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Additional Chromosome Numbers of Hawaiian Flowering Plants1 Pacific Science (1985), vol. 39, no. 3 © 1985 by the University of Hawaii Press. All rights reserved Additional Chromosome Numbers of Hawaiian Flowering Plants 1 G ERALD D. CARR 2 ABSTRACT: Chromosome numbers of 30 collections representing 29 species and 16 families of Hawaiian flowering plants are presented an d discussed.The chromosome numbers of 24 of these species have not previously been reported. Chromosome numbers are also documented for the first time in the genera Colubrina (n = 24), Isodendrion (n = 8), Notho cestrum (n = c. 24), Remya (n = 18), and Schiedea (n = 30). As OF 1978, CHROMOSOME NUMBERS were In the remainder of thi s paper these indexes known for only about 17.1% ofthe species of are cited by number. Voucher specimens are Hawaiian flora (Carr 1978). Moreover , mo st deposited at HISH or HAW. In instances where of these taxa are known from a single deter­ voucher specimens were not collected con­ mination. Thus, the need for additional cyt­ comitant with cytological materials, an exist­ ological work in Hawaii is great. The present ing alternate specimen from the same popu­ paper provides first reports of chromosome lation is cited. numbers for an additional 24 species, 5 of which also represent first reports for the genera Colubrina, Isodendrion, Nothocestrum, RESULTS AND DISCUSSION Remya, and Schiedea . This brings the nu mber of cytologically determined Hawaiian species CARYOPHYLLACEAE: The report ofn = 30 for to about 271 (18.8%). Schiedea verticillata (Table 1) represents the first for this Hawaiian endemic genus. The related Hawaiian genus Alsinodendron has also been MATERIALS AND METHODS reported to have n = 30 (Skottsberg 1955). At least half a dozen ot her genera in the The chromosome numbers reported herein fami ly also have been reported to have the were determined from meiotic divisions in mi­ same chromosome number (indexes 1-6). The crosporocytes. Material for study was pre­ number n = 12 given here for Silene struth­ served and stored in mo dified Carnoy's fixa­ ioloides agrees with most other reports for the tive (6 chloroform : 3 absolute ethanol : 1 gla­ genus, including an earlier one for this species cial acetic acid; v: v). Anthers were squashed by Krukeberg (1960) . The only other record in acetocarmine, and slides were made per­ for this genus from Hawaii (S. hawaiiensis manent in Hoyer's solution (cf. Beeks 1955). Sherff) also agrees (Carr 1978). Chromosome indexes consulted for this re­ AMARANTHACEAE: Amaranthus brownei, first po rt include (1) Fedorov (1974), (2) Moore reported here to have n = 17, is the on ly (1973), (3) Moore (1974), (4) Moore (1977), species ofthe genus that is endemic to the Ha­ (5) Goldblatt (198 1), and (6) Goldblatt (1984). waiian Islands. This record agrees with many other reports for extra-Hawaiian representa­ tives of the genus. The other prominent num ­ 1 Travel funds from National Science Found ation grant no. DEB-7822819 facilitated the collection of some ber in Amaranthus is n = 16 (indexes 1- 6). of the materials used in this study. Manuscript accepted 20 April 1985. POLYGONACEAE: The report here of n = 30 2 University of Hawaii, Dep artmen t of Botany, 3190 for the Hawaiian endemic Rumex skottsbergii Maile Way, Hon olulu , Hawaii 96822. agrees with an earlier one for this species given 302 Chromosome Numbers of Hawaiian Flowering Plants-CARR 303 TABLE I C HROMOSOME N UMBERS OF H AWAliAN PLA NTS . TAXON n COLLECTION DATA Car yoph yllaceae · ·Schiedea verticillata F. Br. in Christoph. & Caum 30 Nihoa, Devil's Slide, Conant 115 Silene struthioloides A. Gray 12 Hawaii, Mauna Kea summit road, Carr 1092, cf. M cEldowney 4 Amaranthaceae • Amaranthus brownei Christoph . & Caum 17 Nihoa, Miller Ridge, Conant III Polygonaceae Rumex skottsbergii Deg. & Deg. 30 Nihoa, Devil's Slide, Conant 116 Malvaceae •Abutilon menziesii Seem. 14 Oahu,Ewa Plains, Char et al. 81.002 Violaceac ··Isodendrion longifolium A. Gray 8 Oahu , Puu Pane, Obata et al. 77-311 •I. subsessilifolium Heller 8 Kauai, Milolii Ridge, Robi chaux , cf. Hobdy 1817 • Viola helena Forbes & Lydgate var. lanaiensis Rock 40 Lanai, Lanai Hale, Carr 1054 Cucurbitaceae "Sicyos nihoaensis St. John 12 Nihoa, Miller Ridge, Conant 112 Fabaceae "Sesbania sp. nov. Char 1 12 Kauai, Man a, Char 81.008 "Sesbania sp. nov. Char 2 12 Kauai , Polihale , Char 81.007 Thyme1aeaccae • Wikstroemia lanaiensis Skott sb. var. acutifolia Skottsb. 