Abstract
Jamesonia and Eriosorus are two traditionally recognized fern genera in the Neotropics that together form a monophyletic group. Molecular phylogenetic analyses for this study suggest, however, that neither genus is itself monophyletic and that several independent lineages with the jamesonia morphotype have each undergone a fairly recent radiation in páramo ecosystems. A robust phylogeny was generated based on sequence data of the nuclear external transcribed spacer (ETS) of 18S-26S rDNA, the plastid gene rps4 and the intergenic spacer rps4-trnS. Several conclusions can be made concerning the evolutionary history and biogeographic patterns of the Jamesonia-Eriosorus complex: (1) "jamesonia" is polyphyletic, making "eriosorus" paraphyletic; (2) all analyses recover three major clades in the Andes; (3) two well-supported clades can be recognized, corresponding to the northern vs. central Andes; and (4) the sister taxon of the Andean radiation is the Brazilian taxon Eriosorus myriophyllus. Jamesonia is a potential example of a recent adaptive radiation because the group is characterized as being morphologically and ecologically diverse and its habitat is of recent origin.
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