Morphological and chromosomal variation in Fallopia section Reynoutria (Polygonaceae) in Korea |
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Authors: | Jeong Yeon Kim Chong-Wook Park |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Biology, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul National University, 151-742 Seoul, Korea |
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Abstract: | We have examined morphological and chromosomal variation inFallopia sect.Reynoutria in Korea to clarify their taxonomic identities and to determine whether their morphological variability is associated with
ploidy levels. Principal components analysis (PCA) of individuals from 21 populations, using major distinguishing characters,
revealed the presence of four major entiries of sect.Reynoutria in Korea; these includeF. sachalinensis, F. japonica var.japonica, F. forbesii, and the Nonsan population consisting of presumed hybrids. Based on morphology, it is hypothesized that the Nonsan population
was probably derived from multiple hybridization events involving the three named taxa. The results also indicate thatF. forbesii is distinct fromF. japonica var.japonica. Polyploidy is more prevalent in sect.Reynoutria than has been previously recognized.Fallopia sachalinensis in Korea occurs as dodecaploids with 2n=132; our count is the first dodecaploid count for the species, and represents the highest chromosome number known in the
genus.Fallopia japonica var.japonica occurs as tetraploids (2n=44), hexaploids (2n=66), and octoploids (2n=88), whileF. forbesii occurs as hexaploids (2n=66) and octoploids (2n=88); our counts appear to be the first reported chromosome numbers forF. forbesii. Morphological analysis indicates that there is no apparent correlation between the ploidy levels in these taxa and the morphological
characters that we have considered in this study except that the tetraploids ofF. japonica var.japonica tend to have somewhat thicker leaves. |
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Keywords: | Polygonaceae Fallopia sect Reynoutria morphological analysis chromosome numbers Korea |
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