C3 photosynthesis in Aristida longifolia: Implication for photosynthetic diversification in Aristidoideae (Poaceae)

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 96, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1379-1387

  Cerros Tlatilpa, Rosa ^a   Travis Columbus, J ^a  

^a RANCHO SANTA ANA BOTANIC GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aristida; Aristida longifolia; Aristidoideae; C3 photosynthesis; C4 photosynthesis; Carbon isotope ratio; Leaf anatomy; Phylogeny; Poaceae; Sartidia; Stipagrostis

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; C3 PLANT; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHLOROPLAST; EVOLUTION; GRASS; ISOTOPIC RATIO; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYLOGENY; RECONSTRUCTION;

ARISTIDA; ARISTIDOIDEAE; POACEAE; STIPAGROSTIS;

EID: 69249206714     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.0800265     Document Type: Article

References (91)

1. Barker, N. P. 1997. The relationships of Amphipogon, Elytrophorus and Cyperochloa (Poaceae) as suggested by rbcL sequence data. Telopea 7: 205-213.
2. Barker, N. P., H. P. Linder, and E. H. Harley. 1995. Polyphyly of Arundinoideae (Poaceae): Evidence from rbcL sequence data. Systematic Botany 20: 423-435.
3. Barker, N. P., H. P. Linder, and E. H. Harley. 1999. Sequences of the grass-specific insert in the chloroplast rpoC2 gene elucidate generic relationships of the Arundinoideae (Poaceae). Systematic Botany 23: 327-350.
4. Bender, M. M. 1968. Mass spectrometric studies of carbon 13 variations in corn and other grasses. Radiocarbon 10: 468-472.
5. Bouchenak-Khelladi, Y., N. Salamin, V. Savolainen, F. Forest, M. van der Bank, M. W. Chase, and T. R. Hodkinson. 2008. Large multi-gene phylogenetic trees of the grasses (Poaceae): Progress towards complete tribal and generic level sampling. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 47: 488-505.
6. Bourreil, P. 1962. Etude anatomique du limbe des innovations des Aristida de l' Afrique du Nord et du Sahara. Mémoires, Institut de Recherches Sahariennes 6: 59-202.
7. Bourreil, P. 1967. Transfert d'Aristida perrieri A. Camus au genre Sartidia de Winter. Position systématique de ce nouveau genre. Compte Rendu Hebdomadaire des Séances de l' Académie des Sciences, D. Sciences Naturelles 265: 904-907.
8. Brown, W. V.1958. Leafanatomyingrasssystematics.Botanical Gazette 119: 170-178.
9. Brown, W. V. 1977. The Kranz syndrome and its subtypes in grass systematics. Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 23: 1-97.
10. Caceres, M. R. 1961. Consideraciones relativas a la anatomía foliar de las especies de Aristida de Mendoza. Revista Argentina de Agronomía 28: 1-11.
11. Caro, J. A. 1961. Las especies de Aristida (Gramineae) del centro de la República Argentina. Kurtziana 1: 123-206.
12. 4 plant biology, 445-469. Academic Press, San Diego, California, USA.
13. Cerros-Tlatilpa, R. 2005. Molecular phylogenetics, lemma micromorphology, and leaf blade anatomy of Aristida (Gramineae: Aristidoideae) with emphasis on North America. Ph.D. dissertation, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California, USA.
14. Chase, M. W., and H. H. Hills. 1991. Silica gel: An ideal material for field preservation of leaf samples for DNA studies. Taxon 40: 215-220.
15. 4 photosynthesis in grasses. Current Biology 18: 37-43.
16. 4 photosynthesis evolved in grasses via parallel adaptative genetic changes. Current Biology 17: 1241-1247.
17. Clark, L. G., W. Zhang, and J. F. Wendel. 1995. A phylogeny of the grass family (Poaceae) based on ndhF sequence data. Systematic Botany 20: 436-460.
18. Columbus, J. T. 1999. Morphology and leaf blade anatomy suggest a close relationship between Bouteloua aristidoides and B. (Chondrosium) eriopoda (Gramineae: Chloridoideae). Systematic Botany 23: 467-478.
