Wood Anatomy of Hawaiian and New Guinean Species of (): Ecological and Systematic Aspects’

Sherwin Carlquist2 and Timothy K Lowrey3

Abstract: Qualitative and quantitative features are reported for five Hawaiian and one New Guinean species of Tetramolopium. Tetrarnolopium hurnile differs from the other Hawaiian species in its numerous narrow vessels, numerous vasicentric tracheids, and wide rays. Although these features are adaptive in the dry alpine localities of T. humile, they would be adaptive also in the remaining species, which are from dry to moderately dry lowland localities. Thus, one can consider these features of T. humile as systematic indicators. The wood of T pumilurn (New Guinea) has distinctive wide, tall rays that may be related to the short stems in this species; T. pumilum has wood more mesornorphic than that of any of the Hawaiian species. Within Hawaiian Tetramolopium, wood anatomy correlates with dryness of habitat. The species of Tetramolopium studied have highly xeromorphic wood in comparison with woods of dicotyledons at large.

Tetramolopium, A of tribe humile (Carlquist 1960, 1994). Some Hawai (Hoffmann 1890), has had a varied taxonomic ian Tetramolopium species are extinct or very history (see Lowrey et al. 2001). Cladistic restricted in distribution (Lowrey 1986, analysis of molecular and morphological data 1990), so the assemblage of material in this sets (Lowrey et al. 2001) shows that Tetra study is unlikely to be bettered. The spe molopium is polyphyletic. Most of the species cies referred to Tetramolopium are subshrubs. are nested within , but T vagans Wood of subshrubs is rarely collected or Pedley and, on a different branch, T pumilurn studied anatomically by botanists. Thus, the Mattf. are outgroups of Vittadinia. The Ha availability of the material studied here rep waiian species of the current study all branch resents an unusual opportunity to record in from a single dade. The results of the Low formation on Tetramolopium wood anatomy. rey et al. (2001) analysis will lead to taxo The wood of Tetramolopium is potentially nomic changes. The inclusion of T. pumilunt of interest because the genus has speciated on in this study offers comparisons with the the Hawaiian Islands (11 species, many with wood anatomy of the Hawaiian species. Ob infraspecifically distinct populations). Most viously, study of wood anatomy of the entire Hawaiian taxa are restricted to localities that “Vittadinia group” of genera is desirable. Be qualify as xeric (Lowrey 1986). These habitats cause the species composing this group are represent a diversity of geological and eda geographically widespread in and on phic formations, ranging from alpine cinders Pacific islands and are nonwoody, the species (Haleakala, Maui) to lithified calcareous have not been studied hitherto except for T. dunes (western Moloka’i). Only T lepidotum occurs in moderately mesic sites, west-facing slopes of ridges in the Wai’anae Mountains, O’ahu (Lowrey 1986). Ecological analysis of I Manuscript accepted 17 June 2002. wood anatomy of Tetramolopium is appropri 2 Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, 1212 Mission Can yon Road, Santa Barbara, California 93105. ate in view of the xeric nature of these sites, Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, because wood anatomy sensitively reflects Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131. ecology in Asteraceae (Carlquist 1966). A distinction is attempted here between char acters that represent direct adaptation to Pacific Science (2003), vol. 57, no. 2:171—179 and those that are systematic in © 2003 by University of Hawai’i Press ecology All rights reserved dicators regardless of ecology. The study of

171

here.

follows

that

text the in

comments

with

embedded

stems

softened

of

sections crotome

1

Table

in

given

are

features

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rotary by obtained were results cessful

suc more Slightly

way. this in obtained were

RESULTS

sections satisfactory some although crotome,

mi

sliding a

on

sectioning

for

objects cult

clear.

are

availability) moisture

(especially

diffi

specimens

Tetramolopium

render

texture

conditions ecological and

means

simple

tween

wood of

brittleness

and size

stem

Small

be

parallels close the

1985),

Hoekman and

study.

for

available

was

collection

Carlquist

1966,

(Carlquist

offered are

gories,

per

specimen

single a

Only

anatomy.

