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Divergent and reticulate species relationships in Leucaena (Fabaceae) inferred from multiple data sources: insights into polyploid origins and nrDNA polymorphism¹

Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Rd., Oxford, OX1 3RB, UK

Previous analyses of species relationships and polyploid origins in the mimosoid legume genus Leucaena have used chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) restriction site data and morphology. Here we present an analysis of a new DNA sequence data set for the nuclear ribosomal DNA (nrDNA) 5.8S subunit and flanking ITS 1 and ITS 2 spacers, a simultaneous analysis of the morphology, ITS and cpDNA data sets for the diploid species, and a detailed comparison of the cpDNA and ITS gene trees, which include multiple accessions of all five tetraploid species. Significant new insights into species relationships and polyploid origins, including that of the economically important tropical forage tree L. leucocephala, are discussed. Heterogeneous ITS copy types, including 26 putative pseudogene sequences, were found within individuals of four of the five tetraploid and one diploid species. Potential pseudogenes were identified using two pairwise comparison approaches as well as a tree-based method that compares observed and expected proportions of total ITS variation contributed by the 5.8S subunit optimized onto branches of one of the ITS gene trees. Inclusion of putative pseudogene sequences in the analysis provided evidence that some pseudogenes in allopolyploid L. leucocephala are not the result of post-allopolyploidization gene silencing, but were inherited from its putative diploid maternal progenitor L. pulverulenta.

Key Words: allopolyploid • domestication • Fabaceae • hybridization • Leucaena • nrDNA • pseudogene • rDNA

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