9 Lanai, Lanai Hale, Carr et al. 1053 Euph orbiaceae • Euphorbia arnott iana Endl. c. 19 Oahu, Waialae Nui , Robichaux , cf. Warshauer 2140 •E. celastroides Boiss. in A. DC . c. 19 Oahu , Kacna Point, Rob ichaux , cf. Degener 20814 • E. clusiaef olia Hook. & Am. c. 19 Oahu , Manana Trail, Robichaux , cf. Takeuchi 65 • E.fo rbesii Sherif c. 19 Oahu, Pahole Gulch , Robichaux, cr. Herbst 1428 •E. hillebrandii Levl . c. 19 Oahu, Pahole Gulch , Robichaux, cf. Herbst 1901 •E. multiformis Hook. & Am . c. 19 Oahu , Waahila Ridge, Robichaux , cf. Carlquist 1619 Rhamnaceae · · Colubrina oppositifolia Brogn. ex Mann 24 Hawaii, Kaupulehu Forest Reserve, Carr 1074 Rutaceae • Platydesma rostrata Hillebrand 18 Kau ai, Awaawapuhi Trail, Carr, cf. Stone 1599 Apiaceae • Sanicula sandwicensis A. Gray 8 Maui, Haleakala, Halemauu Tr. summit, Carr & Linney 1158 8 Hawaii , Mauna Kca, Herbst, cf. St. John 26958 Solanaceae ··Nothocestrum longifolium A. Gray var. longifolium c. 24 Oahu, Paho le Gulch , Stemmermann 1122 •Solanum nelsoni Dunal in A. DC. 12 Nihoa , Miller Valley, Conant 102 Boraginaceae Heliotropium curassavicum L. 13 Oahu , Kaen a Point, Carr 995 Goodeniaceae "Scaevola kauaiensis (Deg.) St. John 16 Kauai, Mt. Kahili, Robichaux, cf. Gagne & Montgomery 576 S. procera Hillebrand 8 Kauai, Wahiawa Bog Robichaux , cf. St. John & Fosberg 13594 Asteraceae •Keysseria helenae (Forbes & Lydgate) Cabrera 27 Kauai, Waialeale summit, Medeiros 604 •••Madia sativa Molina 16 Maui , Haleakala, Carr 1036 ••Remya mauiensis Hillebrand 18 West Maui, Manawainui Gulch , Stemmermann 2330 NOTE: *denotes species not reported in chromosome indexes; .* denotes genera not reported in chrom osome indexes; .*. denotes species not native to Hawaii. 304 PACIFIC SCIENCE, Volume 39, July 1985 by Degraeve (1975) and also with a report EUPHORBIACEAE : The meiotic counts of n = for the endemic R . giganteus Ait. (Love 1967). c. 19 given here for six species of Euphorbia A third Hawaiian endemic species, R . albe­ (Table 1)apparently represent the first reports scens Hillebrand, is reported to have n = 18 for Hawaiian members of the genus. An at­ (Skottsberg 1955) and n = 20 (Love 1967). tempt was made to verify the chromosome Additional chromosome counts may be help­ number by examining mitotic divisions in root ful in clarifying the taxonomy of the Hawaiian tips of E. celastroides. Although two seemingly representatives of this genus. unambiguous cells were resolved at 2n = 38, the considerable range in size ofchromosomes MALVACEAE: Th e chromosome number of in the genome and the small sample size make Abutilon men ziesii is reported here for the first additional confirmation desirable. A very time as n = 14. This agrees with at least two wide range of chromosome numbers are known other species in the genus (index 1). The only in Euphorbia , including a continuous series oth er Hawaiian species of this genus that is from n = 18 to n = 22 (indexes 1-6). chromosomally known is A . incanum (Link) Sweet, with n = 7 (Carr 1978). RHAMNACEAE: The number of n = 24 for Colubrina oppos itifolia is the first report for VIOLAC EAE: The counts here for Isodendrion this Hawaiian endemic genus. Among Rham­ longifolium and I. subsessilifolium of n = 8 naceae , this number appears to be otherwise represent the first for this Hawaiian endemic restricted to Z izyphus, although n = 12 is genus. This number is kno wn in the genera common in at least five other genera (indexes Hybanthus (indexes 2, 3, 6) and Ionidium (in­ 1,2,4-6). dexes 2, 5, 6). It is also known, but rare, in the RUTACEAE: The first report here of n 18 genus Viola, for example, in V. kitaib eliana = for Platydesma rostrata agrees with a previous Schult. and V. hymettia Boiss. & Heldr. (index report for P. cornuta Hillebrand, the only 5). More recently , the author has detected other species cytologically known in this n = 8 in Agatea from New Caledonia. The Hawaiian endemic genus (Carr 1978). The count here of n = 40 for V. helena is the first same number is very common in other genera for this Hawaiian endemic species. It agrees of the family (indexes 1-6). with the count reported for V. tracheliifolia Gingins from Hawaii (Carr 1978). In Viola, APIACEAE: The chromosome number of this number is otherwise known only in V. Sanicula sandwicensis is reported here for the nannei Polakowsky (Davidse 1970). first time as n = 8. Most other species of this genus have the same number (index 1). CUCURBITACEAE: The first report here of n = 12 for Sicycos nihoaensis agrees with that SOLANACEAE: The chromosome number of for two other Hawaiian species of the genus Solanum nelsoni first recorded here as n = 12 (Carr 1978). The only other species of the agrees with most other reports for the genus. genus that is chromosomally known also has Numbers ofn = 11,18,23,24,30, and 36 also the same number (indexes 1, 4, 5). occur in the literature on Solanum (indexes 1-6). The report here ofn = c. 24 for No thoces­ FABACEAE: The chromosome numbers n = trum longifolium represents the first chromo­ 12reported here for Sesbania represent counts some determination in this Hawaiian endemic for two new species in the genus (Cha r 1983). genus. These counts agree with many others for the genus, although numbers ofn = 6,7,8, and 16 BORAGINACEAE: The indigenous Heliotro­ have also been reported (indexes 1,2,4-6).
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