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South African Journal of Botany 76 (2010) 196 – 209
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Lemma micromorphological characters in the Chloridoideae
(Poaceae) optimized on a molecular phylogeny
Q. Liu a,b,⁎, D.X. Zhang a , P.M. Peterson b
a
Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, the Chinese Academy of Sciences,
Guangzhou 510650, China
b
Department of Botany, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC 20013-7012, USA
Received 16 February 2009; received in revised form 2 September 2009; accepted 21 October 2009
Abstract
Eight lemma micromorphological characters of 83 taxa representing 61 genera in the Chloridoideae have been investigated using Scanning
Electron Microscopy, including long cells, cork cells, stomata, bicellular microhairs, papillae, silica cells, microprickles, and macrohairs. Five new
types of lemma micromorphological characters were reported here. Data for 27 taxa representing 19 genera from previous publications were also
supplied to access the homology of lemma micromorphological characters for different groups through optimization onto a molecular cladogram.
Given the optimization, five characters including long cells, cork cells, stomata, papillae, microprickles are of phylogenetic significance for suprageneric groups. Seven characters including straight outline long cells, crescent-shaped cork cells, absent stomata, absent papillae, dumb-bellshaped silica cells, c-type microprickles, and papillate-base macrohairs may not be homologous, however, the enneapogonoid-type bicellular
microhairs appeared as a synapomorphy for the Chloridoideae.
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Keywords: Character; Chloridoideae; Lemma micromorphology; Poaceae; Synapomorphies
1. Introduction
Chloridoideae comprises approximately 140 genera and
1420 species, whose adoption of efficient C4 photosynthesis has
led to its successful proliferation in the tropics and subtropics
(Watson and Dallwitz, 1992; Clayton et al., 2008). Taxonomic
history clearly shows that it is difficult to recognize monophyletic supra-generic groups within the subfamily (Jacobs, 1986;
Kellogg and Campbell, 1987; Davis and Soreng, 1993; Clark
et al., 1995; Van den Borre and Watson, 1997; GPWG, 2001;
Liu and Zhao, 2004; Columbus et al., 2007; Soreng et al.,
2009). For example, the central issue has been whether to
⁎ Corresponding author. Key Laboratory of Plant Resources Conservation and
Sustainable Utilization, South China Botanical Garden, the Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Guangzhou 510650, China. Tel.: +86 20 37252567.
E-mail address: liuqing@scib.ac.cn (Q. Liu).
recognize the traditional tribes Cynodonteae and Eragrostideae
(Clayton and Renvoize, 1986; Soreng et al., 2009; Peterson et
al., in review) as distinct. Several attempts have been made to
address the phylogenetic relationships in Chloridoideae based
on morphological and molecular evidence (Hilu and Wright,
1982; Hilu and Alice, 2001; Liu et al., 2005a,b; Columbus et al.,
2007; Peterson et al., 2007a), the phylogenetic patterns of these
studies rejected the traditional circumscriptions of Cynodonteae
and Eragrostideae.
The importance of lemma micromorphological characters for
assessing phylogenetic relationships from species level to tribal
level, has been well established in some clades of Poaceae
(Terrell and Wergin, 1981; Vignal, 1984; Thomasson, 1986;
Peterson, 1989; Valdés-Reyna and Hatch, 1991; Snow, 1996;
Mejia-Saules and Bisby, 2003; Bell and Columbus, 2008).
While in Chloridoideae, except for descriptive studies of closely
related genera in the tribe Eragrostideae (Valdés-Reyna and
Hatch, 1991; Snow, 1996), little is known about the phylogenetic implications of lemma micromorphological characters
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Table 1
Chloridoideae material studied (following the classification of Soreng et al., 2009; Peterson et al., in review).
Tribe/subtribe
Species
Country
Voucher
Figure(s)
Tetrachaete elionuroides Chiov.
Farrago racemosa Clayton
Oropetium thomaeum (L. f.) Trin.
Odyssea paucinervis (Nees) Stapf
Halopyrum mucronatum (L.) Stapf
Leptocarydion vulpiastrum (DeNot.) Stapf
Drake–Brockmania somalensis Stapf
Psilolemma jaegeri (Pilg.) S.M. Phillips
Desmostachya bipinnata (L.) Stapf
Daknopholis boivinii (A. Camus) Clayton
Leptothrium senegalense (Kunth) Clayton
Habrochloa bullockii C.E. Hubb.
