Karatophyllum bromelioides L.D. Gómez revisited: A probable fossil CAM bromeliad

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 98, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1905-1908

  Baresch, Andres ^a,d   Smith, J Andrew C ^b   Winter, Klaus ^a   Valerio, Ana Lucía ^c   Jaramillo, Carlos ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Museo Nacional de Costa Rica   (Costa Rica)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aechmea magdalenae; Bromeliaceae; CAM photosynthesis; Karatophyllum bromelioides; Leaf morphology; Travertine

Indexed keywords

FOSSIL RECORD; LEAF MORPHOLOGY; MONOCOTYLEDON; PALEOBOTANY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SPECIMEN BANK; TERTIARY; TRAVERTINE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BROMELIACEAE; CLASSIFICATION; COSTA RICA; FOSSIL; HISTOLOGY; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAF;

BROMELIACEAE; COSTA RICA; FOSSILS; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANT LEAVES;

COSTA RICA;

AECHMEA MAGDALENAE; BROMELIACEAE;

EID: 84863358496     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3732/ajb.1100261     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. Benzing, D. H., G. Brown, and R. Terry. 2000. History and evolution. In D. H. Benzing [ed.], Bromeliaceae: Profile of an adaptive radiation, 463-541. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
2. Cavender-Bares, J., A. Gonzalez-Rodriguez, A. Pahlich, K. Koehler, and N. Deacon. 2011. Phylogeography and climate niche evolution in live oaks (Quercus series Virentes) from the tropics to the temperate zone. Journal of Biogeography 38: 962-981.
3. Crayn, D. M., K. Winter, and J. A. C. Smith. 2004. Multiple origins of crassulacean acid metabolism and the epiphytic habit in the Neotropical family Bromeliaceae. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 101: 3703-3708.
4. Denyer, P., and G. E. Alvarado. 2007. Mapa geológico de Costa Rica. Librería Francesa Press, San José, Costa Rica.
5. Fernández, M., and F. Sandoval. 1966. Evaluación de un depósito de travertino localizado en la zona de Nagatac, región oeste de San Ramón. Ministerio de Industria y Comercio, Dirección de Geología, Minas y Petróleo [internal report], San José, Costa Rica.
6. Givnish, T. J., K. C. Millam, P. E. Berry, and K. J. Sytsma. 2007. Phylogeny, adaptive radiation, and historical biogeography of Bromeliaceae inferred from ndh F sequence data. Aliso 23: 3-26.
7. Givnish, T. J., M. H. J. Barfuss, B. Van Ee, R. Rina, K. Schulte, R. Horres, P. A. Gonsiska, et al. 2011. Phylogeny and historical biogeography of Bromeliaceae: Insights from an eight-locus plastid phylogeny. American Journal of Botany 98: 872-895.
8. Gómez P., L. D. 1972. Karatophyllum bromelioides L.D. Gómez (Bromeliaceae), nov. gen. et sp., del Terciario Medio de Costa Rica. Revista de Biología Tropical 20: 221-229.
9. Graham, A. 1985. Studies in Neotropical paleobotany. IV. The Eocene communities of Panama. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 72: 504-534.
10. Laurito, C., A. L. Valerio, and E. A. Pérez. 2005. Los xenarthras fósiles de la localidad de Buenos Aires de Palmares (Blancano Tardío-Irvingtoniano Temprano), Provincia de Alajuela, Costa Rica. Revista Geológica de América Central 33: 83-90.
11. Lincoln, K., and B. Orr. 2011. The use and cultural significance of the pita plant (Aechmea magdalenae) among Ngöbe women of Chalite, Panama. Economic Botany 65: 13-26.
12. Monteiro, R. F., R. C. Forzza, and A. Mantovani. 2011. Leaf structure of Bromelia and its significance for the evolution of Bromelioideae (Bromeliaceae). Plant Systematics and Evolution 293: 53-64.
13. Morales, J. F. 2003. Bromeliaceae. In B. E. Hammel, M. H. Grayum, C. Herrera, and N. Zamora [eds.], Manual de plantas de Costa Rica, vol. II, Gimnospermas y monocotiledóneas (Agavaceae-Musaceae), 297-375. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
14. Pérez, E. A., and C. A. Laurito. 2003. Quercus corrugata Hooker (Fagaceae) como indicador paleoclimático del Pleistoceno de Costa Rica. Revista Geológica de América Central 28: 83-90.
15. Pfitsch, W. A., and A. P. Smith. 1988. Growth and photosynthesis of Aechmea magdalenae, a terrestrial CAM plant in a tropical moist forest, Panama. Journal of Tropical Ecology 4: 199-207.
16. Pierce, S., K. Winter, and H. Griffiths. 2002. Carbon isotope ratio and the extent of daily CAM use by Bromeliaceae. New Phytologist 156: 75-83.
17. Rossi, M. R., V. H. Mendez, and J. Monge-Nájera. 1997. Distribution of Costa Rican epiphytic bromeliads and the Holdridge Life Zone System. Revista de Biología Tropical 45: 1021-1031.
18. Skillman, J. B., M. Garcia, A. Virgo, and K. Winter. 2005. Growth irradiance effects on photosynthesis and growth in two co-occurring shade-tolerant neotropical perennials of contrasting photosynthetic pathways. American Journal of Botany 92: 1811-1819.
19. Smith, J. A. C. 1989. Epiphytic bromeliads. In U. Lüttge [ed.], Vascular plants as epiphytes: Evolution and ecophysiology, 109-138. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany.
20. Smith, L. B., and R. J. Downs. 1974. Flora Neotropica, monograph no. 14, Part 1, Pitcairnioideae (Bromeliaceae). Hafner Press, New York, New York, USA.
21. Smith, L. B., and W. Till. 1998. Bromeliaceae. In K. Kubitzki [ed.], The families and genera of vascular plants, vol. 4, Flowering plants, monocotyledons: Alismatanae and Commelinanae (except Gramineae), 74-99. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany.
22. Ticktin, T., and P. Nantel. 2004. Dynamics of harvested populations of the tropical understory herb Aechmea magdalenae in old-growth versus secondary forests. Biological Conservation 120: 461-470.
23. Tomlinson, P. B. 1969. Bromeliaceae. In C. R. Metcalfe [ed.], Anatomy of the monocotyledons, III Commelinales-Zingiberales, 193-294. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.
24. Tucker, M. E., and V. P. Wright. 1990. Carbonate sedimentology. Blackwell, Oxford, UK.
25. Winter, K., and J. A. C. Smith, eds. 1996. Crassulacean acid metabolism: Biochemistry, ecology and evolution. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany.
26. ŽáČek, V., T. Vorel, P. Kycl, and S. Huapaya. 2010. Mapa geológico 1: 50 000, hoja 3246.-II Miramar, República de Costa Rica. Servicio Geológico Checo, Prague, Czech Republic.