bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.01.22.916080; this version posted January 26, 2020. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder, who has granted bioRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. It is made available under aCC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 International license. Conservation genomics of an Australian orchid complex with implications for the taxonomic and conservation status of Corybas dowlingii Natascha D. Wagner1,2, Mark A. Clements3,4, Lalita Simpson1,5, Katharina Nargar1,6,* 1Australian Tropical Herbarium, James Cook University, GPO Box 6811, Cairns, QLD 4878, Australia 2Dept. of Systematics, Biodiversity and Evolution of Plants, Albrecht Haller Institute for Plant Sciences, Georg August University of Goettingen, Untere Klarspüle 2, 37073 Goettingen, Germany 3Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia 4Australian National Botanic Gardens, GPO Box 1777, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia 5College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University, PO Box 6811, Cairns, 4870 QLD, Australia 6National Research Collections Australia, Commonwealth Industrial and Scientific Research Organisation (CSIRO), GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia *Corresponding author:
[email protected] ORCID of authors Natascha Wagner: 0000-0001-6623-7623 Mark A. Clements: 0000-0001-2345-6789 Lalita Simpson: 0000-0003-3165-881X Katharina Nargar: 0000-0002-0459-5991 Acknowledgments The authors thank the Office of Environment and Heritage (Dept. of Planning and Environment, New South Wales, Australia) for financial support of the study and for granting of collection permits (NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service Scientific Licence SL100750 and Forest NSW Special Purpose Permit for Research XX51121).