Chrysochloa hindsii C.E. Hubb.
Tanzania
Tanzania
India
Ethiopia
Kenya
Kenya
Kenya
Tanzania
China
Madagascan
Kenya
Tanzania
Tanzania
Peter 13516 (K)
Anderson 1150 (K)
Koenig s.n. (LINN)
Schimper 1652 (P)
Polhill & Paulo 766 (K)
Gillett 13107 (K)
Greenway 9201 (K)
Jaeger 320 (B)
Guoai Fu 6038 (IBSC)
B. Oivin 2288 (P)
Gillett 12992 (K)
Webster T. 234 (K)
Webster T. 39 (K)
52
50
–
20
–
–
21
43
42
–
–
–
–
Triraphis schinzii Hack.
Neyraudia reynaudiana (Kunth) Keng ex Hitchc.
Tanzania
USA
China
Semsei 1325 (K)
Brooks 1045 (US)
Binggui Li 5330 (IBSC)
–
28
18
Enneapogon desvauxii P. Beauv.
Schmidtia pappophoroides Steud. ex J.A. Schmidt
Uniola paniculata L.
Fingerhuthia africana Nees ex Lehm.
Eragrostis atrovirens (Desf.) Trin. ex Steud.
E. cilianensis (All.) Vignolo ex Janch.
E. ciliata (Roxb.) Nees
E. cylindrica (Roxb.) Nees ex Hook. & Arn.
E. tenella (L.) P. Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult.
Pogonarthria squarrosa (Roem. & Schult.) Pilg.
Harpachne schimperi Hochst ex A.Rich.
Cape Province
Uganda
USA
Cape Province
China
China
China
China
China
South Africa
Tanzania
Smook L. 8570 (IBSC)
Eggeling 5819 (K)
Jackson E.N.S. 4256 (IBSC)
Hayden & Johnson 136 (IBSC)
Guoliang Shi 15328 (IBSC)
Ceming Tan 99555 (IBSC)
Shaoqing Chen 11076 (IBSC)
Xuewen Wang 331 (IBSC)
Shaoqing Chen 11076 (IBSC)
Lichtenstein (B)
Richards 25175 (K)
9,45,51
7,19
–
36
–
8
–
–
–
–
–
Zoysia japonica Steud.
Sporobolus tenuissimus (Mart.ex Schrank) Kuntze
S. virginicus (L.) Kunth
S. fertilis (Steud.) Clayton
Crypsis aculeata (L.) Aiton
C. schoenoides (L.) Lam.
Spartina alterniflora Loisel.
S. anglica C.E.Hubb.
Pogoneura biflora Napper
China
France
China
China
China
Spain
China
China
Tanzania
Rui Wang 007 (IBSC)
Homburg 80 (IBSC)
Binghui Chen 355 (IBSC)
Qing Liu 021 (IBSC)
Fangdong Liu 10332 (IBSC)
Löfling s. n. (LINN)
Kinshen Hao 3437 (IBSC)
Binghui Chen 773 (IBSC)
Greenway 10620 (K)
25,49
40
41
–
57
–
17,27,58
48
11
Bewsia biflora (Hack.) Gooss.
Ctenium newtonii Hack.
Eragrostiella bifaria (Vahl) Bor
Dactyloctenium aegyptium (L.)P.Beauv.
D. australe Steud.
Trichoneura ciliata (Peter) S.M.Phillips
Orinus thoroldii (Stapf ex Hemsl.) Bor
Cleistogenes longiflora Keng ex Keng f. e& L.Liou
C. hackelii (Honda) Honda
C. chinensis (Maxim.) Keng
C. caespitosa Keng
Acrachne racemosa (B.Heyne ex Roem. & Schult.)
Ohwi
Dignathia gracilis Stapf
Triodia irritans R. Br.
T. lanata J. M. Black
Aeluropus littoralis (Gouan) Parl.
A. littoralis Parl. subsp. sinensis (Debeaux) Tzvelev
Apochiton burttii C. E. Hubb.
Leptochloa fusca (L.) Kunth
L. chinensis (L.) Nees
Dinebra retroflexa (Vahl) Panz.