wood of

cate

defined

crudely in

even

data,

ecological

patterns

mature contain

to

sufficient

diameter

where

but

significance,

statistical

have then a

of

were

field

the in

collected specimens

few

cannot

papers

such in

data

quantitative that

a

only

of

samples Wood

field.

the in

lected

say

can

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followed.

procedure the

is today,

col

was

collections other of

wood

houses;

anatomy

wood

in comparative

papers all

ally

green

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Mexico New

of

University

virtu

in

followed

a procedure

means,

simple

the

in

cultivated

specimens from

derived

was

of

presentation

the

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time). in

1000 above

numbered

collections

Lowrey

moment one

any at

functional is

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the

of

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Moloka’i.

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for know not

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of diameter

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1630, Lowrey

Lowrey,

John)

mean to

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condition

wood

of

rapidity

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calcisabulorum

var.

Sherif

rockii T.

Guinea;

(e.g.,

means

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main

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speci

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portions and

specimens

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number

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Guimu

separating

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limited

the where

justified not

simply is data

200

1546, Lourey

Mattf.,

pumilum T.

O’ahu;

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manipulation

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single

m,

850

Kaua, Pu’u

of E

ridge

1643, Lozvrey

a from

derived often

were

measurements

O’ahu;

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Wai’anae Kaua,

Pu’u

from

derived Data

great.

not is

samples wood

to

leading trail

below

slope

NE-facing 416,

in

population cell a of

uniformity of

degree

Lowrey

lepidotum,

subsp.

Sherif

(Less.)

idotum

the

and

studied

are

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cell

limited lep

T.

Maui;

Haleakal,

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such

because

anatomy

wood on papers

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424,

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Maui;

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summit

uncommon are

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readers. some

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(uc), 8

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etc.)

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T.

O’ahu;

m, 915

(e.g.,

analysis statistical

of kinds of

absence

Ridge,

‘Ohikilolo

1645,

Lowrey

Lowrey,

The

(2001). Cariquist

and

(1950)

Chalk and

(Sherif)

polyphyllurn

var. Sherif

filfbrme

T.

Metcalfe of

usage the

follows which

cheid,”

Hawai’i; m,

1550 Area,

Saddle

1639,

Lowrey

tra

“vasicentric

term the for except

(1964),

Hillebr., Gray) (A.

arenarium

I

indicated):

Nomenclature on

Committee IAWA

the

low

otherwise

unless

at

UNM (collections

follows

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contact in =

vessels of pair

as are

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for

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METHODS calculated was AND MATERIALS grouping Vessel diameter. men

lu mean as measured was diameter Vessel

safranin. with

stained

and

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Jeffrey’s

with sites. lowland

from

are others

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(SEM).

croscope al are

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species

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electron

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examined

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temperature

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also but ity,

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processed but

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in greenhouse-grown and wild-collected both

2003 April SCIENCE PACIFIC 172 Wood Anatomy of Tetramolopium Cariquist and Lowrey 173

TABLE 1 A7ood Features of Tetrarnolopiurn

Species VG VD VM VL FL MR MW ME

T arenariurn 3.90 10 151 118 345 532 4.9 7.9 T.fi1fornie 3.00 19 299 110 343 1,226 4.1 3.1 T humile—wild >10 6 641 102 211 991 8.4 0.9 T. lepidotum 1.66 20 124 92 327 411 3.0 14.8 Wild 2.89 18 275 91 299 558 4.2 6.0 T. purnilum 1.78 20 95 86 280 1,502 6.7 18.1 T. rockii 6.27 11 280 107 305 870 3.4 4.2 Wild 4.65 11 469 137 284 1,025 3.8 3.2 Collections, means 4.89 14 292 105 299 899 4.3 7.3

VG, mean number of vessels per group; VD, mean vessel lumen diameter, pm; VM, mean number of vessels per square milli meter; VL, mean vessel element length, pm; FL, mean libriform fiber length, pm; MH, mean height of multiseriate rays, sm; MW, mean width of multiseriate rays at widest point (number of cells); ME, mesomorphy ratio (vessel diameter times vessel element length divided by vessel number per square millimeter). Collections and methods cited in Materials and Methods; voucher specimens not cited as “wild” are from greenhouse-grown collections and have Lowrev collecnon numbers above 1000.