19. Columbus, J. T., R. Cerros-Tlatilpa, M. S. Kinney, M. E. Siqueiros-Delgado, H. L. Bell, M. P. Griffith, and N. F. Refulio-Rodríguez. 2007. Phylogenetics of Chloridoideae (Gramineae): A preliminary study based on nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer and chloroplast trnL-F sequences. Aliso 23: 565-579.
20. Columbus, J. T., M. S. Kinney, R. Pant, and M. E. Siqueiros Delgado. 1998. Cladistic parsimony analysis of internal transcribed spacer region (nrDNA) sequences of Bouteloua and relatives (Gramineae: Chloridoideae). Aliso 17: 99-130.
21. de Winter, B. 1963. Notes on the genus Aristida L. (Gramineae). Kirkia 3: 132-137.
22. de Winter, B. 1965. The South African Stipeae and Aristideae (Gramineae). Bothalia 8: 201-404.
23. 4 grasses (Poaceae): Bundle sheath and mesophyll surface area relationships. Annals of Botany 73: 241-255.
24. 4 plant biology, 133-172. Academic Press, San Diego, California, USA.
25. 4 photosynthesis. In M. D. Hatch, C. B. Osmond, and R. O. Slatyer [eds.], Photosynthesis and photorespiration, 3-17. Wiley-Interscience, New York, New York, USA.
26. Doyle, J. J., and J. L. Doyle. 1987. A rapid DNA isolation procedure for small quantities of fresh leaf tissue. Phytochemical Bulletin. Botanical Society of America 19: 11-15.
27. Duvall, M. R., J. I Davis, L. G. Clark, J. D. Noll, D. H. Goldman, and J. G. Sánchez-Ken. 2007. Phylogeny of the grasses (Poaceae) revisited. Aliso 23: 237-247.
28. 4 grasses. Ecology Letters 11: 266-276.
29. 4 photosynthesis. In H. A. Mooney and J. G. Canadell [eds.], Encyclopedia of global environmental change, vol. 2, The Earth system: Biological and ecological dimensions of global environmental change, 186-190. John Wiley, Chichester, UK.
30. Ehleringer, J. R., and R. K. Monson. 1993. Evolutionary and ecological aspects of photosynthetic pathway variation. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 24: 411-439.
31. Farris, J. S., M. Källersjö, A. G. Kluge, and C. Bult. 1995. Testing significance of incongruence. Cladistics 10: 315-319.
32. Ghasemkhani, M., H. Akhani, J. Sahebi, and H. Scholz. 2008. The genera Aristida and Stipagrostis (Poaceae) in Iran. Willdenowia 38: 135-148.
33. Gill, L. S., and J. K. Mensah. 1993. Leaf anatomical studies and its bearing on the taxonomy of the tribe Aristideae (Poaceae) from Nigeria. Feddes Repertorium 104: 355-360.
34. Grass Phylogeny Working Group [GPWG]. 2001. Phylogeny and subfamilial classification of the grasses (Poaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 88: 373-457.
35. 4 plants. Planta 119: 279-300.
36. 4 acid decarboxylating systems and ultrastructural features. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology 2: 111-128.
37. 4 grasses in Australia in relation to climate. Oecologia 57: 113-128.
38. 4 photosynthetic pathway variation in grasses (Poaceae): Its significance for arid and semi-arid lands. In G. P. Chapman [ed.], Desertified grasslands: Their biology and management, 181-212. Academic Press, San Diego, California, USA.
39. Hattersley, P. W., and L. Watson. 1975. Anatomical parameters for predicting photosynthetic pathways of grass leaves: The 'maximum lateral cell count' and the 'maximum cells distant count.' Phytomorphology 25: 325-333.
40. 4 grasses: An anatomical criterion for distinguishing between NADP-malic enzyme species and PCK or NAD-malic enzyme species. Australian Journal of Botany 24: 297-308.
41. Hattersley, P. W., and L. Watson. 1992. Diversification of photosynthesis. In G. P. Chapman [ed.], Grass evolution and domestication, 38-116. Cambridge University Press, New York, New York, USA.
42. 4 plants. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology 4: 523-539.
43. Henrard, J. T. 1929. A monograph of the genus Aristida, vol. 1. Mededeelingen van' s Rijks Herbarium 58: 1-153.
