Ontogenetic wood anatomy of tree and subtree species of Nepalese Rhododendron (Ericaceae) and characterization of shrub species

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 560-569

  Noshiro, Shuichi ^a   Suzuki, Mitsuo ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Alpine zone; Ericaceae: ontogeny; Plant form; Rhododendron; Subgenera; Wood structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011385877     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2657054     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. AUNG, M. 1962. Density variation outward from the pith in some species of Shorea and its anatomical basis. Empire Forestry Review 41: 48-56.
2. BAAS, P., C. LEE, X. ZHANG, K. CUI, AND Y. DENG. 1984. Some effects of dwarf growth on wood structure. IAWA Bulletin, new series 5: 45-63.
3. BAILEY, I. W., AND W. W. TUPPER. 1918. Size variation in tracheary cells: I. A comparison between the secondary xylems of vascular cryptogams, gymnosperms and angiosperms. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 54: 149-204.
4. BARGHOORN, E. S., JR. 1941. The ontogenetic development and phylogenetic specialization of rays in the xylem of dicotyledons. II. Modification of the multiseriate and uniseriate rays. American Journal of Botany 28: 273-282.
5. CARLQUIST, S., AND D. A. HOEKMAN. 1985. Ecological wood anatomy of the woody southern Californian flora. IAWA Bulletin, new series 6: 319-347.
6. CHAMBERLAIN, D. F. 1982. A revision of Rhododendron. II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39: 209-486.
7. _, R. HYAM, G. ARGENT, G. FAIRWEATHER, AND K. S. WALTER. 1996. The genus Rhododendron: its classification and synonymy. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
8. CULLEN, J. 1980. A revision of Rhododendron. 1. Subgenus, Rhododendron sections Rhododendron & Pogonanthum. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39: 1-207.
9. CUMBIE, B. G. 1983. Developmental changes in the wood of Bocconia vulcanica Donn. Smith. IAWA Bulletin, new series 4: 131-140.
10. DESMIDT, W. J. 1922. Studies of the distribution and volume of the wood rays in slippery elm (Ulmus fulva Mich.). Journal of Forestry 20: 352-362.
11. EVERT, R. F. 1961. Some aspects of cambial development in Pyrus communis. American Journal of Botany 48: 479-488.
12. FORSAITH, C. C. 1920. Anatomical reduction in some alpine plants. Ecology 1: 124-135.
13. FURUKAWA, I., M. SEKOGUCHI, M. MATSUDA, T. SAKUNO, AND J. KISHIMOTO. 1983. Wood quality of small hardwoods (II). Horizontal variations in the length of fibers and vessel elements in seventy-one species of small hardwoods. Hardwood Research 2: 103-134.
14. HEJNOWICZ, A., AND Z. HEJNOWICZ. 1958. Variations of length of vessel members and fibres in the trunk of Populus tremula L. Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae 27: 131-159.
15. INOUE, J. 1976. Climate of Khumbu Himal. Seppyo, special issue 38: 66-73.
16. LARSON, P. R. 1994. The vascular cambium. Springer, Berlin, Germany.
17. LEV-YADUN, S., AND R. ALONI. 1995. Differentiation of the ray system in woody plants. Botanical Review 61: 45-84.
18. MATSUOKA, N. 1984. Frost shattering of bedrocks in the periglacial regions of the Nepal Himalaya. Seppyo 46: 19-25.
19. MILLER, H. J. 1975. Anatomical characteristics of some woody plants of the Angmagssalik District of Southeast Greenland. Meddelelser om Grønland 198: 1-30.
20. NOSHIRO, S. 1997. Distribution maps of Rhododendron in Nepal. Newsletter of Himalayan Botany 21: 21-28.
21. _, AND P. BAAS. 1998. Systematic wood anatomy of Cornaceae and allies. IAWA Bulletin, new series 19: 43-97.
22. _, AND H. OHBA. 1993. Altitudinal distribution and tree form of Rhododendron in the Jaljale Himal, east Nepal. Journal of Japanese Botany 38: 193-198.
23. _, AND M. SUZUKI. 1989. Altitudinal distribution and tree form of Rhododendron in the Barun Valley, east Nepal. Journal of Phytogeography & Taxonomy 37: 121-127.
24. _, AND _. 1995. Ecological wood anatomy of Nepalese Rhododendron (Ericaceae). 2. Intraspecific variation. Journal of Plant Research 108: 217-233.
25. _, _, AND H. OHBA. 1995. Ecological wood anatomy of Nepalese Rhododendron (Ericaceae). I. Interspecific variation. Journal of Plant Research 108: 1-9.
26. OHSAWA, M., P. R. SHAKYA, AND M. NUMATA. 1973. On the occurrence of deciduous broad-leaved forests in the cool-temperate zone of the humid Himalayas in eastern Nepal. Japanese Journal of Ecology 23: 218-228.
27. _, _, AND _. 1986. Distribution and succession of West Himalayan forest types in the eastern part of the Nepal Himalaya. Moutain Research and Development 6: 143-157.
28. PANSHIN, A. J., AND C. DE ZEEUW. 1980. Textbook of wood technology, 4th ed. McGraw-Hill, New York, New York, USA.
29. SEBASTINE, K. M. 1958. Studies on the vessel variations in dicotyledonous trees. Journal of the Indian Botanical Society 37: 104-113.
30. SOKAL, R. R., AND F. J. ROHLF. 1995. Biometry, 3rd ed. W. H. Freeman, New York, New York, USA.
31. SPERRY, J. S. 1995. Limitations on stem water transport and their consequences. In B. L. Gartner [ed.], Plant stems: physiological and functional morphology, 105-124. Academic Press, San Diego, California, USA.
32. _, K. L. NICHOLS, J. E. M. SULLIVAN, AND S. E. EASTLACK. 1994. Xylem embolism in ring-porous, diffuse-porous, and coniferous trees of northern Utah and interior Alaska. Ecology 75: 1736-1752.
33. SUZUKI, M., AND S. NOSHIRO. 1988. Wood structure of Himalayan plants. In H. Ohba and S. B. Malla [eds.], The Himalayan plants, vol. 1, 341-379, pls. 52-96. University of Tokyo Press, Tokyo, Japan.
34. _, _, A. TAKAHASHI, K. TERADA, K. YODA, AND L. JOSHI. 1999. Wood structure of Himalayan plants, III. In H. Ohba [ed.], The Himalayan plants, vol. 3, 119-170, pls. 49-103. University of Tokyo Press, Tokyo, Japan.
35. _, AND H. OHBA. 1988. Wood structural diversity among Himalayan Rhododendron. IAWA Bulletin, new series 9: 317-326.
36. WILKES, J. 1988. Variations in wood anatomy within species of Eucalyptus. IAWA Bulletin, new series 9: 13-23.
37. WILSON, B. F. 1995. Shrub stems: form and function. In B. L. Gartner [ed.], Plant stems: physiological and functional morphology, 91-102. Academic Press, San Diego, California, USA.
38. ZIMMERMANN, M. H. 1983. Xylem structure and the ascent of sap. Springer, Berlin, Germany.
39. ZOBEL, B. J., AND J. P. VAN BUIJTENEN. 1989. Wood variation. Springer, Berlin, Germany.