Qualitative features are reported in the text cotyledons as a whole by Metcalfe and Chalk that follows. (1950). The range in vessel density in Tetra molopium is from 95 to 641 vessels per square millimeter, and if one compares vessel density Quantitative Vessel Features with vessel lumen diameter for the various As seen in transections, vessels in Tetramo species, one finds that these two dimensions lopium are mostly grouped in radial multiples. are close to being inverse. This is most evident in Figures 1 and 4, but The range in mean vessel element length may also be seen in Figure 5 (lower half) in the species studied, 86—118 jim, is very re and Figure 9. The greatest degree of vessel stricted, almost uniform in comparison with grouping occurs in T. humile (Table 1, Fig the range in dicotyledons at large. The mean ures 7, 8). Although wider vessels are readily for dicotyledons at large is 649 jim (Metcalfe evident in T hurnile wood transections (Fig and Chalk 1950). Mean axial diameter of pit ure 7), what appear to be libriform fibers in cavities in vessels is close to 3.0 jim, slightly transection are mostly narrow vessels and va less in some. Vessel wall thickness averages sicentric tracheids, as evident in Figure 8 by close to 2.2 jim in the species studied. the numerous bordered pits (beaded appear ance) on the fibriform elements. The range in vessel grouping from 1.78 to >10 is greater Vessel Morphology than in most groups of dicotyledons. The range in mean lumen diameter in the Perforation plates are exclusively simple. species studied is from 6 jim in T. lepidotum Lateral wall pitting in vessels consists of al (Figure 4) to 20 jim in T. pumilum (Figure 9). ternate circular bordered pits; pit apertures However, the narrowest vessels in the genus are narrowly elliptical. Helical sculpturing is may be found in T. humile (Figure 7), both in absent on vessel walls. Vessels are less com earlier formed secondary xylem and asso monly angular as seen in transection (Figure ciated with wider vessels; such vessels are 1), more commonly rounded (Figures 4, 5, 7, often the same in diameter as libriform fibers. 9, 11). Radially widened vessels are present in The narrowness of vessels in Tetramolopium is T. arenarium (Figure 1), although they are placed in relief by the mean vessel diameter of more nearly circular in outline in the other 99.6 jim (outside diameter) reported for di- species (Figures 5, 7, 9, 11).

pm.

5 3,

scale

=

Figure pm);

10

(divisions 1

=

Figure in

4,

scale 2,

1,

Figures later.

wider

wood,

formed

earliest in

narrow

vessels

showing

transection

4l6), (Lowrey

lepidoturn

subsp.

lepidoturn

T.

4.

photograph.

SEM section,

tangential of cell

ray

from crystals

3,

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multiseriate. all

are rays

section;

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line.

out

in

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commonly

vessels

1, Transection;

arenarium. T. 1—3.

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the

numerous

more The

2001).

(Carlquist predom

are

cells Ray

1).

(Table lepidotum

grouping

vessel

of

degree

is safety

conductive T. in

except

height

average in

m 500

exceed

conferring

feature

additional

An

1999). al. et

rays

Multiseriate 10).

(Figure

pumilum T.

and

Davis

1994, al.

et

Hargrave

1975,

(Carlquist

8) 7,

(Figures

humile T. in

except

point

widest

occurred

have

embolisms

after

columns

the at

width

in

cells

five than

less

average

water

restoring

in and

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of

tion

rays

multiseriate

The

rockii). T.

and

fihiforme,

forma the

deterring in

effective to be

ported

T

T. arenarium, in

observed

were

rays

senate

re

features

are

Tetramolopium

in

observed

uni of

number

small (a very

exclusively

most

millimeter)

square per

(numerous

elements

al

rays

multiseriate

of

consist

rays

Vascular

vessel

narrow short, The 1985). Hoekman

and

(Cariquist shrubs desert Rays Californian

of

those than xeromorphy) more of dicative

(in

lower

even

are that

values

finds one

group.

vessel

or

a

vessel

with

contact in

1),

(Table

species

for

Tetramolopium

derived

are

cells few a

only

scanty;

and

vasicentric is

is ratio

this If 1985).

