Morphological differentiation of leaves in the relict tree Zelkova carpinifolia (Ulmaceae)
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Jasińska, Anna K.
Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Dendrology, Kórnik, Poland
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Rucińska, Beata
Kazimierz the Great University, Department of Botany, Bydgoszcz, Poland
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Kozlowski, Gregor
Department of Biology and Botanic Garden, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
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Bétrisey, Sébastien
Department of Biology and Botanic Garden, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
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Safarov, Hajiaga
Institute of Botany, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, Baku, Azerbaijan
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Boratyńska, Krystyna
Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Dendrology, Kórnik, Poland
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Boratyński, Adam
Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Dendrology, Kórnik, Poland
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- Dendrobiology. - 2016, vol. 74, p. 109–122
English
Zelkova carpinifolia is a relict tree occurring in refugial zones of south-western Eurasia. The main aim of the study was the biometrical comparison of the leaf characteristics of the species sampled in three regions of Transcaucasia. We aimed to test the hypotheses that (1) leaves from vegetative (L) shoots would be larger and more variable than those from fertile (S) shoots, (2) the leaves from the same shoot type express geographic patterns of morphological differentiation, similar to pattern described for genetic markers and (3) to verify the systematic position of Z. hyrcana and Z. carpinifolia subsp. yomraensis. The plant material was collected from 5 populations of Z. carpinifolia, one of Z. hyrcana and one of Z. carpinifolia subsp. yomraensis. The total 1482 leaves, 713 from L- and 769 S-type were measured using 26 characters. Our results show very high level of differences between leaves from the L- and S-type of shoots. The majority of leaf characters did not reveal dependence neither on geographic latitude, longitude and altitude nor on the basic climatic data. The results of multivariate analyses of S leaves revealed three group of populations, namely from (1) Colchis, (2) eastern Caucasus (3) Talysh. Thus, our biometric analyses revealed similar pattern to the haplotypic differentiation of Z. carpinifolia detected using chloroplast markers described in the literature. We did not detected significant differences in the leaf characters between supposed Z. hyrcana and/or Z. carpinifolia subsp. yomraensis, when compared to Z. carpinifolia, thus not confirming their separate taxonomic status.
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Faculty
- Faculté des sciences et de médecine
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Department
- Département de Biologie
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Botany
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https://folia.unifr.ch/unifr/documents/304761
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