Tanzania
Uganda
Kenya
China
Tanzania
Tanzania
China
China
China
China
China
China
Webster T. 59 (K)
Buechner 129 (K)
Bogdan 3360 (K)
Qing Liu 042 (IBSC)
Batianoff 1261 (IBSC)
Greenway 10196 (K)
Exp. Jinsha River 6444 (KUN)
Anren Li 6250 (IBSC)
Linhan Liu 16443 (IBSC)
Yourun Lin 83–82 (IBSC)
Exp. Huang Mt. 818 (IBSC)
Xinqi Liu 27579 (IBSC)
23
–
–
12,38
–
–
30,47
2,13,46
55
56
–
–
Kenya
Australia
Australia
China
China
Tanzania
China
China
China
Greenway 9497 (K)
Jackson E. N. S. 4243 (IBSC)
Jackson E. N. S. 4256 (IBSC)
Smook L. 8500 (IBSC)
Kejian Guan 868 (IBSC)
Glover 1 (K)
Fangdong Liu 11076 (IBSC)
Exp. Longxi Mt. 2151 (IBSC)
Zhihao Hu 7900749 (PE)
–
14,31
–
37
33
32
10,29
60
–
Incertae Sedis
Triraphideae
Triraphidinae
Eragrostideae
Cotteinae
Uniolinae
Eragrostidinae
Zoysieae
Zoysiinae
Sporobolinae
Cynodonteae
Triodiinae
Aluropodinae
Eleusininiae
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Table 1 (continued )
Tribe/subtribe
Monanthochloinae
Muhlenbergiinae
Boutelouinae
Traginae
Species
Country
Voucher
Figure(s)
D. polycarpha S.M. Phillips
Coelachyrum longiglume Napper
Eleusine indica (L.) Gaertn.
E. coracana (L.) Gaertn.
Lepturus repens (G. Forst.) R.Br.
Enteropogon dolichostachyus (Lag.) Keng ex Lazarides
Microchloa indica (L.f.) P. Beauv.
M. altera (Rendle) Stapf
Cynodon arcuatus J. Presl
Brachyachne patentiflora (Stent & Rattray)
C.E. Hubb.
Schoenefeldia transiens (Pilg.) Chiov.
Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene
Muhlenbergia japonica Steud.
M. curviaristata (Ohwi) Ohwi
Bouteloua curtipendula (Michx.) Torr.
Tragus australianus S.T. Blake
T. berteronianus Schult.
Kenya
Kenya
China
China
China
Australia
China
Tanzania
China
Kenya
Bogdan 3918 (K)
M. Senyimba 365 (K)
Dingyi Peng 46843 (IBSC)
Qing Liu 028 (IBSC)
Zexian Li 5374 (IBSC)
Thompson BUC 733 (IBSC)
Heyun Mai 20246 (IBSC)
Procter 2442 (K)
Qing Liu 015 (IBSC)
Bogdan 4075 (K)
–
34
–
–
–
35
15,26,39
–
16
–
Tanzania
China
China
China
China (Introduced)
Australia
China
Vhlig 982 (B)
Zhenwan Zhang 436 (IBSC)
Tianlun Dai 103515 (IBSC)
Yanchang Wang 785 (IBSC)
Zhenwan Zhang 593 (IBSC)
Badman 1848 (IBSC)
Fangdong Liu 10377 (IBSC)
–
–
–
–
3
53,54
–
for the supra-generic groups. Furthermore, the homology of
synapomorphies supporting these groups needs to be explored
through optimization of lemma micromorphological characters
onto molecular cladograms of Chloridoideae (De Pinna, 1991).
The present study aims to: (1) examine lemma micromorphological data for representatives of Chloridoideae, (2) discuss
phylogenetic implications for the taxonomy of Chloridoideae,
and (3) assess synapomorphies supporting supra-generic groups
within the Chloridoideae.
2. Materials and methods
The lemma abaxial surfaces from the proximal florets in
spikelets of 83 taxa representing 61 genera of Chloridoideae
were observed using a Jeol JSM-6360V scanning electron
microscope (Table 1). Data of 27 taxa representing 19 genera
from previous publications (Zuloaga, 1986; Valdés-Reyna and
Hatch, 1991; Columbus, 1996; Snow, 1996) was reviewed.
