@article{fdi:010081352, title = {{L}arge-scale diversity reassessment, evolutionary history, and taxonomic revision of the green macroalgae family {U}doteaceae ({B}ryopsidales, {C}hlorophyta)}, author = {{L}agourgue, {L}aura and {P}ayri, {C}laude}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{U}doteaceae is a morphologically diverse family of the order {B}ryopsidales. {D}espite being very widespread geographically, this family is little known as compared with the closely related {H}alimedaceae or {C}aulerpaceae. {U}sing the most extensive {U}doteaceae collection to date and a multilocus genetic data set (tuf{A}, rbc{L}, and 18{S} r{DNA}), we reassessed the species diversity of the family, as well as the phylogenetic relationships, the diagnostic morphoanatomical characters, and evolutionary history of its genera, toward a proposed taxonomic revision. {O}ur approach included a combination of molecular and morphological criteria, including species delimitation methods, phylogenetic reconstruction, and mapping of trait evolution. {W}e successfully delimited 62 species hypotheses, of which 29 were assigned (existing) species names and 13 represent putative new species. {O}ur results also led us to revise the genera {U}dotea s.s., {R}hipidosiphon s.s., and {C}hlorodesmis s.s., to validate the genus {R}hipidodesmis, and to propose three new genera: {G}laukea gen. nov., {V}entalia gen. nov., and {U}doteopsis gen. nov. {W}e also identified two large species complexes, which we refer to as the "{P}enicillus-{R}hipidosiphon-{R}hipocephalus-{U}dotea complex" and the "{P}oropsis-{P}enicillus-{R}hipidodesmis complex". {U}sing a time-calibrated phylogeny, we estimated the origin of the family {U}doteaceae at {L}ate {T}riassic (ca. 216 {M}a), whereas most of the genera originated during {P}aleogene. {O}ur morphological inference results indicated that the thallus of the {U}doteaceae ancestor was likely entirely corticated and calcified, composed of a creeping axis with a multisiphonous stipe and a pluristromatic flabellate frond. {T}he frond shape, cortication, and calcification are still symplesiomorphies for most extant {U}doteaceae genera and represent useful diagnostic characters.}, keywords = {{C}hlorophyta ; macroalgae ; phylogeny ; species delimitation ; trait evolution ; {MONDE}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{J}ournal of {S}ystematics and {E}volution}, volume = {[{E}arly access]}, numero = {}, pages = {[27 p.]}, ISSN = {1674-4918}, year = {2021}, DOI = {10.1111/jse.12716}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010081352}, }