A New Species of Cotton from Wake Atoll, Gossypium stephensii (Malvaceae)
A New Species of Cotton from Wake Atoll, Gossypium stephensii (Malvaceae)
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DOI：
10.1600/036364417x694593
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发表时间：
2017-01-01
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1
通讯作者：
Wendel, Jonathan F.
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作者：
Gallagher, Joseph P.;Grover, Corrinne E.;Wendel, Jonathan F.
威克环礁是位于西太平洋的一个由三个小岛组成的孤立链。包括在其特有的植物群是棉属的代表，俗称为威克岛棉花。斯坦利·g·斯蒂芬斯指出：“威克岛的棉花既不像加勒比海的棉花，也不像其他太平洋的棉花。”考虑到形态上的差异、威克环礁的地理隔离以及本文提出的新生成的分子数据，我们得出结论，威克环礁的棉花实际上代表了一种新的棉科植物，这里命名为Gossypium stephensii。选择这个名字是为了纪念著名的自然历史学家、进化遗传学家和棉花生物学家s·g·斯蒂芬斯。
Wake Atoll is an isolated chain of three islets located in the Western Pacific. Included in its endemic flora is a representative of the genus Gossypium colloquially referred to as Wake Island cotton. Stanley G. Stephens pointed out that "Wake Island cotton does not resemble closely either the Caribbean or other Pacific forms." Taking into consideration morphological distinctions, the geographic isolation of Wake Atoll, and newly generated molecular data presented here, we conclude that the cottons of Wake Atoll do in fact represent a new species of Gossypium, here named Gossypium stephensii. This name is chosen to commemorate the eminent natural historian, evolutionary geneticist, and cotton biologist, S. G. Stephens.