Colchicaceae, with a focus on changes in chromosome numbers. Systematic
Botany. (accepted pending minor revision, 5th July 2013)
CHACÓN, JULIANA AND S. S. RENNER. 2013. Assessing model sensitivity in
Likelihood Analyses of Geographic Range Evolution (LAGRANGE): A study
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using Colchicaceae and experimental data. Journal of Biogeography
(manuscript classified as requiring full revision, May 21st 2013).
CONRAN, J. G., J. M. BANNISTER, D. C. MILDENHALL, D. E. LEE, J. CHACÓN, AND S.
S. RENNER. Leaves and a flower with in situ pollen of Liliacidites contortus
Mildenh. sp. nov. from the Late Oligocene–Early Miocene of New Zealand.
American Journal of Botany (in review).
Posters
CHACÓN, J. AND S. S. RENNER. Molecular phylogenetics and biogeography of
Alstroemeriaceae, an important clade of the Austral floristic realm. VW Status
Symposium in Evolutionary Biology. Frauenchiemsee, Germany, May 9 – 12,
2010.
Oral presentations
CHACÓN, JULIANA. AND S. S. RENNER. When do models that account for changing
continental connectivities make a difference? An example from the
Colchicaceae. 66th International Conference of the International
Biogeography Society. Miami, Florida, USA, January 8–13, 2013.
CHACÓN, JULIANA. History of a pair of clades that parted ways in East Gondwana and
then followed non-overlapping trajectories: corms and fire-adaptations in
South Africa, the Mediterranean, and Australia vs. hummingbird pollination in
South America. EESLMU Conference 2012, Ludwig Maximilians University,
Munich, Germany, October 4–5, 2012.
CHACÓN, JULIANA. AND S. S. RENNER. Alstroemeriaceaeae, a plant family with an
Austral-Antarctic distribution that expanded into tropical latitudes – inferring
the when and how. 14th Nordic Meeting on Tropical Botany. Gothenburg,
Sweden, August 6–8, 2012.
CHACÓN, JULIANA, A. VINNERSTEN, AND S. S. RENNER. Nuclear and mitochondrial
data tell a new story about genus boundaries and biogeography of the
Colchicaceae. Southern African Society for Systematic Biology 10th Meeting,
SASSB X. Arniston. South Africa, July 16–20, 2012.
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CHACÓN, JULIANA, M. CAMARGO DE ASSIS, A. W. MEEROW, AND S. S. RENNER. New
insights into the biogeography of the Austral floristic realm from a complete
phylogeny for the Alstroemeriaceae. XVIII International Botanical Congress
IBC 2011. Melbourne, Australia, July 23 – 30 2011.
CHACÓN, JULIANA AND S. S. RENNER. Phylogeny and biogeography of the
Alstroemeriaceae, an important clade of the Austral floristic realm.
BioSystematics Berlin 2011. Berlin, Germany, February 21 – 27, 2011.
Herbaria visited
• München (M), Germany, 2009–2012
• Universidad de los Andes (ANDES), Colombia, August 2010
• Universidad del Valle (CUVC), Colombia, August 2010
• Universidad de Antioquia (HUA), Colombia, August 2010
• Universidad Nacional Sede Medellín (MEDEL), Colombia, August 2010
• Jardín Botánico Joaquín Antonio Uribe (JAUM), Colombia, August 2010
• Herbario Nacional Colombiano (COL), Colombia, September 2010
• Berlin (B), Germany, February 2011
• Sydney (NSW), August 2011
• University of Cape Town (BOL), July 2012
• South African National Biodiversity Institute (NBG), July 2012
• University of Gothenburg (GB), August 2012
Field work
• Colombia, July 2008
• South Africa, July – August 2012
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Funding
• Teaching/Research-Assistantship (October 2009 – January 2010) funded by
the DAAD-STIBET Betreuungsmaßnahmen für ausländische Doktoranden
• The three-years research period (2010 – 2012) was funded by the Deutsche
ForschungsGemeinschaft (DFG projects RE 603/10-1 and RE 603/10-2).
Travel to the conferences in Melbourne, Gothenburg, Arniston, Miami, and
field trips in Colombia and South Africa were also funded by the DFG
• Travel to the conference in Berlin by the EESLMU Travel Grant
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Contents
Preface ........................................................................................................................... v
Statutory Declaration .............................................................................................. v
Erklärung......................................................................................................... v
Eidesstattliche Erklärung ................................................................................ v
Note ................................................................................................................ vi
List of publications ........................................................................................ vi
Oral presentations ........................................................................................ vii
Herbaria visited ........................................................................................... viii
Field work ................................................................................................... viii
Funding .......................................................................................................... ix
Contents ........................................................................................................................ x
Summary ....................................................................................................................... 1
General Introduction ................................................................................................... 4
Historical biogeography of Alstroemeriaceae and Colchicaceae ........................... 5
Recent methodological progress in biogeography .......................................... 5
Neotropical biogeography ............................................................................... 9
The Alstroemeriaceae family ........................................................................ 10
The Austral floristic realm ............................................................................ 11
The Colchicaceae family ............................................................................... 13
State of the art of Colchicaceae biogeography ............................................. 15
Chromosome evolution ........................................................................................ 16
Ribosomal DNA evolution in Alstroemeria ................................................. 16
Chromosome number evolution in Colchicaceae ......................................... 17
Aim of this study .................................................................................................. 19
Chapter 2: From East Gondwana to Central America: historical biogeography of the
Alstroemeriaceae .......................................................................................................... 21
Chapter 3: Leaf fossils of Luzuriaga and a monocot flower with in situ Liliacidites
contortus Mildenh. sp. nov. pollen from the Early Miocene ....................................... 51
Abstract ................................................................................................................ 52
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