Smilax ligneoriparia sp. nov.: A link between herbaceous and woody Smilax (Smilacaceae) based on morphology, karyotype and molecular phylogenetic data
Smilax ligneoriparia sp. nov.: A link between herbaceous and woody Smilax (Smilacaceae) based on morphology, karyotype and molecular phylogenetic data
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DOI:
10.1002/tax.604013
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发表时间:
2011-08
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影响因子:
3.4
通讯作者:
Pan Li;Zhechen Qi;Shichao Chen;K. Cameron;C. Fu
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作者:
Pan Li;Zhechen Qi;Shichao Chen;K. Cameron;C. Fu
A population ofSmilaxfound in southeastern Yunnan was originally considered to be a local race ofS. ripariawith unusual woody, perennial stems, but its status as a distinct species is supported here by morphology, karyology, and molecular phylogenetics. This new species,Smilax ligneoripariaC.X. Fu & P. Li, shares several unique morphological characteristics withS. riparia, such as ovate herbaceous leaves and smooth stem lacking prickles, but its stem is "woody" and its chromosome number is 2n= 32, unlike that ofS. riparia(2n= 30). Molecular phylogenetic analysis also confirms that it is distinct, but tentatively supports the position of this new taxon as sister to a clade of woody Asian species, which in turn is sister to the herbaceous, annually emergentSmilaxclade. Herbarium specimens show thatS. ligneoripariahas been collected in at least three locations in southeastern Yunnan and southern Zhejiang Provinces, but we suspect that the population from Xichou, occurring on limestone mountain slopes at 1550–1600 m, may be the only extant population.