Molecular species delimitation of Sphagnum subgenus Subsecunda in Europe

A taxonomic revision of Sphagnum subgenus Subsecunda in Europe is
warranted as the taxonomic status and the relationships among the six
species found in Europe are inconsistent. Here we provide molecular data
from a large specimen set of species in Sphagnum subgenus Subsecunda
obtained from European herbaria, used to investigate taxonomic
relationships in European Subsecunda species. The molecular data
includes a dataset of 15 microsatellite markers from a total of 310
specimens and short-nucleotide repeats (SNP) data from 64 specimens
obtained using double digest restriction-site associated DNA (ddRAD)
sequencing method. The species included in the datasets are S. contortum,
S. platyphyllum, S. subsecundum, S. inundatum, and S.
denticulatum, in addition to one deviating specimen of S. auriculatum from
the Azores potentially representing an undescribed taxon of subgenus
Subsecunda in Europe. The methods used to obtain the molecular data are
described in detail in Meleshko et al.