| Title: |
Apocynaceae wood evolution matches key morphological innovations |
| Authors: |
Beckers, Vicky; Endress, Mary; Baas, Pieter; Smets, Erik; Lens, Frederic |
| Source: |
ISSN:0002-9122 ; ISSN:1537-2197 ; American Journal Of Botany, vol. 111 (11), Art.No. ARTN e16436. |
| Publisher Information: |
Botanical Society of America |
| Publication Year: |
2024 |
| Subject Terms: |
Science & Technology; Life Sciences & Biomedicine; Plant Sciences; evolution; lianas; morphology; phylogenetic comparative methods; synnovations; wood anatomy; RAUVOLFIOIDEAE APOCYNACEAE; PERIPLOCOIDEAE APOCYNACEAE; VESTURED PITS; GROWTH FORMS; PHYLOGENY; ANATOMY; ASCLEPIADOIDEAE; SECAMONOIDEAE; APOCYNOIDEAE; BIGNONIACEAE; Biological Evolution; Wood; Apocynaceae; Flowers; Seeds; 0602 Ecology; 0603 Evolutionary Biology; 0607 Plant Biology; Evolutionary Biology; 3103 Ecology; 3104 Evolutionary biology |
| Description: |
PREMISE: This paper provides an overview of the wood anatomy of the dogbane family (Apocynaceae), reconstructs wood anatomical trait evolution, and links this evolution with woody growth-form transitions and floral and seed trait innovations across the family. METHODS: Over 200 published wood anatomical descriptions were revised, and original light microscopic sections were made and described for another 50 species. Changes in wood anatomical characters through time were visualized with ancestral state reconstructions. Tests for correlated evolution were performed using a combined data set of anatomical and key floral and seed traits to identify potential synnovations and traits associated with growth-form adaptations. RESULTS: There was a shift toward a suite of wood anatomical traits that separate the rauvolfioids and early-branching apocynoids from the core apocynoids, including an increased presence of vessel multiples, vessel dimorphism, laticifers, vascular (cambial) variants, and paratracheal axial parenchyma. The presence of this trait suite, which continues in Periplocoideae, Secamonoideae, and Asclepiadoideae, coincides with a progression of floral morphological innovations that evolved on consecutive nodes in the family, and also relates to more frequent transitions toward the climbing and herbaceous habits. In addition, a considerable shortening of vessel elements and fibers along the phylogenetic backbone of the family is correlated with a general reduction in plant size. CONCLUSIONS: There are clear evolutionary transitions in the wood anatomy of Apocynaceae representing structural adaptations across the family that are associated with a quick succession of evolutionary changes of the floral bauplan. ; sponsorship: The authors sincerely thank the curators of the xylaria of Tervuren (Tw), Kew (Kw), Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute (TWTw), and Madison (MADw) for providing wood samples, Sigrid Liede-Schumann and Ulrich Meve (Dept. of Plant Systematics, University of Bayreuth, Germany), ... |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| File Description: |
application/pdf |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
https://lirias.kuleuven.be/handle/20.500.12942/757918; https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.16436; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39576634 |
| DOI: |
10.1002/ajb2.16436 |
| Availability: |
https://lirias.kuleuven.be/handle/20.500.12942/757918; https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12942/757918; https://lirias.kuleuven.be/retrieve/c2c9c760-1ccd-4ea8-8e54-8c1cc67b518a; https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.16436; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39576634 |
| Rights: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess ; public ; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.5247DF11 |
| Database: |
BASE |