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Dissertation contains pages with print at a slant, filmed as received 16. Other University Microfilms International ma A MONOGRAPH OF TOE GENUS (CKASSULACEAE-SEMPERVIVDIDEAE) DISSERTATION Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy in the Graduate School of the Ohio State University By Ho-yih Liu ***** The Ohio State University 1986 Dissertation Conmittee: Dr. Daniel J. Crawford Dr. Katherine L. Gross Dr. Tod F. Stuessy Copyright by Ho-yih Liu 1986 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Numerous people have assisted in the completion of this dissertation. Dr. Tod. F. Stuessy, my major professor, is greatly acknowledged for his encourgement and guidance throughout all phases of lry graduate study. Thanks alo go to my conmittee Drs. Daniel J. Crawford, Katherine L. Gross for their critical conments on the dissertation. I also wish to express my appreciation to many graduate students who through their stimulating discussions contributed to the study. Field work for this study was supported by NSF grant, Sigma Xi, and the Graduate School of the Ohio State University which are greatfully appreciated. I also wish to thank the curators of the numerous herbaria who loaned specimens for this study. Special thanks to my wife for her support. VITA December 3, 1952 Born - Tapei, Taiwan 1975 B. S., Botany, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan 1977 M. S., Botany, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan 1977-1978 Teacher, Biology, TUnghai University, Taichu, Taiwan 1978-1979 Assistant Researcher, Pharmacy, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan 1980-1985 Graduate Associate, Botany, the Ohio State University, Columbus, CXiio PUBLICATIONS Stuessy, T. F., and H.-7. Liu. 1983. Anatomy of the pericarp of Clibadium. Desmanthodium. and Ichthyothece (Compositae, Heliantheae) and systematic implications. Rhodora 85:213-221. Liu, H.-Y. 1984. Notes on Taiwan Cucurbitaceae. Taiwania 28:117-121. FIELDS OF STUDY Major Field: Botany Studies in Plant Systematics. Professor Tod F. Stuessy TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ii VITA iii LIST OF TABLES V LIST OF FIGURES vi INTRODUCTION 1 TAXONOMIC HISTORY 3 SYSTEMATIC POSITION AND GENERIC RELATIONSHIPS 7 COMPARATIVE MORPHOLOGY AND ANATOMY 11 CYTOLOGY . 28 HYBRIDIZATION 35 PHENETICS 36 PHYLOGENETIC RECONSTRUCTION 50 PHYTOGEOGRAPHY . 55 ADAPTIVE RADIATION 63 TAXONOMIC TREATMENT 79 LITERATURE CITED 227 - IV - LIST OF TABLES TABLE PASE 1. Chromosome numbers in Aeonium 30 2. Characters and states used in the phenetic and cladistic analyses of Aeonium 39 3. Data matrix of taxa and characters of Aeonium for phenetic and cladistic study 41 - v - LIST OP FIGURES FIGURE PAGE 1. Nectariferous gland of Aichryson punctata™ .... 8 2. Nectariferous gland of Aeonium arhoreum var. arboreum 8 3. Placentation of Greenovia diplocycla 8 4. Stem reticulation in Aeonium section Leuconium 15 5. Multicellular trichome in Aeonium lindleyi var. lindleyi 15 6. Unicellular trichome in Aeonium ciliatum 15 7. Unicellular trichome in Aeonium glandulosum ... 15 8. Phenograra of taxa of Aeonium using UPGMA cluster analysis 45 9. Principal coordinates analysis of taxa of Aeonium showing three-dimensional projection of OTOs on axes representing the first three factors 47 10. Cladograra of taxa of the genus Aeonium based on parsimony 53 11. Geographical distribution of genera of the subfamily Sempervivoideae 56 12. Major wind directions near the Canary Islands . 59 13. Topography of Tenerife 67 14. Altidudinal distribution of taxa of Aeonium on Tenerife 69 \ 15. Different "ecological strategies" of taxa of Aeonium on Tenerife. 71 16. Growth forms of Aeonium arranged in possible evolutionary sequences 77 - vi - 17. Distribution of section Petrothamnium 97 18. Distribution of section Chrysocome 120 19. Distribution of section Patinaria 138 20. Line drawing of Aeonium korneliuslemsii 149 21. Distribution of section Aeonium in eastern Canary Islands and Morocco 151 22. Distribution of section Aeonium in western Canary Islands 165 23. Distribution of section Megalonium 171 24. Distribution of section Pittonium in Macaronesia 177 25. Distribution of section Pittonium in eastern Africa and Yemen 185 26. Line drawing of Aeonium stuessyi 188 27. Distribution of section Leuconium in Gran Canaria, Hierro, Lanzarotef and la Palma 194 28. Distribution of section Leuconium in Ganera and Tenerife 203 29. Line drawing of Aeonium davidbranwellii 216 - vii - BrcSCDUCFIGN Aeonlum Webb & Berth. (Crassulaceae; Sempervivoideae) is a large, polymorphic, and ecologically diverse genus of 31 species and six varieties growing in Macaronesia (Canary Islands, Cape Verde Islands, Madeira, and Southern Morocco), eastern Africa, and Yemen. The genus has its center of diversity, both in number of species and in morphological variation, in the Canary Islands. Different growth forms are found within the genus, ranging from subacaulescent to shrubby, monocarpic to non-monocarpic, and including biennials and perennials in the archipelago. In addition, the Canarian species of Aeonium occupy a wide range of habitats, front subalpine cloud forests to coastal deserts. The relationship between growth form and habitat in Aeonium on the Canary Islands was extensively studied by Lems (1960). He suggested that growth forms within the genus were the result of adaptive radiation, and because of this spectacular variation, even coimented that the genus was comparable in many ways to Darwin's finches (Lems 1960). This study attracted much attention, and chemical (Eglinton et al. 1962), phytosociological (Voggenreiter 1974), and physiological (Losch & Happen 1981, 1983; Tenhunen et al. 1982; Losch 1984) investigations have been done in the last two decades in an attempt to examine this evolutionarily dramatic system - 1 - 2 in more detail. Besides previous interest in adaptive radiation within Aeonium. the attractive appearance of the' genus has drawn attention from horticulturists. In fact, the last monograph on Aeonium. contained within An Account of the Sempervivum Group (Praeger 1932), was the result of a request from the Royal Horticultural Society of London for the needs of its members. Since the treatment was prepared for gardeners, the taxonomic delimitation of the genus, its sections, and its contained species, is inadequate. Also, it provides almost no insight into evolutionary relationships among the taxa. The main objectives of the present study, therefore, are to provide a modern revision and phylogenetic reconstruction of Aeonium. Based on three months of extensive field examinations of native populations and a thorough morphological analysis of greenhouse material and herbarium specimens, the taxonomy and nomenclature of the genus at the sectional and