Phylogenetic Reconstruction Hypothesis
The clade composed by A. catarina , A. alalia and A.
mantiqueira exhibited strong support in the ML phylogenetic hypothesis
(SH-aLRT = 100, UFBoot2 = 100) (Fig. 2). The clade composed of A.
alalia + A. mantiqueira was also recovered with high support
(SH-aLRT = 100, UFBoot2 = 100) and a sister group of A. catarina .
Both A. alalia (SH-aLRT = 100, UFBoot2 = 100) and A.
mantiqueira (SH-aLRT = 99, UFBoot2 = 99) were recovered as reciprocally
monophyletic. Intraspecific relationships within A. mantiqueirafailed to recover the individuals from Serra da Bocaina (‘mBoc’) as a
clade, and they instead appear as small clades external to all remaining
populations. None of the localities within the Serra da
Mantiqueira were monophyletic. All individuals in the population of
Poços de Caldas comprised a clade (‘mPC’, SH-aLRT = 99), although a
single individual from Campos do Jordão (‘mCJ’, ALAIM-5) appears as part
of this clade.