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The American genus Cuphea with ca. 260 species is extremely diverse with respect to chromosome number. Counts are now available for 78 species and/or varieties, or 29% of the genus. Included in this study are first reports for 15 taxa from Brazil, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Mexico, and Venezuela. Twenty-two different numbers are known for the genus, ranging from n = 6 to n = 54. The most common number in the primary center of species diversity in Brazil is n = 8, which is regarded as the base number of the genus. Two numbers are most common in the secondary center in Mexico, n = 10 and n = 12. Species with n = 14 or higher are considered to be of polyploid origin. Polyploids comprise 46% of the total species counted and appear in 9 of the 11 sections for which chromosome numbers have been reported. Aneuploid species comprise ca. 25% of the genus and are known from 7 of the 11 sections. The two subgenera are not characterized by different chromosome numbers or sequences of numbers. None of the 14 sections are circumscribed by a single chromosome number. Morphological and ecological variability in widespread, weedy species is correlated with differing chromosome numbers in some species whereas in others the chromosome number is stable. Summary of chromosome numbers by taxonomic section is presented. Section Euandra, centered in eastern Brazil, and the largest section of the genus, appears to be chromosomally most diverse. In section Trispermum, characterized by difficult, variable species with intermediate forms, two of the four species studied have polyploid races. Section Heterodon, endemic to Mexico and Central America and comprising most of the annual species of the genus, is best known chromosomally. Chromosome numbers have been counted for 25 of 28 species, and 12 different numbers are reported. The most advanced sections, Melvilla and Diploptychia, with numerous species occurring at higher altitudes, are characterized by high polyploids. Apomictic species occur in sect. Diploptycia. The cytoevolution of Cuphea is complex with frequent polyploid and aneuploid events apparently playing a significant role in speciation in both centers of diversity.  相似文献   

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The Oncidiinae has attracted attention because of the variation it exhibits in chromosome number, n = 5–30, which is greater than the range in the rest of the Orchidaceae. The genus Psygmorchis, with n = 5 and 7, has been a particular focus of controversy, and many authors have suggested that 5 and 7 are the base numbers for the subtribe. The other taxa in the subtribe presumably evolved through hybridization and polyploidy. Other workers have found that the lowest counts correlate with derived morphological conditions and have hypothesized that these low numbers result from aneuploid reductions, while higher numbers are associated with ancestral morphologies and are not the result of polyploidy. These two hypotheses were evaluated by determining isozyme numbers for 13 enzymes in species that span the chromosomal range known for the Oncidiinae (n = 5–30). Isozyme number has been shown to be a reliable indicator of polyploidy in angiosperms because polyploids display isozyme multiplicity relative to diploids. This analysis revealed no differences among species in isozyme number for the enzymes examined. Therefore, our data reject the hypothesis that species with higher chromosome numbers are polyploid.  相似文献   

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For the large Neotropical plant family Bromeliaceae, we provide new data on chromosome numbers, cytological features and genome size estimations, and combine them with data available in the literature. Root‐tip chromosome counts for 46 species representing four subfamilies and a literature review of previously published data were carried out. Propidium iodide staining and flow cytometry were used to estimate absolute genome sizes in five subfamilies of Bromeliaceae, sampling 28 species. Most species were diploid with 2n = 50 in Bromelioideae, Puyoideae and Pitcairnioideae, followed by 2n = 48 observed mainly in Tillandsioideae. Individual chromosome sizes varied more than tenfold, with the largest chromosomes observed in Tillandsioideae and the smallest in Bromelioideae. Genome sizes (2C‐values) varied from 0.85 to 2.23 pg, with the largest genomes in Tillandsioideae. Genome evolution in Bromeliaceae relies on two main mechanisms: polyploidy and dysploidy. With the exception of Tillandsioideae, polyploidy is positively correlated with genome size. Dysploidy is suggested as the mechanism responsible for the generation of the derived chromosome numbers, such as 2n = 32/34 or 2n = 48. The occurrence of B chromosomes in the dysploid genus Cryptanthus suggests ongoing speciation processes closely associated with chromosome rearrangements. © 2014 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 2014, 176 , 349–368.  相似文献   

