- 著者
- Kenji Suetsugu Shun K. Hirota Koji Yonekura Atsushi Abe Yoshihisa Suyama Tian-Chuan Hsu
- 出版者
- The Japanese Society for Plant Systematics
- 雑誌
- Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica (ISSN:13467565)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.74, no.2, pp.121-129, 2023-07-31 (Released:2023-09-08)
The present study documents the first record of Thrixspermum annamense (Orchidaceae) from Iriomote Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan, expanding its known distribution beyond Vietnam, Thailand, Taiwan, China, and Malaysia. While the morphologically similar taxon T. fantasticum is present on the island, it can be distinguished from T. fantasticum by its somewhat narrower and more rigid leaves, slightly narrower sepals, densely hairy midlobe of the lip, and the absence of two horn-like appendages at the base of the midlobe. A detailed morphological analysis also revealed that the plants discovered on Iriomote Island closely resemble T. annamense from Taiwan but show consistent morphological and molecular distinctions from T. annamense from Vietnam, the type locality. Despite those differences, the high similarity in gross morphology and most lip structures of the plants from Japan, Taiwan, and Vietnam indicates that they all belong to T. annamense at the species level. Consequently, considering the genetic and morphological differences, we propose resurrecting the name T. devolianum, originally described from Taiwan, and reclassifying it as a variety of T. annamense (T. annamense var. devolianum). A neotype for T. devolianum is also designated.
- 著者
- Chie Tsutsumi Ayako Maeda Atsushi Abe Yumi Yamashita Tomohisa Yukawa Satoshi Kakishima
- 出版者
- National Museum of Nature and Sciece (National Science Museum, Tokyo)
- 雑誌
- 国立科学博物館研究報告B類(植物学) (ISSN:18819060)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.47, no.3, pp.131-141, 2021-08-20 (Released:2021-08-31)
- 参考文献数
- 24
The taxonomy of Japanese Oberonia, particularly O. makinoi, has been confusing. Molecular analyses of Japanese Oberonia, including plants called “O. makinoi,” were performed. Phylogenetic trees deduced from the nuclear internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region, the plastid matK with trnK introns, and single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) data derived from MIG-seq show that “O. makinoi” collected from Shikoku and Kyushu is distinctive from the other species of Oberonia. The plants called “O. makinoi” differ from O. japonica in the leaf size and the flowering season. Furthermore, samples from the Ryukyus (Okinawa and Amami Islands) appear conspecific with, or closely related to “O. makinoi.” The taxonomic treatment of Japanese Oberonia requires further analyses using samples collected from central Japan and comparison to congeners in neighboring areas, particularly in Taiwan, where similar species are distributed.