Hoekman

and quist

species all

in

parenchyma

Axial

humile. T. and

Carl

(e.g., nature

arbitrary

apparent

its

spite

arenarium T. in

observed

were

walls lignified

de

ecology,

of indicator

sensitive a

proved

with

cells

parenchyma

axial

Nonsubdivided

has

millimeter)

square per

vessels

of

ber

species.

most in

walls

lignified with

cells of

num

by

divided

length

element

vessel

times

pair a

of consist

parenchynia

axial of

Strands

diameter (vessel Ratio” “Mesomorphy The

Parenchyma Axial

Conclusions Habital and Ecological

left).

12).

11,

(Figures

9,

(Figure

pumilum T.

in

occur

tangentially

T. rockii

especially

and

9),

(Figure

pumilum

wide

unusually are

that fibers

libriform of T

2), 1,

(Figures

T. arenarium

in

vessels to

bands

Radial

septate.

not

are and pits

slitlike

adjacent cells

or

vessels in

observed were

ing)

minute

bear

fibers Libriform

elements.

vessel

stain before

(yellowish

compounds

staining

of

thickness

wall than

im greater

0.2—0.4

Dark- 3).

(Figure

arenarium T. of

cells

ray

is

fibers

libriform of

thickness

Wall studied). a few

in

observed

were

crystals

Rhomboidal

species the

for 3.3 to 2.2 from range types cell

two

the of length in C’ontents ratios C’ellular mean (the ments

ele

vessel than longer appreciably average

fibers

Libriform 8). and 6 Figures

(compare

bottom).

and

humile

T.

than

other

species

the in

wood

center, top, at

bands,

three in

vessels

wide 11,

of

background the

form fibers

Libriform

(Figure rockii T. and bottom), 7, (Figure humile

T.

top), 5, (Figure

fihiforme

T in earlywood

Fibers

Libriform

demarcate vessels Wider 8). (Figure present is

storying vague species, that in humile; T. than

other humile. T species than the in other observed was

storying

No

species in observed not were tracheids

centric

Rings

Grozvth Vasi

Storying; species. this of wood the in elsewhere

patches in occur fibers libriform of numbers

small

although 8, and 7

Figures in shown

lepidotum.

are

fibers

libriform no T

of rays tracheids; in centric observed were

cells

lignified

vasi

termed be

must

thus non and Occasional pits. imperforate simple

small,

bear and

are half

about and

elements, thickness in vessel im narrow 0.3—0.5

about

are

walls

cell

are 8

and 7

Figures

in Ray shown

12). 6, 2, elements the (Figures of common

equally

about

half

About 1994).

1960,

are cells (Carlquist humile procumbent T and

square,

upright,

in

earlier

reported

were

studied, tracheids species other Vasicentric the in but 10), (Figure

pumilum T

and humile T. in upright inantly

Tracheids Vasicentric

2003 April SCIENCE PACIFIC 176 FIGURFS 9—12. Wood sections in Tetramolopiurn. 9—10. T. pumilum. 9, Transection; radial strip of exceptionally wide libriform fibers near left. 10, Tangential section; notably wide ray shown. 11—12. T. rockii var. calcisabulorurn. 11, Transection; dark gray deposits in some vessels and adjacent cells represent oleoresins. 12, Tangential section; most ray cells are upright cells. Figures 9—12, scale in Figure 1.

Tetramo

of

species

Hawaiian

the

in served

paedomor

the

with

consonant

is

molopium

ob

were

cells

ray in

crystals Rhomboidal

in Tetra

cells

upright of

preponderance

or

habitats.

different

into

radiated

that

group

abundance

The species.

this in

rays tall

wide,

the

in

species

other the

in

maintained not

the to

related probably are and

distinctive

features

macromorphological and

anatomical

are

pumilum T. of

stems thick

short,

atively

wood

possesses

apparently

humile

T true,

If

rel The

species.