44. Henrard, J. T. 1932. A monograph of the genus Aristida, vol. 2. Mededeelingen van' s Rijks Herbarium 58A: 157-325.
45. Hilu, K. W., L. A. Alice, and H. Liang. 1999. Phylogeny of Poaceae inferred from matK sequences. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 86: 835-851.
46. Hsiao, C., S. W. L. Jacobs, N. P. Barker, and N. L. Chatterton. 1998. A molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Arundinoideae (Poaceae) based on sequences of rDNA. Australian Systematic Botany 11: 41-52.
47. Hsiao, C., S. W. L. Jacobs, N. L. Chatterton, and K. H. Asay. 1999. A molecular phylogeny of the grass family (Poaceae) based on the sequences of nuclear ribosomal DNA (ITS). Australian Systematic Botany 11: 667-688.
48. Huelsenbeck, J. P., and F. Ronquist. 2001. MRBAYES: Bayesian infrence of phylogenetic trees. Bioinformatics 17: 754-755.
49. Jelenc, F. 1950. Anatomie de la tige et de la feuille des Aristida de l'Afrique du Nord. Bulletin de la Sociétédes Sciences Naturelles du Maroc 30: 3-21.
50. Jordan, W. C., M. W. Courtney, and J. E. Neigel. 1996. Low levels of intraspecific genetic variation at a rapidly evolving chloroplast DNA locus in North American duckweeds (Lemnaceae). American Journal of Botany 83: 430-439.
51. Kelchner, S. A., and L. G. Clark. 1997. Molecular evolution and phylogenetic utility of the chloroplast rpl16 intron in Chusquea and the Bambusoideae (Poaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 8: 385-397.
52. 4 syndrome: A structural analysis. Annual Review of Plant Physiology 25: 27-52.
53. Liston, A., L. H. Rieseberg, R. P. Adams, N. Do, and Z. Ge-lin. 1990. A method for collecting dried plant specimens for DNA and isozyme analyses, and the results of a field test in Xinjiang, China. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 77: 859-863.
54. Lommasson, R. C. 1957. Vascular bundle sheaths in the genus Aristida. Phytomorphology 7: 364-370.
55. Longhi-Wagner, H. M. 1999. O gênero Aristida (Poaceae) no Brasil. Boletim do Instituto de Botânica de São Paulo 12: 113-179.
56. Mathews, S., and R. A. Sharrock. 1996. The phytochrome gene family in grasses (Poaceae): A phylogeny and evidence that grasses have a subset of the loci found in dicot angiosperms. Molecular Biology and Evolution 13: 1141-1150.
57. Mathews, S., R. C. Tsai, and E. A. Kellogg. 2000. Phylogenetic structure in the grass family (Poaceae): Evidence from the nuclear gene phytochrome B. American Journal of Botany 87: 96-107.
58. Morgan, D. R., and D. E. Soltis. 1993. Phylogenetic relationships among members of Saxifragaceae sensu lato based on rbcL sequence data. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 80: 631-660.
59. Nylander, J. A. A. 2004. MrModeltest, version 2.3. Computer program distributed by the author. Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
60. Paruelo, J. M., and W. K. Lauenroth. 1996. Relative abundance of plant functional types in grasslands and shrublands of North America. Ecological Applications 6: 1212-1224.
61. Porter, J. M. 1997. Phylogeny of Polemoniaceae based on nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer DNA sequences. Aliso 15: 57-77.
62. Posada, D., and K. A. Crandall. 1998. MODELTEST: Testing the model of DNA substitution. Bioinformatics 14: 817-818.
63. 4 grasses (Poaceae). Australian Journal of Plant Physiology 14: 403-420.
64. 4 plants in the vegetation of Mongolia: Their natural occurrence and geographical distribution in relation to climate. Oecologia 123: 15-31.
65. Rambaut, A. 2002. Se-Al, sequence alignment editor, verson 2.0a11. Website http://tree.bio.ed.ac.uk/software/seal/ [accessed August 2008].
66. 4 species Aristida funiculata. Photosynthetica 31: 379-388.
67. 4 photosynthesis. New Phytologist 161: 341-370.
68. 4 plant biology, 551-584. Academic Press, San Diego, California, USA.
