Full Text Available
Note: Clicking the button above will open the full text document at the original institutional repository in a new window.
Taxonomic assessment of O. furcillata (Oxalidaceae)
Thesis (MSc (Botany and Zoology))--University of Stellenbosch, 2005.
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | |
| Format: | Thesis |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch
2008
|
| Subjects: | |
| Tags: |
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1867613773824524288 |
|---|---|
| access_status_str | Open Access |
| author | Bissiengou, Pulcherie |
| author2 | Dreyer, L. L. |
| author_browse | Bissiengou, Pulcherie Dreyer, L. L. |
| author_facet | Dreyer, L. L. Bissiengou, Pulcherie |
| author_sort | Bissiengou, Pulcherie |
| collection | Thesis |
| dc_rights_str_mv | University of Stellenbosch |
| description | Thesis (MSc (Botany and Zoology))--University of Stellenbosch, 2005. |
| format | Thesis |
| id | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/3339 |
| institution | Stellenbosch University (South Africa) |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2026-06-10T12:41:28.315Z |
| license_str | Other — see source repository |
| provenance_str_mv | Harvested via OAI-PMH from SUNScholar — Stellenbosch University Repository |
| publishDate | 2008 |
| publishDateRange | 2008 |
| publishDateSort | 2008 |
| publisher | Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch |
| publisherStr | Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch |
| record_format | dspace |
| source_str | SUNScholar — Stellenbosch University Repository |
| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/3339 Taxonomic assessment of O. furcillata (Oxalidaceae) Bissiengou, Pulcherie Dreyer, L. L. Marais, E. M. University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Science. Dept. of Botany and Zoology. Dissertations -- Botany Theses -- Botany Assignments -- Botany Dissertations -- Systematics and biodiversity science Theses -- Systematics and biodiversity science Assignments -- Systematics and biodiversity science Oxalidaceae -- Classification Oxalis -- Classification Thesis (MSc (Botany and Zoology))--University of Stellenbosch, 2005. The family Oxalidaceae has a worldwide distribution, but is most common in tropical and subtropical regions. Oxalis L. is the largest genus of the family comprising ca. 800 of the 900 species. Oxalis species are annual or perennial herbs or rarely subshrubs or trees. The current study assesses on the taxonomic placement of O. furcillata Salter. Currently this species, comprising two varieties, O. furcillata var. furcillata and O. furcillata var. caulescens Salter, is placed in section Foveolatae. Members of this section have endospermous seeds and fleshy leaflets. However, both in terms of leaf morphological and seed characters the two varieties of this species appear to be misplaced within this section. In addition O. furcillata var. caulescens has a unique pollen type, different from both the typical variety and the rest of the section. Both lines of evidence thus suggest that O. furcillata var. caulescens may be misplaced within this section. The present study thus sets out to assess the placement of O. furcillata in general, and the placement of O. furcillata var. caulescens in particular. A multi-disciplinary approach was followed, which included analyses of macro-morphological (including LM and SEM analyses), biogeographical and palynological characters. The variability of quantitative characters was assessed using the STATISTICA 6.0 software package. Leaf dimensions, plant height, bulb length, petiole length and palynology showed sufficient differences between the two taxa to confirm the separate identity of these two varieties as separate species. O. furcillata var. caulescens was thus raised to specific status as O. caulescens (Salter) Bissiengou. The results suggest two different options in terms of the taxonomic placement of the species O. furcillata and O. caulescens. They can either remain in section Foveolatae, best placed near O. senecta and O. densa or may moved to the highly variable section Latifoliolatae. But retaining them within the section Foveolatae appeared to be the better alternative. The correct position will be established both through further morphological analyses and correlation to the trnL-F and ITS sequence-based phylogeny of the southern African members of Oxalis. 2008-06-30T12:27:49Z 2010-07-09T11:08:05Z 2008-06-30T12:27:49Z 2010-07-09T11:08:05Z 2005-12 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/3339 en University of Stellenbosch application/pdf Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch |
| spellingShingle | Dissertations -- Botany Theses -- Botany Assignments -- Botany Dissertations -- Systematics and biodiversity science Theses -- Systematics and biodiversity science Assignments -- Systematics and biodiversity science Oxalidaceae -- Classification Oxalis -- Classification Bissiengou, Pulcherie Taxonomic assessment of O. furcillata (Oxalidaceae) |
| title | Taxonomic assessment of O. furcillata (Oxalidaceae) |
| title_full | Taxonomic assessment of O. furcillata (Oxalidaceae) |
| title_fullStr | Taxonomic assessment of O. furcillata (Oxalidaceae) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Taxonomic assessment of O. furcillata (Oxalidaceae) |
| title_short | Taxonomic assessment of O. furcillata (Oxalidaceae) |
| title_sort | taxonomic assessment of o furcillata oxalidaceae |
| topic | Dissertations -- Botany Theses -- Botany Assignments -- Botany Dissertations -- Systematics and biodiversity science Theses -- Systematics and biodiversity science Assignments -- Systematics and biodiversity science Oxalidaceae -- Classification Oxalis -- Classification |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/3339 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT bissiengoupulcherie taxonomicassessmentofofurcillataoxalidaceae |