2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Species diversity and differentiation of Asarum in the Ryukyu Islands
| Project/Area Number |
19570091
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Biodiversity/Systematics
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| Research Institution | Tokyo Metropolitan University |
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Principal Investigator |
SUGAWARA Takashi Tokyo Metropolitan University, 大学院・理工学研究科, 准教授 (10226425)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
FUJII Noriyuki 熊本大学, 自然科学研究科, 准教授 (40305412)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2007 – 2009
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| Keywords | 分類 / 系統 |
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| Research Abstract |
Floral and cytological characteristics, distributional pattern, and molecular phylogeny were examined to clarify the species diversity and the process of species differentiation of Asarum (Aristolochiaceae) distributed in the Ryukyu Islands. Throughout the present investigation, we found a new taxon distributed restrictedly on the Amami-Oshima Island. Based on the morphological characteristics and the distributional pattern, it appears likely that there are three lineages among the species occurring in the Amami-Oshima Island groups. The sequences from ITS region were invariable among the examined species and thus we could not have any information available for the phylogenetic relationships among the species of Asarum in the Ryukyu Islands.
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Research Products
(15 results)
