RA1 PAPER: Genotypic variation in kanuka

Genotypic variation, phylogeography, unified species concept, and the ‘grey zone’ of taxonomic uncertainty in kānuka: recognition of Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps. sens. lat. (Myrtaceae)

January 2023

Heenan PB, McGlone MS, Mitchell CM, McCarthy JK, Houliston GJ. 2023. Genotypic variation, phylogeography, unified species concept, and the ‘grey zone’ of taxonomic uncertainty in kānuka: recognition of Kunzea ericoides (A.Rich.) Joy Thomps. sens. lat. (Myrtaceae). New Zealand Journal of Botany: 1-30.

ABSTRACT

Here we present the results of a genotyping by sequencing study with 1,361 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), sampling 48 populations representing four Kunzea species from South Island and southern North Island.

KEYWORDS

Kunzea amathicola; Kunzea linearis; Kunzea robusta; Kunzea salterae; Kunzea serotina; Kunzea sinclairii; Kunzea tenuicaulis; Kunzea toelkenii; Kunzea triregensis; New Zealand flora; nomenclature; species concept; synonym; taxonomy