• 식물분류학회지
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• 제50권2호
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• pp.148-153
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• 2020

Cleisostoma scolopendrifolium is an orchid species solely pollinated by the male bee Megachile yasumatsui. Although C. scolopendrifolium is an endangered species in Korea, little is known about its pollination mechanisms or the profiles of its chemical attractants. This study provides evidence that the Cleisostoma orchid attracts male bees as pollinators by mimicking female mating signals. We found 13 hydrocarbons in the Cleisostoma orchid flower presumed to be involved in sex pheromone mimicry: five alkanes (tricosane, pentacosane, heptacosane, nonacosane, and hentriacontane), compounds of cuticular hydrocarbons which function as chemical cues for the recognition of mates and species in social insects; and eight alkenes ((z)-9-tricosene, (z)-9-pentacosene, (z)-11-pentacosene, (z)-9-heptacosene, (z)-11-heptacosene, (z)-9-nonacosene, (z)-11-nonacosene, and (z)-11-hentriacontene) which serve as sex pheromones in several insects. We suggest that these hydrocarbons play a key role in the pollination mechanism between Cleisostoma orchids and Megachile bees.

• Journal of Ecology and Environment
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• 제43권1호
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• pp.9-13
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• 2019

We investigated the pollinators of Centipede's foot orchid (Cleisostoma scolopendrifolium) at five locations in southern Korea. Only one species of megachilid bee (Megachile yasumatsui) was observed at three of the sites (Mokpo, Haenam, and Wando). We assumed that the megachilid bee worked as a sole pollinator of C. scolopendrifolium based on the visiting behavior of the bees the attached pollinia. Fruits were observed at the three locations that bees visited: 74% fruit set at Mokpo, 59% at Wando, and 31% at Haenam. By contrast, at two of the locations where megachilid bees did not visit the plants (Naju and Jindo), there were no fruits set. The differences in fruit set rates at the three orchid populations where bees were observed appear to be related to bee abundance and flower visitation rate rather than to differences in flower abundance. The pollination interaction between C. scolopendrifolium and megachilid bees appears to involve sexual deception since only male bees were attracted to the flowers. The underlying mechanism involved in this interaction needs investigation.

• 한국자원식물학회지
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• 제35권1호
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• pp.109-133
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• 2022

2016년-2021년의 현지조사와 전남대 표본실(CNU) 소장 표본에 기초하여 전라남도 진도군 관매도의 관속식물상을 조사하였다. 관매도에서는 103과 307속 461종 4아종 32변종 3품종의 총 500 분류군이 확인되었다. 이 중에는 홍도서덜취(Saussurea polylepis Nakai)를 포함한 10종의 고유종과, 지네발란(Cleisostoma scolopendrifolium (Makino) Garay), 새깃아재비(Woodwardia japonica (L. f.) Sm.)를 포함한 15종의 적색목록식물이 포함된다. 식물구계학적 특정식물로는 V등급종인 새깃아재비 등 4분류군, IV등급종인 애기등(Wisteria japonica Siebold & Zucc.) 등 4분류군, III등급종인 거문딸기(Rubus trifidus Thunb) 등 45분류군, II등급종인 닭의난초(Epipactis thunbergii A. Gray) 등 16분류군, I등급종인 천일담배풀(Carpesium glossophyllum Maxim.) 등 56분류군이 확인되었다. 귀화식물로는 냄새명아주(Cerastium glomeratum Thuill.) 등 32분류군이 확인되었다.

• 한국자원식물학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.162-194
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• 2018

진도군 진도의 식물상을 밝히고 주요 식물들의 분포를 파악하기 위해 2012년 5월부터 2014년 10월까지 총 48일, 22회의 현지조사를 수행하였다. 현지조사 결과 조사지역의 관속식물은 134과 437속에 속하는 704종 11아종 60변종 7품종 등 782분류군으로 조사되었다. 이 중에는 환경부 지정 멸종위기 야생생물 II급 끈끈이귀개, 지네발란 2분류군, 한반도 특산식물 14분류군, 식물구계학적 특정식물 중III등급 이상 53분류군이 포함된다. 귀화식물은 73분류군으로서 귀화율은 9.3%로 나타났다.