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Unlike other tribes of Gentianaceae, Exaceae have so far received little attention regarding their karyological evolution. Indeed, only 35 chromosome number counts (19 species) have been referenced to date, representing only a negligible fraction of the tribal diversity. In this paper, we performed an intensive chromosome count on material collected in the field (South and central Africa, plus Madagascar), encompassing 155 populations and c. 60 species from four genera of Exaceae, including Exacum, Ornichia, Sebaea and Tachiadenus. Fifty nine species (14 Exacum, one Ornichia, 42 Sebaea and two Tachiadenus) were examined for the first time, revealing a broad set of chromosome numbers (2n = 18, 28, 32, 36, 42, 56) and the occurrence of polyploid systems within Exacum and Sebaea. These results allow us to postulate x = 7, 8 or 9 as possible base chromosome numbers for Exaceae and emphasize the importance of both dysploidy and polyploidy processes in the evolution of the tribe. Finally, chromosome numbers appear to be associated to some morphological or geographical traits, suggesting new systematic combinations and likely active speciation patterns in the group. © 2008 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 2008, 158 , 556–566.  相似文献   

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Polyploidy in arctic plants   总被引:13,自引:0,他引:13  
The Arctic is an excellent model system for the study of polyploidy. It is one the Earth's most polyploid‐rich areas, in particular of high‐level and recently evolved polyploids. Here we re‐address previous hypotheses on arctic polyploidy based on a new analysis of the circumarctic flora, and review recent molecular, cytological and reproductive studies. The frequency and level of polyploidy strongly increase northwards within the Arctic. We found no clear‐cut association between polyploidy and the degree of glaciation for the arctic flora as a whole, which contains many widespread species. However, for ‘arctic specialist’ taxa with restricted distributions, the frequency of diploids is much higher in the Beringian area, which remained largely unglaciated during the last ice age, than in the heavily glaciated Atlantic area. This result supports the hypothesis that polyploids are more successful than diploids in colonizing after deglaciation. There is abundant molecular evidence for recurrent formation of arctic polyploids at different scales in time and space. Examples are given of low‐level polyploids formed after the last glaciation and of repeated and successively more high‐level polyploidizations throughout the Quaternary. Recurrent polyploid origins, followed by interbreeding within and across ploidal levels, provide a major explanation for the taxonomic complexity of the arctic flora. In the well‐studied, recently deglaciated archipelago of Svalbard, most species are mainly self‐fertilizing or clonal. All Svalbard polyploids examined so far are genetic allopolyploids with fixed heterozygosity at isozyme loci. The level of heterozygosity in 65 taxa increases dramatically from diploids to high‐level polyploids. In the circumarctic area, there is evidence for numerous recently evolved sibling species within diploid taxonomic species. Rapid evolution of crossing barriers at the diploid level promotes further diversification after expansion from different refugia, and may provide new raw materials for allopolyploid formation. We conclude that the evolutionary success of polyploids in the Arctic may be based on their fixed‐heterozygous genomes, which buffer against inbreeding and genetic drift through periods of dramatic climate change. © 2004 The Linnean Society of London, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2004, 82 , 521–536.  相似文献   

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Chromosome numbers are reported for 156 collections representing 100 taxa of Umbelliferae. Approximately two thirds of the collections are from Mexico, Central and South America and indicate a high percentage of polyploid species in certain genera found in this area. Chromosome numbers for plants belonging to 78 taxa are published here for the first time, previously published chromosome numbers are verified for 18 taxa and chromosome numbers differing from those previously published are reported in seven instances. No chromosome counts have been previously published for nine of the genera included here. Further aneuploidy and polyploidy were found in Eryngium, and Lomatium columbianum has been found to be a high polyploid with 2n = 14x. Every chromosome count is referable to a cited herbarium specimen.  相似文献   

