Abstract
Glaucidium is different from the Ranunculaceae by (1) pistils grooved along ventral and dorsal sutures and fruits dehiscing along both sutures, (2) thick integuments, the outer one 6 to 13 and the inner one about 5 cell layers thick, (3) staminal traces formed by repeated splitting of receptaclar bundles, (4) centrifugal initiation of stamens, (5) somatic chromosome number being 20, (6) occurrence of coumarin, etc. These and other characteristics are referred to related families. As a results of this, a monotypic new family, Glaucidiaceae, is described, and its phyletic relationship is discussed. The author considers that it is better to include this family in Ord. Hypericales.
Article PDF
Similar content being viewed by others
Avoid common mistakes on your manuscript.
References
Cave, M.S., H.J. Arnott andS.A. Cook. 1961. Embryogeny in the California peonies with reference to their taxonomic position. Amer. J. Bot.48: 397–404.
Eames, A. 1961. Morphology of the Angiosperms. McGraw-Hill, New York.
Engler, A. 1903. Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien, 3. Aufl. Gebrüder Borntraeger, Berlin.
—. 1924. Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien, 9. Aufl. Gebrüder Borntraeger, Berlin.
Gray, A. 1859. Diagnostic characters of new species of phanerogamous plants, collected in Japan by Charles Wright. Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts and Sci.6: 379.
Himmelbaur, W. 1913. Die Berberidaceen und ihre Stellung im System. Denkschr. Akad. d. Wiss. Wien, Math.-naturw. Kl.89: 733–796.
Irie, H., S. Yueo, K. Yamamoto andK. Kinoshita. 1967. The structure of glaupalol, a novel furanocoumarin fromGlaucidium palmatum Sieb. et Zucc. Chem. Commun. 1967: 547–548.
Janchen, B. 1949. Die Systematische Gliederung der Ranunculaceen und Berberidaceen. Denkschr. Akad. d. Wiss. Wien, Math.-naturw. Kl.108: 1–82.
Kumazawa, M. 1930a. Studies on the structure of Japanese species ofRanunculus. J. Fac. Sci. Tokyo Univ. Sect. 3,2: 297–343.
— 1930 b. Morphology and biology ofGlaucidium palmatum Sieb. et Zucc. with notes of affinities to the allied generaHydrastis, Podophyllum andDiphylleia. J. Fac. Sci. Tokyo Univ. Sect. 3,2: 345–380.
— 1930 c. Structure and affinities ofGlaucidium and its allied genera. Bot. Mag. Tokyo44: 479–490.
— 1937 a. Pollen grain morphology in Ranunculaceae, Lardizabalaceae and Berberidaceae. Jap. J. Bot.8: 19–46.
— 1937 b. Comparative studies on the vernation in the Ranunculaceae and Berberidaceae. J. Jap. Bot.13: 573–586, 659–669, 713–726.
— 1938 a. On the ovular structure in the Ranunculaceae and Berberidaceae. J. Jap. Bot.14: 10–25.
— 1938 b. Systematic and phylogenetic consideration of the Ranunculaceae and Berberidaceae. Bot. Mag. Tokyo52: 9–15.
Kurita, M. 1957. Chromosome studies in Ranunculaceae xxv. Mem. Ehime Univ. Sect. II, Ser. B,5: 165–169.
Langlet, O. 1928. Einige beobachtungen über die Zytologie der Berberidazeen. Svensk Bot. Tidsk.22: 169–184.
Lotsy, J.P. 1911. Vorträge über botanisches Stammengeschichte3: 578–594. Gustav Fischer, Jena.
Miyaji, Y. 1927. Über die somatischen Chromosomen einiger Ranunculaceen. Bot. Mag. Tokyo41: 568–569.
— 1930. Beitrage zur Chromosomenphylogenie der Berberidaceen. Planta11: 650–659.
Murakami, T., Y. Mikami andH. Itokawa. 1967. Die Struktur des neu isolierten Glykosids aus den Rhizomen vonGlaucidium palmatum. Chem. Pharm. Bull.15: 1817–1818.
Prantl, K. 1888. Beiträge zur Morphologie und Systematik der Ranunculaceen. Bot. Jahrb.9: 225–273.
Sawada, M. 1971. Floral vascularization ofPaeonia japonica with some consideration on systematic position of Paeoniaceae. Bot. Mag. Tokyo84: 51–60.
Siebold, P.F.V. andJ.G. Zuccarini. 1845. Florae Japonicae familiae naturales. Abh. Akad. Muench.4–2: 184.
Smith, G.H. 1926. Vaseular anatomy of Ranalian flowers I. Ranunculaceae. Bot. Gaz.82: 1–29.
— 1928. Vascular anatomy of Ranalian flowers II. Ranunculaceae (Continued), Menispermaceae, Calycanthaceae, Annonaceae. Bot. Gaz.85: 152–177.
Takhtajan, A. 1966. Systema et phylogenia Magnoliophytorum. 100. Soviet Publishing Institution, Nauka, Moscow.
— 1969. Flowering plants, origin and dispersal. 205–239. Translated by Jeffrey, C., Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh.
Tamura, M. 1962 a. Taxonomical and phylogenetical consideration of the Ranunculaceae. Acta Phytotax. Geobot.20: 71–81.
— 1962 b. Petiolar anatomy in the Ranunculaceae I. Sci. Rep. Osaka Univ.11: 19–47.
— 1963. Morphology, ecology and phylogeny of the Ranunculaceae I. Sci. Rep. Osaka Univ.11: 115–126.
Toyokuni, H. andY. Toyokuni. 1964. Ein neuer Anhalt für die Teilung der Podophyllaceen in zwei Unterfamilien. Bot. Mag. Tokyo77: 197–198.
Yakovlev, M.S. andM.D. Yoffe. 1957. On some peculiar features in the embryology ofPaeonia L. Phytomorphol7: 74–82.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Tamura, M. Morphology and phyletic relationship of the Glaucidiaceae. Bot Mag Tokyo 85, 29–41 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02489198
Received:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02489198