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The Relationship between Diaspore Characteristics with Phylogeny, Life History Traits, and Their Ecological Adaptation of 150 Species from the Cold Desert of Northwest China
Joint Authors
Liu, Huiliang
Zhang, Daoyuan
Duan, Shimin
Wang, Xiyong
Song, Ming-Fang
Source
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-19, 19 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-01-30
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
19
Main Subjects
Medicine
Information Technology and Computer Science
Abstract EN
Diaspore characteristics of 22 families, including 102 genera and 150 species (55 represented by seeds and 95 by fruits) from the Gurbantunggut Desert were analyzed for diaspore biological characteristics (mass, shape, color, and appendage type).
The diaspore mass and shape were significantly different in phylogeny group (APG) and dispersal syndromes; vegetative periods significantly affected diaspore mass, but not diaspore shape; and ecotypes did not significantly affect diaspore mass and shape, but xerophyte species had larger diaspore mass than mesophyte species.
Unique stepwise ANOVA results showed that variance in diaspore mass and shape among these 150 species was largely dependent upon phylogeny and dispersal syndromes.
Therefore, it was suggested that phylogeny may constrain diaspore mass, and as dispersal syndromes may be related to phylogeny, they also constrained diaspore mass and shape.
Diaspores of 85 species (56.67%) had appendages, including 26 with wings/bracts, 18 with pappus/hair, 14 with hooks/spines, 10 with awns, and 17 with other types of appendages.
Different traits (mass, shape, color, appendage, and dispersal syndromes) of diaspore decided plants forming different adapted strategies in the desert.
In summary, the diaspore characteristics were closely related with phylogeny, vegetative periods, dispersal syndromes, and ecotype, and these characteristics allowed the plants to adapt to extreme desert environments.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Liu, Huiliang& Zhang, Daoyuan& Duan, Shimin& Wang, Xiyong& Song, Ming-Fang. 2014. The Relationship between Diaspore Characteristics with Phylogeny, Life History Traits, and Their Ecological Adaptation of 150 Species from the Cold Desert of Northwest China. The Scientific World Journal،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-19.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1049901
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Liu, Huiliang…[et al.]. The Relationship between Diaspore Characteristics with Phylogeny, Life History Traits, and Their Ecological Adaptation of 150 Species from the Cold Desert of Northwest China. The Scientific World Journal No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-19.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1049901
American Medical Association (AMA)
Liu, Huiliang& Zhang, Daoyuan& Duan, Shimin& Wang, Xiyong& Song, Ming-Fang. The Relationship between Diaspore Characteristics with Phylogeny, Life History Traits, and Their Ecological Adaptation of 150 Species from the Cold Desert of Northwest China. The Scientific World Journal. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-19.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1049901
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1049901