TUBEROUS ACONITUM (RANUNCULACEAE) OF THE CONTINENTAL UNITED-STATES - MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATION, TAXONOMY AND DISJUNCTION
TUBEROUS ACONITUM (RANUNCULACEAE) OF THE CONTINENTAL UNITED-STATES - MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATION, TAXONOMY AND DISJUNCTION
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DOI:
10.2307/2484463
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发表时间:
1982-01-01
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BRINK, D
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BRINK, D
There are 2 main natural groups of tuberous Aconitum within the USA (excluding Alaska). A. columbianum (western Aconitum)is a polymorphic complex of populations occurring primarily in the western USA which exhibits extreme interpopulation variation in floral morphology and in modes of adaptation for vegetative reproduction. A. uncinatum (eastern Aconitum) is a more homogeneous group of populations occurring primarily in the mountains of the eastern USA. The most distinctive difference between these aconites is in tuber morphology. A. columbianum has contiguous parent and daughter tubers, whereas A. uncinatum has tubers separated by elongate connectives. These 2 spp. differ also in leaf morphology and taste of the tubers. Aconitum populations of Iowa and Wisconsin were previously treated as A. noveboracense or as a subspecies of A. uncinatum, but they are morphologically similar in tuber morphology and in other respects to nonbulbiferous races of western Aconitum with small flowers and shallow nectaries, indicating that they are actually disjunct populations of A. columbianum. the affinities of Aconitum of Ohio and New York and the status of the names A. noveboracense and A. uncinatum ssp. noveboracense cannot be resolved until populations are relocated in these states.