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Aster ageratoides var. pendulus, a recently described taxon, is endemic to Mt Hupingshan of north‐western Hunan, China. Field observations and collections were made from the only known population. Root‐tip squashes were used to determine the chromosome numbers of 96 plants and 61 seedlings from the achenes of eight sample plants. The results show that var. pedulus is a swarm of 30 cytotypes with nearly continuous chromosome numbers from 2n = 60 to 2n = 92. Chromosome numbers of 61 seedlings vary from 2n = 61 to 2n = 91, belonging to 18 cytotypes. The chromosome number variation of var. pendulus is highly unusual not only in the A. ageratoides polyploid complex but also in angiosperms. Such an enormous continuous variation of chromosome numbers could have arisen by the combined effect of hybridization, recent origin and high levels of polyploidy. © 2011 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 2011, 165 , 378–387.  相似文献   

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Three speciose plant families (Asteraceae, Fabaceae s.l. , and Poaceae) are evaluated for their appropriateness as predictors of overall regional patterns of plant diversity in Mexico. These families fulfil criteria for usefulness as indicators advocated by several authors, such as adequate taxonomic knowledge, wide geographical distribution, and occurrence in different plant communities. Known richness was determined from a database including 17,903 species from floristic inventories, review of taxonomic literature, and the study of herbarium specimens. Mexico was divided into 253 cells, each 1° latitude by 1° longitude; for each cell, total plant diversity and number of species in each predictor's family were determined. In addition, each species was categorized by 'preferred' vegetation type (temperate forest, dry tropical forest, humid tropical forest, xerophytic scrubland). Both multiple and simple regression models show that the three families are good predictors of total vascular floristic richness. Fabaceae s.l. has the highest semipartial correlations for all multiple models except with the xerophytic scrubland data set, for which it shares the highest values with Poaceae. Univariate models also predict satisfactorily the vascular floristic richness, especially when Fabaceae s.l. is used as the predictor, and the effect of vegetation type is included. Our results indicate that these three families can be used as potential predictors for total vascular plant species richness in Mexico although Fabaceae s.l. is the best predictor.  相似文献   

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Combining molecular cytogenetics and phylogenetic modelling of chromosome number change can shed light on the types of evolutionary changes that may explain the haploid numbers observed today. Applied to the monocot family Araceae, with chromosome numbers of 2n = 8 to 2n = 160, this type of approach has suggested that descending dysploidy has played a larger role than polyploidy in the evolution of the current chromosome numbers. To test this, we carried out molecular cytogenetic analyses in 14 species from 11 genera, using probes for telomere repeats, 5S rDNA and 45S rDNA and a plastid phylogenetic tree covering the 118 genera of the family, many with multiple species. We obtained new chromosome counts for six species, modelled chromosome number evolution using all available counts for the family and carried out fluorescence in situ hybridization with three probes (5S rDNA, 45S rDNA and Arabidopsis‐like telomeres) on 14 species with 2n = 14 to 2n = 60. The ancestral state reconstruction provides support for a large role of descending dysploidy in Araceae, and interstitial telomere repeats (ITRs) were detected in Anthurium leuconerum, A. wendlingeri and Spathyphyllum tenerum, all with 2n = 30. The number of ITR signals in Anthurium (up to 12) is the highest so far reported in angiosperms, and the large repeats located in the pericentromeric regions of A. wendlingeri are of a type previously reported only from the gymnosperms Cycas and Pinus. © 2014 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 2015, 177 , 15–26.  相似文献   