Hawaiian

the of any

of that

species.

a polymorphic

of

introduction single

than

mesomorphic

more

slightly

is

Guinea,

a

after

sorting phyletic

from

resulted

have New from

pumilum, T.

of

wood

The

may lineage

Hawaiian the

in

versification

features.

wood

quantitative phic

di

evolutionary

that

suggested have (1997)

xeromor

more

had

specimen

field-collected

al. et

Okada

and (1995)

Lowrey

thermore,

the 1),

(Table

compared be

could

species

Fur

lineage.

the in

taxon diverging

early

an

a particular

of

wood

greenhouse-grown a

and

is

humile T

that

suggests taxa

Hawaiian the

a

field-collected

where

However, 1).

(Table

in 1997) al. et (Okada data

RFLP

and 1995)

greenhouse-cultivated

from

derived

(Lowrey

morphology

of

analysis

logenetic

were

specimens

the of

most

that fact

the

Phy

1995).

(Lowrey

lineage

Hawaiian the in

despite mesic to

xeric

from

habitats in

range

autapomorphic

are that

characters

phological

the

parallel data

wood

quantitative the that

mor

several

exhibits also

humile

ramolopium interesting is

It 1986).

(Lowrey

O’ahu tains,

Tet

humile. T.

of

autapomorphies

represent Moun

Wai’anae

m,

600—900 forest,

mesic

may

features

wood these

Therefore,

cies.

of faces

cliff

species,

Hawaiian

any of

cality

spe alpine

just not

species,

lowland in

found

lo

mesomorphic most

the in occurs

which

be

can

genera,

dicotyledonous other in

that,

lepidotum, of T.

that

is studied

species ian

features are

they

the genus, within

adaptive Hawai the

of

wood

mesomorphic

most The

are

humile T.

of

features wood

the

Although

adaptive. are

elements

vessel short

narrow,

genus.

the

within

distinctive as

humile T of

its where

1986),

(Lowrey

Moloka’i

western

achenes

nerved the

to attention

called

(1890)

of dunes sand

lithified

calcareous as the

sites

Hoffmann species.

the of

distinctive most

dry such

in occurs

rockii

Tetramolopium

the as it mark humile T of

tracheids

centric

(1999).

al. et

Davis

vasi

and

vessels narrow

numerous the and by

offered

were

embolisms

freezing-induced

storying

The

concept. this with

consonant

in

function

a similar

suggesting

servations

are

data wood

The

2001). et a!.

Lowrey 1997,

ob

and

(1994), a!.

et

Hargrave by

provided

al.

et

Okada

1995,

(Lowrey

data

molecular

been

have vessels wide

than

better lisms

and

morphological

of

analyses

phylogenetic

embo

drought-induced

resist

vessels

narrow

on

based

monophyletic be

to

thought are

that idea

the

supporting

data

perimental

humile T.

than

other species

Hawaiian The

Ex 1975). (Cariquist tension under itation

cav resist to

hypothesized

been have and

conclusions

Systematic

1966) (Carlquist drought with correlated are

vessels Narrow localities. midelevation

mesic

moist.

steadily

moderately to

lowland dry

from

occur

species

more be to

likely

levels

soil

deeper reach

the of

remainder

The freezing.

and

drought

roots when

conduction)

rapid at

(efficient tive

both

experiences

it

where

habitat

alpine

an

adap

more

are

vessels wider but

soil,

drying

in occurs that

species

Hawaiian

only the

is

readily

shallow,

very in mostly

are roots

when

which hurnile,

T. of that

is

clearly

here studied

safer

conductively are

vessels

narrow

cause woods

the of

xeroinorphic

most

The

be perennials,

herbaceous or

subshrubs in

Asteraceae. of

species

average

finds

often

one a feature

is 4)

(Figure

stem a

the of that

with compared

high

is

I Table

in age

with

diameter

vessel

in

increase The

in shown grouping

vessel

of

degree

The

2001). Carlquist

(see

phylad a

for

ancestry

group. the of

vessels

the

of

many in

broken

woody

strongly

not or

a herbaceous

indicate are

columns

water if

even

maintained

be

can

cells

upright of

proportion

high a

with rays

pathway

conductive a

that

chances the

greater

that

states

which

wood, in

hypothesis

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