Scanning electron microscopy of lamella-margin characters and the phytogeography of the genusPolytriehadelphus
作者:
ProctorM. C. F.,
期刊:
Journal of Bryology
(Taylor Available online 1992)
卷期:
Volume 17,
issue 2
页码: 317-333
ISSN:0373-6687
年代: 1992
DOI:10.1179/jbr.1992.17.2.317
出版商: Taylor&Francis
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
AbstractLamella margins ofPolytriehadelphusfrom throughout the range of the genus have been examined by SEM. All specimens clearly referable on other characters to the genus have characteristically crenate lamella margins covered with angular flakes of epicuticular wax. In this respect they resemble species ofDawsoniabut differ from all other Polytrichaceae examined. The lamella margin characters are useful for critical identification of non-fruiting plants ofPolytriehadelphusfrom other vegetatively similar Polytrichaceae. They confirm thatP. erieoidesand the North AmericanP. lyalliiMitt. do not belong to this genus.Polytriehadelphushas a trans-Pacific and essentially Southern Hemisphere distribution extending from Sulawesi and New Guinea through New Zealand and the Fuegian region to the northern Andes, with a north-western outpost in Costa Rica. It is likely that this distribution is derived from a continuous Antarctic range in the late Cretaceous, and that much of the radiation of the genus at the two northern ends of its present range took place in the mid to late Tertiary. Outlying stations on Tristan da Cunha and the Marquesas probably result from long-distance dispersal.
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