Korean Journal of Plant Taxonomy (식물분류학회지)

The Korean Society of Plant Taxonomists (한국식물분류학회)
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A reappraisal of the Acer wilsonii complex and Related Species in China

중국 Acer wilsonii 와 근연분류군의 분류학적 재검토

  • Eom, Hyun Joo (Department of Forest Sciences and Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University) ;
  • de Jong, Piet C. (Von Gimborn Arboretum) ;
  • Chang, Chin-Sung (Department of Forest Sciences and Research Institute for Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University)
  • 엄현주 (서울대학교 농업생명과학대학 산림과학부) ;
  • ;
  • 장진성 (서울대학교 농업생명과학대학 산림과학부)
  • Received : 2011.11.16
  • Accepted : 2011.12.18
  • Published : 2011.12.31
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Abstract

The Acer wilsonii complex including A. wilsonii, A. tutcheri, and A. confertifoilum is distributed in southern China. Morphological variation was examined to delimit the species and to determine whether recognition at the specific level was warranted. Univariate and bivariate statistical methods, based on data taken from herbarium specimens, were used to examine morphological variation between and within species. This study showed that A. tutcheri differed from A. wilsonii by its rather short inflorescence, small leaf blades, and three leaf lobes with distinctive serrate leaf lobes. In contrast, there was virtually no separation of taxa with respect to the paniculate-corymbose or short paniculate inflorescence between A. confertifolium and A. tutcheri, suggesting that A. confertifolium morphologically resembled A. tutcheri and is a rather smaller form of it. Circumscription of Acer wilsonii has been quite troublesome, because the important holotype and isotype specimens contained different species under the same number and were misleading with respect to the correct application of the name. Furthermore, lobation is very weak within ser. Sinensia, but diversified inflorescences usually occur in China. A three lobed leaves species, A. wilsonii, represents the reduction in lobation without any modification of panicle inflorescences and seems to be closely related to A. sinense. However, A. tutcheri, which shows a reduction in panicle inflorescence with four petals and sepals, may not be closely related to A. sinense. Three lobed taxa may not correctly reflect the true relationship within ser. Sinensia. The designated lectotype of A. wilsonii, line drawings of representative leaves of related species, a key, and distribution maps of these taxa are presented.

중국 남부에 분포하는 Acer wilsonii 분류군은(A. wilsonii, A. tutcheri, and A. confertifoilum) 10개의 형태형질을 분석을 통해 종의 실체에 대해 검토하였다. 중국과 외국 표본관에 소장된 표본을 근간으로 단변량과 2개의 변량을 조사한 결과 A. tutcheri는 A. wilsonii와 화서가 짧으면서 잎맥에 발달한 거치와 좁은 잎의 너비에 의해 구분이 되었다. E. H. Wilson이 호북(湖北)에서 채집하여 기재된 A. wilsonii는 2개의 복제표본이 존재하나 이중 한 개는 전혀 다른 분류군으로 인식되며, 또한, A. Rehder가 기재 당시 명확하게 배제한 표본을 Fnag, W. P. 는 포함하여 지금까지 이 종에 대한 실체에 오류가 있었다. 한편, 잎이 소형이고 화서가 단축된 A. confertifolium은 A. tutcheri의 소형 표본으로 이명으로 처리하였다. Sinensia열은 화서 형태의 다양한 분화가 있었던 반면, 잎이 갈라지는 맥수는 비교적 3-5개로 고정된 반면, Palamta 열은 잎의 맥수가 많아지면서(7-11개), 화서가 단축된 산방화서의 별다른 변화를 보여주지 않아, 서로 상반된 진화양상을 보였다. A. wilsonii은 Sinensia 열중 잎과 화서가 모두 단축된 진화된 계열로 판단되지만 꽃잎이 5장으로 4장인 A. tutcheri와는 서로 유연관계는 먼 것으로 판단된다. 본 연구결과A. wilsonii의 선정기준표본, 분포도, 검색표를 제시하였다.

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