Autogamous seed set in a critically endangered orchid in Japan: Pollination studies for the conservation of Nervilia nipponica

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 268, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 59-73

  Gale, S ^a,b  

^a Kochi Prefectural Makino Botanical Garden ^*  (Japan)

^b ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autogamy; Conservation; Ecological strategy; Epifluorescence microscopy; Nervilia nipponica; Pollination experiments; Seed set

Indexed keywords

NERVILIA; ORCHIDACEAE;

EID: 42449112432     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: 16156110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00606-007-0570-x     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Arditti J (1992). Fundamentals of orchid biology. John Wiley and Sons, New York
2. Bonatti PM, Sgarbi E and Prete CD (2006). Gynostemium micromorphology and pollination in Epipactis microphylla (Orchidaceae). J Pl Res 119: 431-437
3. Catling PM (1983). Autogamy in Eastern Canadian Orchidaceae: a review of current knowledge and some new observations. Naturaliste Canad 110: 37-53
4. Catling PM (1990). Auto-pollination in the Orchidaceae. In: Arditti, J (eds) Orchid biology, reviews and perspectives. Vol. 5, pp 121-158. Timber Press, Oregon, USA
5. Dafni A (1992). Pollination ecology: A practical approach. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK
6. Darwin C (1888). The various contrivances by which orchids are fertilised by insects. John Murray, London, UK
7. Environmental Agency of Japan (ed) (2000) Threatened wildlife of Japan - vascular plants. Red Data Book, 2nd ed. Japan Wildlife Research Center, Government of Japan. (In Japanese)
8. Gale S, Maeda A and Kuroiwa N (2006). Observations on the phenology and reproductive success of the critically endangered Nervilia nipponica (Orchidaceae) in Kochi Prefecture, Japan. Acta Phytotax Geobot 57: 81-93
9. Gale S, Yukawa T and Kuroiwa N (2007). Studies in Asian Nervilia (Orchidaceae) I: neotypification and circumscription of N. nipponica in Japan. Kew Bull 62: 85-94
10. Gill DE (1989). Fruiting failure, pollinator inefficiency and speciation in orchids. In: Otte, D and Endler, JA (eds) Speciation and its consequences, pp 458-481. Sinauer Associates Inc., Sunderland, Massachusetts
11. Goldblatt P and Bernhardt P (1990). Pollination biology of Nivenia (Iridaceae) and the presence of heterostylous self-compatibility. Israel J Bot 39: 93-111
12. Goldblatt P, Nänni I, Bernhardt P and Manning JC (2004). Floral biology of Hesperantha (Iridaceae: Crocoideae): how minor shifts in floral presentation change the pollination system. Ann Missouri Bot Gard 91: 186-206
13. Grime JP (2001). Plant strategies, vegetation processes and ecosystem properties. Second Edition. John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, UK
14. IUCN (2001) IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3:1. IUCN Species Survival Commission. IUCN Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK
15. Jacquemyn H, Micheneau C, Roberts DL and Pailler T (2005a). Elevational gradients of species diversity, breeding system and floral traits of orchid species on Réunion Island. J Biogeogr 32: 1751-1761
16. Jacquemyn H, Brys R, Hermy M and Willems JH (2005b). Does nectar reward affect rarity and extinction probabilities of orchid species? An assessment using historical records from Belgium and the Netherlands. Biol Conserv 121: 257-263
17. Jain SK (1976). The evolution of inbreeding in plants. Annual Rev Ecol Syst 7: 469-495
18. Kurzweil H and Johnston S (1993). Autopollination in Monademia bracteata. S. African Orchid J 24: 21-22
19. Levin DA (2000). The origin, expansion and demise of plant species. Oxford University Press, New York, USA
20. Liu KW, Liu ZJ, Huang LQ, Li LQ, Chen LJ and Tang GT (2006). Self-fertilization strategy in an orchid. Nature 441: 945
21. Mabberley DJ (2002). The plant book. Cambridge University Press, UK
22. Neiland MRM and Wilcock CC (1998). Fruit set, nectar reward and rarity in the Orchidaceae. Amer J Bot 85: 1657-1671
23. Pettersson B (1989). Pollination in the African species of Nervilia (Orchidaceae). Lindleyana 4: 33-41
24. Pettersson B (1991). The genus Nervilia (Orchidaceae) in Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. Orchid Monographs 5. Rijksherbarium/Hortus Botanicus, Leiden, The Netherlands
25. Roberts DL (2003). Pollination biology: the role of sexual reproduction in orchid conservation. In: Dixon, KW, Kell, SP, Barrett, RL and Cribb, PJ (eds) Orchid conservation, pp 113-136. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
26. Sawa Y (1979) Mukagosaishin in Kochi City. In: Botany in Kochi Prefecture 2: 87-94. Botanical Society of Tosa, Kochi, Japan. (In Japanese)
27. Schlechter R (1911). Die Polychondreae (Neottiinae Pfitz.) und ihre systematische Einteilung. Enler's Botanische Jahrbücher 45: 375-410
28. Sipes SD and Tepedino VJ (1995). Reproductive biology of the rare orchid Spiranthes diluvialis: breeding system, pollination and implications for conservation. Conservation Biol 9: 929-938
29. Stort MNS and dos Santos Pavanelli EA (1986). Crossing systems in Epidendrum nocturnum Jacq. (Orchidaceae). Revista Biol Trop 34: 59-62
30. Tremblay RL (1997). Lepanthes caritensis, an endangered orchid: no sex, no future. Selbyana 18: 160-166
31. Tremblay RL, Ackerman JD, Zimmerman JK and Calvo RN (2005). Variation in sexual reproduction in orchids and its evolutionary consequences: a spasmodic journey to diversification. Biol J Linn Soc 84: 1-54