Multilocus Data Analysis Reveal the Diversity of Cryptic Species in the (Bromeliaceae: Tillansiodeae) Complex.

Independent evolutionary lineages or species that lack phenotypic variation as an operative criterion for their delimitation are known as cryptic species. However, these have been delimited using other data sources and analysis. The aims of this study are: (1) to evaluate the divergence of the populations of the complex; and (2) to delimit the species using multilocus data, phylogenetic analysis and the coalescent model.