Fruit and seed heteromorphism in the cold desert annual ephemeral Diptychocarpus strictus (Brassicaceae) and possible adaptive significance

Annals of Botany

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 999-1014

  Lu, Juanjuan ^a   Tan, Dunyan ^a   Baskin, Jerry M ^a,b   Baskin, Carol C ^a,b,c  

^a XINJIANG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold desert annual ephemeral; Diptychocarpus; Fruit and seed heteromorphism; Non deep physiological dormancy; Seed dispersal; Seed germination

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ABSORPTION; ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ANATOMY; ANNUAL PLANT; DEHYDRATION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FRUIT; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GERMINATION; HERB; LIFE CYCLE; MUCILAGE; PHENOLOGY; POLYMORPHISM; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED DORMANCY;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BRASSICACEAE; CHINA; COLD; DESERT CLIMATE; FRUIT; GERMINATION; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BRASSICACEAE; CHINA; COLD TEMPERATURE; DESERT CLIMATE; FRUIT; GERMINATION; SEEDS; WATER;

CHINA;

BRASSICACEAE;

EID: 77953013730     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcq041     Document Type: Article

References (42)

1. An ZX, Zhou GL. 1995. Diptychocarpus Trautv. In: Mao ZM ed. Flora Xinjiangensis, Vol.2 (2). Urümqi: Xinjiang Sciences, Technology & Hygiene Publishing House171-172 (in Chinese).
2. Barbour MG. 1970a. Germination and early growth of the sand plant Cakile maritima. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 97: 13-22.
3. Barbour MG. 1970b. Seedling ecology of Cakile maritima along the California coast. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 97: 280-289.
4. Baskin CC, Baskin JM. 1998. Seeds: ecology, biogeography, and evolution of dormancy and germination. San Diego: Academic Press.
5. Baskin JM, Baskin CC. 2004. A classification system for seed dormancy. Seed Science Research 14: 1-16.
6. Cheplick GP. 1992. Sibling competition in plants. Journal of Ecology 80: 567-575.
7. Cordazzo CV. 2006. Seed characteristics and dispersal of dimorphic fruit segments of a Cakile maritima Scopoli (Brassicaceae) population of southern Brazilian coastal dunes. Revista Brasileira de Botánica 29: 259-265.
8. Donohue K. 1998. Maternal determinants of seed dispersal in Cakile edentula: fruit, plant, and site traits. Ecology 79: 2771-2788.
9. Ellner SP. 1985. ESS germination strategies in randomly varying environments. I. Logistic type models. Theoretical Population Biology 28: 50-79.
10. Evans ME, Ferrière R, Kane MJ, Venable DL. 2007. Bet hedging via seed banking in desert evening primroses (Oenothera, Onagraceae): demographic evidence from natural populations. American Naturalist 169: 184-194.
11. Gravuer K, Von Wettberg EJ, Schmitt J. 2003. Dispersal biology of Liatris scariosa var. novae-angliae (Asteraceae), a rare New England grassland perennial. American Journal of Botany 90: 1159-1167.
12. Gutterman Y, Shem-Tov S. 1996. Structure and function of the mucilaginous seed coats of Plantago coronopus inhabiting the Negev Desert of Israel. Israel Journal of Plant Science 44: 125-134.
13. Gutterman Y, Shem-Tov S. 1997. Mucilaginous seed coat structure of Carrichtera annua and Anastatica hierochuntica from populations occurring in the Negev Desert highlands of Israel, and its adhesion to the soil crust. Journal of Arid Environments 35: 697-705.
14. GuttermanY. 1993. Seed germination in desert plants. Berlin: Springer-Verlag.
15. Huang ZY, Gutterman Y. 2004. Value of the mucilaginous pellicle to seeds of the sand-stabilizing desert woody shrub Artemisia sphaerocephala (Asteraceae). Trees 18: 669-676.
16. Huang ZY, Gutterman Y, Hu ZH, Zhang XS. 2001. Seed germination in Artemisia sphaerocephala. I. The structure and function of the mucilaginous achene. Acta Phytoecologica Sinica 25: 22-28 (in Chinese with English abstract).