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Close affinities recognized between taxa in Mexico and the contiguous USA have led to a variety of biogeographical scenarios. One such hypothesis suggests that species that occur in both countries have an origin in central Mexico followed by dispersal into the USA. This study expands upon previous phylogeographical work of the ringneck snake Diadophis punctatus by incorporating new data from previously unsampled areas appropriate to critically assess hypotheses regarding a Mexican origin for this species. Maximum likelihood and maximum parsimony analyses inferred a derived position for the lineage from southern Mexico with constraint tests for alternate evolutionary hypotheses resulting in significantly worse likelihood values. Ancestral area reconstructions inferred an origin for D. punctatus in the south‐eastern USA followed by a south‐east to north‐east then westward directionality of historical migration. The position within the phylogeny and date estimate for the south‐western + Mexico clade suggests a recent invasion into central Mexico with expansion into the Nearctic/Neotropic transition zone. The extensive lineage diversity inferred from the mtDNA suggests that the genus is a complex of cryptic species whose conservational status should be re‐evaluated on both the national and regional levels. © 2009 The Linnean Society of London, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2010, 158 , 629–640.  相似文献   

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Discrete plant habit categories such as ‘tree’, ‘shrub’, and ‘liana’ belie continuous variation in nature. To study the evolution of this continuous variation, we gathered data on stem length, diameter and tissue mechanical stiffness across a highly morphologically diverse highland xerophytic scrub on a lava flow in central Mexico. With stem allometric and mechanical data from 1216 segments from 50 species, we examined relationships between stem length–diameter proportions and tissue mechanical stiffness using linear mixed‐effects models. Rather than a series of discrete clouds in stem length–diameter–tissue stiffness space, corresponding to traditional habit categories, the plants of this xerophytic scrub formed a single continuous one. Within this cloud, self‐supporting plants had stems that became predictably longer and tissues that became stiffer for a given diameter increase, and there was no paucity of intermediates between trees and shrubs (‘trubs’). Non self‐supporting plants had a steeper stem length–diameter slope and their tissues did not increase in stiffness with stem size. The area between self‐ and non self‐supporting plants was sparsely occupied as stem size increased. We predict that this ‘empty’ space between lianas and trees is developmentally accessible but of low fitness, meaning that there should be few ‘trianas’ in nature. © 2015 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 2015, 179 , 361–373.  相似文献   

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Aim  To assess evidence for geographical and environmental range expansion through polyploidy in wild potatoes ( Solanum sect. Petota ). There are diploids, triploids, tetraploids, pentaploids and hexaploids in this group.
Location  Wild potatoes occur from the south-western USA (Utah and Colorado), throughout the tropical highlands of Mexico, Central America and the Andes, to Argentina, Chile and Uruguay.
Methods  We compiled 5447 reports of ploidy determination, covering 185 of the 187 species, of which 702 determinations are presented here for the first time. We assessed the frequency of cytotypes within species, and analysed the geographical and climatic distribution of ploidy levels.
Results  Thirty-six per cent of the species are entirely or partly polyploid. Multiple cytotypes exist in 21 species, mostly as diploid and triploid, but many more may await discovery. We report the first chromosome count (2 n = 24) for Solanum hintonii . Diploids occupy a larger area than polyploids, but diploid and tetraploid species have similar range sizes, and the two species with by far the largest range sizes are tetraploids. The fraction of the plants that are polyploids is much higher from Mexico to Ecuador than farther south. Compared with diploids, triploids tend to occur in warmer and drier areas, whereas higher-level polyploids tend to occur in relatively cold areas. Diploids are absent from Costa Rica to southern Colombia, the wettest part of the group's range.
Main conclusions  These results suggest that polyploidy played an important role in this group's environmental differentiation and range expansion.  相似文献   