69. Sánchez-Ken, J. G., and L. G. Clark. 2007. Phylogenetic relationships within the Centothecoideae + Panicoideae clade (Poaceae) based on ndhF and rpl16 intron sequences and structural data. Aliso 23: 487-502.
70. Sánchez-Ken, J. G., L. G. Clark, E. A. Kellogg, and E. E. Kay. 2007. Reinstatement and emendation of subfamily Micrairoideae (Poaceae). Systematic Botany 32: 71-80.
71. Sang, T., D. J. Crawford, and T. F. Stuessy. 1995. Documentation of reticulate evolution in peonies (Paeonia) using internal transcribed spacer sequences of nuclear ribosomal DNA: Implications for biogeography and concerted evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 92: 6813-6817.
72. 13 C carbon isotope ratios in the grass flora of Namibia in relation to growth form, precipitation and habitat conditions. Oecologia 106: 352-369.
73. Sharman, B. C. 1943. Tannic acid and iron alum with safranin and orange G in studies of the shoot apex. Stain Technology 18: 105-111.
74. 4 photosynthesis in the grass family. American Journal of Botany 83: 1458-1470.
75. Smith, B. N., and W. V. Brown. 1973. The Kranz syndrome in the Gramineae as indicated by carbon isotopic ratios. American Journal of Botany 60: 505-513.
76. 12 C ratios for higher plants. Plant Physiology 47: 380-384.
77. Soreng, R. J., and J. I. Davis. 1998. Phylogenetics and character evolution in the grass family (Poaceae): Simultaneous analysis of morphological and chloroplast DNA restriction site character sets. Botanical Review 64: 1-85.
78. Swofford, D. L. 2002. PAUP*: Phylogenetic analysis using parsimony (*and other methods), version 4.0 beta 10. Sinauer, Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA.
79. Taberlet, P., L. Gielly, G. Pautou, and J. Bouvet. 1991. Universal primers for amplification of three non-coding regions of chloroplast DNA. Plant Molecular Biology 17: 1105-1109.
80. 4 grasses in North America. Oecologia 23: 1-12.
81. Theron, J. J. 1936. Anatomisch-systematische Untersuchungen der Laubblätter südafrikanischer Aristida-Arten. Ph.D. dissertation, Wilhelms University A. W. Hayn' s Erben, Potsdam, Germany.
82. Tregunna, E. B., B. N. Smith, J. A. Berry, and W. J. S. Downton. 1970. Some methods for studying the photosynthetic taxonomy of the angiosperms. Canadian Journal of Botany 48: 1209-1214.
83. Troughton, J. H., K. A. Card, and C. H. Hendy. 1974. Photosynthetic pathways and carbon isotope discrimination by plants. Yearbook of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 73: 768-779.
84. 4 grass with a double chlorenchymatous bundle sheath. Physiologia Plantarum 85: 189-196.
85. Varadaraj, K., and D. M. Skinner. 1994. Denaturants or cosolvents improve the specificity of PCR amplification of a G + C-rich DNA using engineered DNA polymerases. Gene 140: 1-5.
86. Vogel, J. C., A. Fuls, and R. P. Ellis. 1978. The geographical distribution of Kranz grasses in South Africa. South African Journal of Science 74: 209-215.
87. 4 species in genus Stipagrostis, family Poaceae, are NADP-malic enzyme subtype with nonclassical type of Kranz anatomy (Stipagrostoid). Plant Science 168: 731-739.
88. 4 photosynthesis in the triple layered chlorenchyma of Aristida (Poaceae). Functional Plant Biology 32: 67-77.
89. White, T. J., T. Bruns, S. Lee, and J. Taylor.1990. Amplification and direct sequencing of fungal ribosomal RNA genes for phylogenetics. In M. A. Innis, D. H. Gelfand, J. J. Sninsky, and T. J. White [eds.], PCR protocols: A guide to methods and applications, 315-322. Academic Press, San Diego, California, USA.
90. Winship, P. R. 1989. An improved method for directly sequencing PCR amplified material using dimethyl sulphoxide. Nucleic Acids Research 17: 1266.
91. 13 C values of grass species collected in the northern Sahara Desert. Oecologia 25: 115-123.