@article{fdi:010081088,
  title = {{C}owpea [{V}igna unguiculata ({L}.) {W}alp.] maternal lineages, chloroplast captures, and wild cowpea evolution},
  author = {{P}asquet, {R}{\'e}my and {F}eleke, {Y}. and {G}epts, {P}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{V}igna unguiculata is the major grain legume in {A}frica and is also important in {S}outh-{E}ast {A}sia as a vegetable. {T}he wild relatives, present only in {A}frica, are currently made of ten subspecies. {H}owever, while the different groups are well identified, the relationships between them are not firmly established. {T}he present study of chloroplast diversity through restriction fragment length polymorphism confirms the different groups, as well as the split between savannah subspecies and forest subspecies. {I}t justifies treating subsp. stenophylla as a subspecies independent from subsp. protracta and invalidates the subsp. stenophylla sensu lato concept. {I}t suggests that the species {V}. unguiculata originated in southern {A}frica and that the annual subsp. unguiculata var. spontanea originated in eastern {A}frica. {M}ore importantly, it proves that three subspecies are of hybrid origin, between the annual var. spontanea and various perennial subspecies from southern {A}frica with left-twisted keel. {O}wing to its annual and inbred properties, var. spontanea spread across all {A}frican low- to medium-altitude savannahs, displacing the left-twisted keel savannah perennials from their warmer and drier areas.},
  keywords = {{C}owpea ; {V}igna unguiculata ; {C}p{DNA} {RFLP} ; {I}nfraspecific phylogeny ; {C}hloroplast capture ; {AFRIQUE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{G}enetic {R}esources and {C}rop {E}volution},
  volume = {68},
  numero = {},
  pages = {2799--2812},
  ISSN = {0925-9864},
  year = {2021},
  DOI = {10.1007/s10722-021-01155-y},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010081088},
}