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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Little information is available on DNA C-values for the New Zealand flora. Nearly 85 % of the named species of the native vascular flora are endemic, including 157 species of Poaceae, the second most species-rich plant family in New Zealand. Few C-values have been published for New Zealand native grasses, and chromosome numbers have previously been reported for fewer than half of the species. The aim of this research was to determine C-values and chromosome numbers for most of the endemic and indigenous Poaceae from New Zealand. SCOPE: To analyse DNA C-values from 155 species and chromosome numbers from 55 species of the endemic and indigenous grass flora of New Zealand. KEY RESULTS: The new C-values increase significantly the number of such measurements for Poaceae worldwide. New chromosome numbers were determined from 55 species. Variation in C-value and percentage polyploidy were analysed in relation to plant distribution. No clear relationship could be demonstrated between these variables. CONCLUSIONS: A wide range of C-values was found in the New Zealand endemic and indigenous grasses. This variation can be related to the phylogenetic position of the genera, plants in the BOP (Bambusoideae, Oryzoideae, Pooideae) clade in general having higher C-values than those in the PACC (Panicoideae, Arundinoideae, Chloridoideae + Centothecoideae) clade. Within genera, polyploids typically have smaller genome sizes (C-value divided by ploidy level) than diploids and there is commonly a progressive decrease with increasing ploidy level. The high frequency of polyploidy in the New Zealand grasses was confirmed by our additional counts, with only approximately 10 % being diploid. No clear relationship between C-value, polyploidy and rarity was evident.  相似文献   

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The chromosome numbers and morphology in 92 populations belonging to 49 species and three varieties in the genus Delphinium L. (Ranunculaceae), mostly from the Hengduan Mountains region of south‐west China, were studied. Forty seven species and three varieties were diploid, with 2n = 16, one species was tetraploid, with 2n = 32, and one species had diploid and tetraploid cytotypes. Three species had B chromosomes, representing the first time the occurrence of B chromosomes has been reported in the genus. The karyotypes of all the diploid species were quite uniform, commonly bimodal, and usually consisted of one pair of large median‐centromeric (m), one pair of large submedian‐centromeric (sm), five pairs of medium‐sized subterminal‐centromeric (st), and one pair of smaller sm (rarely st) chromosomes. The low incidence of polyploids in Delphinium from the Hengduan Mountains region indicates that polyploidy has played a minor role in the speciation of this highly diversified genus in the region. © 2008 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 2008, 158 , 172–188.  相似文献   

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A survey of haploid chromosome numbers of 18 North American taxa of Oxalis section Ionoxalis was initiated to determine the relationship between ploidal level, geographic distribution, and the occurrence of tristyly and distyly. Although chromosome numbers in the section are variable, the majority of tristylous populations are diploid. Among the distylous taxa a greater diversity of ploidal levels exists, with the higher chromosome numbers predominating. In section Ionoxalis the majority of the tristylous taxa are geographically restricted endemics of southern Mexico, while the distylous taxa have more extensive distributions ranging to the north. The association of diploidy and geographic endemism in the majority of the tristylous taxa suggests that these species are relictual. A few widespread tristylous taxa are polyploid, and often somewhat weedy. The probable derivation of widespread polyploid species from the restricted diploid endemics of southern Mexico appears to have been accompanied by the evolution of distyly from tristyly. The frequent association of polyploidy and distyly in section Ionoxalis has apparently resulted from the concurrence of two evolutionary trends: increase in ploidal level and the derivation of distyly from tristyly.  相似文献   

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Neotropical Marcgraviaceae comprise about seven genera and 130 species of lianas and shrubs. They predominantly occur in lowland or montane rainforests and are characterized by a variety of pollination systems. Early classifications subdivided Marcgraviaceae into subfamilies Marcgravioideae and Noranteoideae, a concept supported by molecular data. Using flow cytometry and chromosome numbers, we investigated the role of genome size and polyploidization in the evolution of Marcgraviaceae and how genome sizes are distributed between the proposed infrafamilial groups. To do this we determined genome sizes and chromosome counts for six genera and 22 species for the first time. Our study supports the subfamilial classification of the family, revealing contrasting genome sizes in Noranteoideae (2C = 5.5–21.5 pg) and Marcgravioideae (2C = 2.3–6.2 pg). Polyploidy is considered to be the main source of genome size variation as in each subfamily the higher nuclear DNA amounts were associated with higher ploidy. In addition, genome size changes independent of polyploidy were also observed in some genera, suggesting an additional role for changes in repetitive DNA abundance in the evolution of Marcgraviaceae. A high chromosome base number (x = 18; 2n = 36 to ~70) points to an undetected lower diploid level or to palaeopolyploidy. Marcgraviaceae show a remarkable (nine‐fold) variation in genome size, and several Noranteoideae have genome sizes among the highest reported for tropical woody angiosperms worldwide. © 2014 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 2015, 177 , 1–14.  相似文献   