Sampling was aimed at covering the major supra-generic groups
within Chloridoideae (Clayton and Renvoize, 1986; Soreng
et al., 2009; Peterson et al., in review). Three specimens of most
taxa were studied, while a scanning electron micrograph of each
taxon was used to score relevant characters (Tables 2 and 3).
Where possible, micrographs have the lemma tip towards the
right. No attempt was made to measure quantify variation of the
characters (except in the discussion of distribution frequency)
because we only focused on presence or absence of characters.
Terminology follows Amarasinghe and Watson (1988, 1991)
and Snow (1996).
The molecular matrix of 51 taxa was downloaded from
TreeBASE web (http://www.treebase.org/treebase) (Columbus
et al., 2007). The lemma micromorphological characters were
optimized onto the strict consensus tree inferred from WinClada
version 1.00.08 (Nixon, 2002) running NONA version 2.00
(http://www.cladistics.com) as a son process. In the NONA
analysis, three sequential parsimony ratchet runs were chosen,
and each replicate included 200 iterations with 20 trees held in
memory.
3. Results
3.1. Lemma micromorphology
Eight sets of diagnostic characteristics of the lemma micromorphology in the subfamily Chloridoideae are recognized:
(1) long cell outline straight, U-shaped, V-shaped or Ω-shaped
(Fig. 16); (2) cork cell semi-circle-shaped, scalariform, crescentshaped, nodular, or oblong (Figs. 7–11); (3) stomata subsidiary
cells triangular, semi-circle-shaped, or rectangular (Figs. 12–
17); (4) bicellular microhairs panicoid-type, enneapogonoid-
Table 2
Lemma micromorphological characters and character states used in this study.
No.
Char.
Char. state
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Long cell outline (LC)
Cork cell (CC)
Stomata subsidiary cell (ST)
Bicellular microhairs (BM)
Papillae (PA)
Silica cell (SL)
Microprickle (PR)
Macrohair (MA)
0 = straight, 1 = U-shaped, 2 = V-shaped, 3 = Ω-shaped, 4 = ?
0 = absent, 1 = semi-circle-shaped, 2 = scalfariform, 3 = crescent-shaped, 4 = nodular, 5 = oblong, 6 = ?
0 = absent, 1 = triangular, 2 = semi-circle-shaped, 3 = rectangular, 4 = ?
0 = absent, 1 = long base-cell chloridoid, 2 = short base-cell chloridoid, 3 = enneapogonoid, P = panicoid
0 = absent, 1 = papillae on long cells, 2 = papillae on long and short cells, 3 = distal swellings on long cells, 4 = ?
0 = absent, 1 = dumbbell-shaped, 2 = oblong sinuous, 3 = cross-shaped, 4 = saddle-shaped, 5 = circular
0 = absent, 1 = a-type, 2 = b-type, 3 = c-type, 4 = d-type, 5 = ?
0 = absent, 1 = papillate base, 2 = sting-shaped, 3 = apiculate, 4 = geniculate, 5 = ?
? = Missing.
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Table 3
Data matrix with eight lemma micromorphological characters.
