Table 2 Comparison of species boundaries for New Zealand and Australian Ourisia using different methods
From: Species delimitation and phylogeny of a New Zealand plant species radiation
Morphology [33] | Tree-building analysis | Structure analysis | PCO-MC analysis | Species delimitation (this paper) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ourisia caespitosa | ✓ (3 lineages) | ✓ (2 clusters) | ✓ | no change, but further investigation of lineages within species is required |
O. confertifolia | ✓ | ✓ | (not distinguished)4 | no change |
O. crosbyi | ✓ | (not distinguished)1 | (not distinguished)5 | no change |
O. glandulosa | ✓ | (not distinguished)3 | (not distinguished)4 | no change |
O. macrocarpa | NO | NO | NO | recognize O. macrocarpa s.s. (see below) |
   O. macrocarpa subsp. calycina | ✓ | ✓ | (not distinguished)5 | recognize at species level, O. calycina |
   O. macrocarpa subsp. macrocarpa | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | recognize at species level, O. macrocarpa |
O. macrophylla | ✓ | (not distinguished)1 | (not distinguished)5 | no change |
   O. macrophylla subsp.lactea | ✓ | (not distinguished)1 | (not distinguished)5 | no change |
   O. macrophylla subsp. macrophylla | ✓ | (not distinguished)1 | (not distinguished)5 | no change |
O. modesta | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | no change |
O. remotifolia | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | no change |
O. sessilifolia | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | no change |
   O. sessilifolia subsp. sessilifolia | (poorly resolved)2 | (not distinguished)2 | (not distinguished)2 | no change, but further investigation of lineages within species is required |
   O. sessilifolia subsp. splendida | (poorly resolved)2 | (not distinguished)2 | (not distinguished)2 | no change, but further investigation of lineages within species is required |
O. simpsonii | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | no change |
O. spathulata | ✓ | (not distinguished)3 | (not distinguished)4 | no change |
O. vulcanica | ✓ | (not distinguished)1 | (not distinguished)5 | no change |
O. integrifolia (Tasmania) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | no change |