Abstract
Variation in chromosome number and morphological characters ofSedum aizoon L. var.floribundum Nakai were investigated to analyze, correlations between them. Geographical variation in chromosome number was also examined. Chromosome numbers of 189 individuals from 55 localities were counted as 2n=32, 33, 34, 48, 61, 64, 78, 80, 84, 85, 88, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97 and 102. InSedum subgenusAizoon, which has the basic number of X=8, var.floribundum of the speciesaizoon showed a polyploid series from tetraploid to dodecaploid. Tetraploids were found most frequently in this variety. More than two chromosome numbers were found in all the populations with 2n=61 or more. Tetraploids were mainly distributed in the eastern part of Japan, and higher polyploids (higher than hexaploid level except octaploids) were distributed in the western part of Japan.
Thirteen morphological characters were examined in 119 individuals belonging to 30 populations. The principal component analysis and the cluster analysis of these characters indicated that populations with similar chromosome numbers were not always morphologically similar. Ten morphotypes can be recognized based on the combination of chromosome number and morphological characters. ThusS. aizoon var.floribundum can be regarded as a polyploid-aneuploid complex.
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Amano, M. Biosystematic study ofSedum L. SubgenusAizoon (Crassulaceae). Bot. Mag. Tokyo 103, 67–85 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02488412
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