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In an attempt to find any association between chromosomal characters and parasitism, a cytological study of parasitic flowering plants in Israel has been carried out. While no such association was found, evidence for three levels of chromosome evolution could be discerned: intra-chromosomal modifications, polyploidy per se , and genome restructuring in polyploids. Our conclusions may serve as a paradigm of the multiple pathways of chromosomal evolution in plants in general. © 2002 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society , 138 , 117–122.  相似文献   

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With the present work, we aim to provide a better understanding of chromosome evolutionary trends among southern Brazilian species of Iridoideae. Chromosome numbers and genome sizes were determined for 21 and 22 species belonging to eight genera of Tigridieae and two genera of Trimezieae, respectively. The chromosome numbers of nine species belonging to five genera are reported here for the first time. Analyses of meiotic behaviour, tetrad normality and pollen viability in 14 species revealed regular meiosis and high meiotic indexes and pollen viability (> 90%). The chromosome data obtained here and compiled from the literature were plotted onto a phylogenetic framework to identify major events of chromosome rearrangements across the phylogenetic tree of Iridoideae. Following this approach, we propose that the ancestral base chromosome number for Iridoideae is x = 8 and that polyploidy and dysploidy events have occurred throughout evolution. Despite the variation in chromosome numbers observed in Tigridieae and Trimezieae, for these two tribes our data provide support for an ancestral base number of x = 7, largely conserved in Tigridieae, but a polyploidy event may have occurred prior to the diversification of Trimezieae, giving rise to a base number of x2 = 14 (detected by maximum‐parsimony using haploid number and maximum likelihood). In Tigridieae, polyploid cytotypes were commonly observed (2x, 4x, 6x and 8x), whereas in Trimezieae, dysploidy seems to have been the most important event. This feature is reflected in the genome size, which varied greatly among species of Iridoideae, 4.2‐fold in Tigridieae and 1.5‐fold in Trimezieae. Although no clear difference was observed among the genome sizes of Tigridieae and Trimezieae, an important distinction was observed between these two tribes and Sisyrinchieae, with the latter possessing the smallest genome sizes in Iridoideae. © 2014 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 2014, 177 , 27–49.  相似文献   

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Polyploidy in invasive plant species of Singapore   总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2  
Singapore is a recognized global hotspot for invasive species and many introduced plant species have become major weeds there. Some of the common invasive taxa, such as Asystasia gangetica ssp. micrantha , Mimosa pigra , Neptunia plena , Panicum maximum , and Urochloa mutica , are spread over large areas and dominate the indigenous flora in some habitats. In a study aimed at understanding the relationship between polyploidy and invasiveness, we show that all the investigated invasive taxa are polyploids. A. gangetica ssp. micrantha , N. plena , and P. maximum vary in chromosome number and ploidy level across the world, but we recorded only one chromosome count for each of these species in Singapore. Similarly, the cytology of M. pigra and U. mutica also revealed that these species are polyploid, each with only one chromosome number across all populations. The results indicate that one polyploid line in each of these species has been selected favourably and has become invasive. We also show that all the species exhibit normal male meiosis and possess high percentages of pollen fertility. Based on the present study and an analysis of previously reported ploidy levels, we suggest that these taxa are probably of allopolyploid origin. We conclude that polyploidy and an effective reproductive system are a perfect mix for successful invasion by these species in Singapore.  © 2006 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society , 2006, 151 , 395–403.  相似文献   

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