17. Imbert E. 2002. Ecological consequences and ontogeny of seed heteromorphism. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 5: 13-36.
18. Levin SD, Cohen D, Hastings A. 1984. Dispersal strategies in a patchy environment. Theoretical Population Biology 26: 165-191.
19. Liu XF, Tan DY. 2007. Ecological significance of seed mucilage in desert plants. Chinese Bulletin of Botany 24: 414-424 (in Chinese with English abstract).
20. Lloyd DG. 1984. Variation strategies of plants in heterogenous environments. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 21: 357-385.
21. MacMahon JA, Wagner FH. 1985. The Mojave, Sonoran and Chihuahuan deserts of North America. In: Evenari M, Noy-Meir I, Goodall DW. eds. Hot deserts and arid shrublands. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 105-202.
22. Maun MA, Boyd RS, Olson L. 1990. The biological flora of coastal dunes and wetlands. 1. Cakile edentula (Bigel.) Hook. Journal of Coastal Research 6: 137-156.
23. Maun MA, Payne AM. 1989. Fruit and seed polymorphism and its relation to seedling growth in the genus Cakile. Canadian Journal of Botany 67: 2743-2750.
24. Meyer SE, Carlson SL. 2001. Achene mass variation in Ericameria nauseosus (Asteraceae) in relation to dispersal ability and seedling fitness. Functional Ecology 15: 274-281.
25. Payne AM, Maun MA. 1981. Dispersal and floating ability of dimorphic fruit segments of Cakile edentula var. lacustris. Canadian Journal of Botany 59: 2595-2602.
26. Philippi TE. 1993. Bet-hedging germination of desert annuals - beyond the 1st year. American Naturalist 142: 474-487.
27. Rodman JE. 1974. Systematics and evolution of the genus Cakile (Cruciferae). Contributions of the Gray Herbarium of Harvard University 254: 3-146.
28. Sadeh A, Guterman H, Gersani M, Ovadia O. 2009. Plastic bet-hedging in an amphicarpic annual: an integrated strategy under variable conditions. Evolutionary Ecology 23: 373-388.
29. Sokal RR, Rohlf FJ. 1995. Biometry: the principles and practice of statistics in biological research, 3rd edn. San Francisco: Freeman.
30. Telenius A, Torstensson P. 1989. The seed dimorphism of Spergularia marina in relation to dispersal by wind and water. Oecologia 80: 206-210.
31. Thapliyal RC, Phartyal SS, Baskin JM, Baskin CC. 2008. Role of mucilage in germination of Dillenia indica (Dilleniaceae) seeds. Australian Journal of Botany 56: 583-589.
32. Thompson K, Grime JP. 1979. Seasonal variation in the seed banks of herbaceous species in ten contrasting habitats. Journal of Ecology 67: 893-921.
33. Venable DL. 1985. The evolutionary ecology of seed heteromorphism. American Naturalist 126: 577-595.
34. Venable DL. 2007. Bet hedging in a guild of desert annuals. Ecology 88: 1086-1090.
35. Venable DL, Lawlor L. 1980. Delayed germination and dispersal in desert annuals: escape in space and time. Oecologia 46: 272-282.
36. Venable DL, Dyreson E, Pinero D, Becerra JX. 1998. Seed morphometrics and adaptive geographic differentiation. Evolution 52: 344-354.
37. Wei WS, He Q, Liu MZ, Gao WD. 2003. Climate change and the desert environment in Junggar Basin, Xinjiang, China. Journal of Desert Research 23: 101-105 (in Chinese).
38. Witztum A, Gutterman Y, Evenari M. 1969. Integumentary mucilage as an oxygen barrier during germination of Blepharis persica (Burm.) Kuntze. Botanical Gazette 130: 238-241.
39. Zhang J. 1993. Seed dimorphism in relation to germination and growth of Cakile edentula. Canadian Journal of Botany 71: 1231-1235.
40. Zhang J. 1995. Differences in phenotypic plasticity between plants from dimorphic seeds of Cakile edentula. Oecologia 102: 353-360.
41. Zhang J, Maun MA. 1992. Effects of burial in sand on the growth and reproduction of Cakile edentula. Ecography 15: 296-302.
42. Zheng GC, Gu ZP. 1993. Biological micro technology. Beijing: China Higher Education Press (in Chinese).