Revision of the Genus Robinia (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae) Frederick Joseph Peabody Iowa State University
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Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Retrospective Theses and Dissertations Dissertations 1984 Revision of the genus Robinia (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae) Frederick Joseph Peabody Iowa State University Follow this and additional works at: https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/rtd Part of the Botany Commons Recommended Citation Peabody, Frederick Joseph, "Revision of the genus Robinia (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae) " (1984). Retrospective Theses and Dissertations. 7787. https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/rtd/7787 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Iowa State University Capstones, Theses and Dissertations at Iowa State University Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Retrospective Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Iowa State University Digital Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. INFORMATION TO USERS This reproduction was made from a copy of a document sent to us for microfilming. 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Zeeb Road AnnArtx)r, Ml 48106 8423733 Peabody, Frederick Joseph REVISION OF THE GENUS ROBINIA (LEGUMINOSAE: PAPILIONOIDEAE) Iowa State University PH.D. 1984 University Microfilms Intsrn&tions.! 300 N. zeeb Road, Ann Arbor, Ml 48106 PLEASE NOTE; In all cases this material has been filmed in the best possible way from the available copy. Problems encountered with this document have been identified here with a check mark V . 1. Glossy photographs or pages 2. Colored illustrations, paper or print 3. Photographs with dark background 4. Illustrations are poor copy 5. Pages with black marks, not original copy 6. Print showœ through as there is text on both sides of page 7. Indistinct, broken or small print on several pages }/^ 8. Print exceeds margin requirements 9. Tightly bound copy with print lost in spine 10. Computer printout pages with indistinct print 11. Page(s) lacking when material received, and not availeible from school or author. 12. Page(s) seem to be missing in numbering only as text follows. 13. Two pages numbered . Text follows. 14. Curling and wrinkled pages 15. Other University Microfilms international Revision of the genus Robinia (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae) by Frederick Joseph Peabody A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Department: Botany Major: Botany (Taxonomy) Approved: Signature was redacted for privacy. In Charge of Majo Vork Signature was redacted for privacy. For the Major Departme Signature was redacted for privacy. For the Gradate College Iowa State University Ames, Iowa 1984 ii TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION 1 LITERATURE REVIEW 2 Robinia sensu lato 3 Robinia sensu stricto 4 Conservative view 4 Proliferation 4 Uncertainty 5 MATERIALS AND METHODS 9 Herbarium studies 9 Field studies 9 Chromosome numbers 10 Phenetics 14 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 22 Chromosome numbers 22 Phenetics 28 Cluster analysis 28 Principal components analysis 38 TAXONOMIC TREATMENT 41 Introduction 41 ROBINIA 42 Key to species of Robinia 49 Robinia pseudoacacia 50 Robinia hispida 59 Robinia viscosa 90 Robinia neomexicana 103 iii Interspecific hybridization 115 LITERATURE CITED 134 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 147 APPENDIX: SPECIMENS EXAMINED FOR PHENETIC ANALYSIS . 148 iv LIST OF TABLES PAGE TABLE 1. Species of Robinia (Rydberg 1924) 6 TABLE 2. Cytological findings in Robinia (Whitaker 1934) 7 TABLE 3. Taxonomic treatment of Robinia by Wilbur (1963, 1958) 8 TABLE 4. Field study documentation: Peabody accessions (ISC) of Robinia 11 TABLE 5. Robinia variables for phenetic analysis .... 15 TABLE 5. Chromosome counts in Robinia 23 TABLE 7. Left to right order of OTUs on the dendrograph 31 TABLE 8. Aberrant OTUs indicated on dendrograph .... 35 TABLE 9. Comparison of Robinia and Olneya 45 TABLE 10. Raw data for Robinia introgression (Bashor 1951) 125 V LIST OF FIGURES PAGE FIGURE 1. Chromosomes of Robinia, scale = lOym 25 FIGURE 2. Microsporocyte meiosis in Robinia hispida L. var. hispida, Peabody 2203 27 FIGURE 3. Dendrograph of 324 Robinia OTUs 30 FIGURE 4. Three-dimensional plot of 117 Robinia OTUs using principal components analysis 40 FIGURE 5. Robinia pseudoacacia L 52 FIGURE 5. Distribution of Robinia pseudoacacia L. ... 55 FIGURE 7. Robinia hispida L. var. fertilis (Ashe) Clausen 55 FIGURE 8. Distribution of Robinia hispida L. var. fertilis (Ashe) Clausen 57 FIGURE 9. Robinia hispida L. var. kelseyi (Hutchins.) Isely 71 FIGURE 10. Robinia hispida L. var. nana (Ell.) DC. ... 77 FIGURE 11. Distribution of Robinia hispida L. var. nana (Ell. ) DC 79 FIGURE 12. Robinia hispida L. var. hispida 83 FIGURE 13. Robinia hispida L. var. hispida 85 FIGURE 14. Distribution of Robinia hispida L. var. hispida 87 FIGURE 15. Robinia viscosa Vent. var. hartwigii (Koehne) Ashe 95 FIGURE 15. Distribution of Robinia viscosa Vent. var. hartwigii (Koehne) Ashe 97 FIGURE 17. Robinia viscosa Vent. var. viscosa 100 vi FIGURE 18. Distribution of Robinia viscosa Vent. var. viscosa 102 FIGURE 19. Distribution of Robinia neomexicana Gray . 105 FIGURE 20. Robinia neomexicana Gray var. rusbyi (Moot. & Standi.) Peabody 110 FIGURE 21. Robinia neomexicana Gray var. neomexicana . 114 FIGURE 22. Robinia x slavinii Rehder (pro sp.) .... 123 FIGURE 23. Bashor (1961) introgression studies in Robinia 128 FIGURE 24. Dendrograph of Bashor (1961) Robinia data . 131 FIGURE 25. Polygon comparisons of Bashor (1961) Robinia data 133 1 INTRODUCTION Taxonomic agreement about the interpretation of the variability in the North American genus Robinia has never been achieved. The number of species recognized varies from four (Sargent 1892, Isely and Peabody ca. 1984) to eight (Wilbur 1953) to twenty (Rydberg 1924). Wilbur (1963) has stated: A most baffling genus and one but little understood at the present time.... Critical study of the genus in the field, experimental garden and herbarium is obviously needed before anything approaching a satisfactory treatment can be presented. Previous accounts of the genus, when at all original, have differed widely in interpretation of characters and entities. This study is an attempt to resolve some of the problems of inter- and infra-specific variation and to present a rationale for conclusions reached. Methods employed are traditional field and herbarium studies supplemented by cytological and phenetic investigations. Numerical methods include cluster analysis and principal components analysis. 2 LITERATURE REVIEW Approximately 350 combinations have been made in the genus Robinia throughout its nomenclatural history. Almost half of these are horticultural trinomial cultivars, mostly selections of R. pseudoacacia and R. hispida. I have not passed nomenclatural judgement on names based on cultivated material since their species affinity is obvious and herbarium type material is usually lacking. Another large group of combinations consists of taxa which were eventually removed from the genus Robinia. Author citations for these can be found in the following section. A complete tabulation of generic transfers and names given to cultivated material, together with their currently accepted synonyms, is contained in a separate manuscript (Peabody 1981) deposited in the library at Iowa State University, Ames. Names referring to Robinia as herein circumscribed and known in North America can be found under their respective taxa in the taxonomic treatment. The nomenclatural history of the genus Robinia can be divided into five stages: 1) an original and broad circumscription of the genus (Robinia sensu lato), 2) generic circumscription restricted to present day status (Robinia sensu stricto), 3) conservative view of the number