THE ROLES OF HETEROCHRONY AND HETEROBLASTY IN THE DIVERSIFICATION OF LEAF SHAPES IN BEGONIA-DREGEI (BEGONIACEAE)
THE ROLES OF HETEROCHRONY AND HETEROBLASTY IN THE DIVERSIFICATION OF LEAF SHAPES IN BEGONIA-DREGEI (BEGONIACEAE)
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DOI:
10.2307/2445599
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发表时间:
1993-07-01
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3
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MCLELLAN, T
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MCLELLAN, T
The relationship between shape variation in the transitional series of leaves and in adult leaves was examined in seedlings of seven morphs of Begonia dregei using several quantitative methods of shape analysis. There is variation in the shape of adult leaves among individuals as well as in juvenile leaves within individuals in B. dregei. As an individual grows, there is a gradual transition in leaf shape from the symmetrical, oval, smooth-margined leaves through a series of more than ten transitional leaves to a stable adult leaf shape. There appear to be two basic patterns to the acquisition of adult traits. Traits that differ among morphs are acquired gradually throughout the entire transitional series while those that are similar among morphs are acquired by about leaf 5 and remain stable through the later juvenile leaves. There is no identity of leaf shape between the earlier leaves of some morphs and the later leaves of others. Evolutionary diversification in adult leaf morphology in this species is not related to simple changes in ontogeny of the whole plant.