Table 3 (continued )
Taxon\char no.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Aeluropus littoralis
A. littoralis subsp sinensis
Acrachne racemosa
Aegopogon cenchroidesa
Apochiton burttii
Astrebla pectinata
Bewsia biflora
Blepharidachne tricholepisb
Bouteloua aristidoidesa
B. curtipendula
B. dactyloidesa
Brachyachne patentiflora
Chloris barbata
C. formosana
C. gayana
C. schoenoidesb
C. virgata
C. latisquamea
C. paniculatac
Chrysochloa hindsii
Coelachyrum longiglume
Crypsis aculeata
Ctenium newtonii
Cynodon arcuatus
Dactyloctenium australe
D. polycarpha
D. aegyptium
Daknopholis boivinii
Desmostachya bipinatata
Dignathia gracilis
Dinebra retroflexa
Distichlis spicata
Drake–Brockmania somalensis
Eragrostis atrovirens
E. cilianensis
E. ciliata
E. coracana
E. cylindrica
E. tenella
Ectrosia leporinac
Eleusine indica
Enneapogon desvauxii
Enteropogon dolichostachyus
Eragrostiella bifaria
Erioneuron avenaceumb
Eustachys tenera
Farrago racemosa
Fingerhuthia africana
Gouinia latifoliab
Gymnopogon ambiguusb
Habrochloa bullockii
Halopyrum mucronatum
Harpachne schimperi
Cleistogenes caespitosa
C. chinensis
C. hackelii
C. longiflora
Leptocarydion vulpiastrum
Leptochloa chinensis
L. dubiac
L. fusca
L. paniceac
Leptothrium senegalense
Lepturus repens
1
1
2
2
0
2
1
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
2
0
0
1
1
2
2
2
1
2
1
0
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
0
2
1
2
1
3
3
0
0
1
2
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
2
0
2
1
2
2
2
2
5
5
5
3
1
0
2
2
2
1
4
4
4
0
4
4
3
1
5
0
3
5
5
5
5
5
5
3
5
5
2
4
4
4
5
4
4
5
5
4
3
4
5
3
5
4
5
3
4
1
4
1
1
1
1
1
4
3
5
5
3
3
0
0
1
?
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
3
0
1
0
3
1
0
1
1
0
1
0
?
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
?
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
4
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
2
4
1
2
2
1
1
1
2
1
2
1
4
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
4
1
3
2
1
2
2
2
1
2
2
4
1
4
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
3
3
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
3
3
0
0
1
2
1
0
0
0
2
2
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
3
0
?
0
0
1
0
1
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
1
0
1
1
1
1
5
0
2
0
0
0
4
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
1
2
4
4
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
4
1
0
3
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
4
4
2
2
0
3
0
0
1
1
?
1
1
0
3
3
3
1
3
3
3
0
0
1
0
3
0
1
0
3
3
0
1
2
2
1
1
1
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
0
3
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
2
0
0
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
0
2
3
2
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
2
0
0
3
0
3
0
0
0
2
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
?
4
0
0
2
3
0
0
0
2
2
2
2
0
4
2
0
2
0
0
Taxon\char no.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Lintonia nutans
Microchloa altera
M. indica
Melanocenchris abyssinicaa
Muhlenbergia curviaristata
M. japonica
Munroa squarrosab
Neobouteloua lophostachyaa
Neyraudia reynaudiana
Odyssea paucinervis
Orinus thoroldii
Oropetium thomaeum
Pereilema crinitumb
Pleuraphis jamesiia
Pogonarthria squarrosa
Pogoneura biflora
Psilolemma jaegeri
Redfieldia flexuosab
Schaffnerella gracilisa
Schmidtia pappophoroides
Schoenefeldia transiens
Scleropogon brevifoliusc
Sohnsia filifoliac
Spartina alterniflora
S. anglica
Sporobolus fertilis
S. tenuissimus
S. virginicus
Tetrachaete elionuroides
Tetrapogon tenellus
Tragus australianus
T. berteronianus
Trichoneura ciliata
T. elegansb
Tridens muticusb
Triodia irritans
T. lanata
Triplasis americanac
Tripogon chinensis
Triraphis schinzii
Uniola paniculata
Vaseyochloa multinervosab
Zoysia japonica
Outgroup
Panicum hirticauled
2
2
1
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
2
0
2
3
1
2
0
0
2
2
1
?
?
2
2
1
1
1
0
2
2
2
2
2
3
1
1
?
0
0
3
0
2
3
3
5
1
5
5
0
3
4
4
2
0
0
5
4
5
1
0
1
3
0
?
?
0
0
5
5
5
4
3
2
2
1
3
5
3
3
?
4
4
4
5
3
0
0
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
?
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
?
1
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
2
2
1
1
1
2
1
4
1
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
3
2
1
1
2
2
4
4
4
2
1
2
2
1
2
2
1
1
1
1
4
1
2
2
0
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
0
1
1
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
2
3
3
3
0
?
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
2
5
0
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Character number (char no.): 1 = long cell outline; 2 = cork cell; 3 = stomata;
4 = bicellular microhair; 5 = papillae; 6 = silica cell; 7 = microprickles; 8 = macrohairs. Previous publications: aFrom Columbus (1996); bFrom Valdés-Reyna and
Hatch (1991); cFrom Snow (1996); dFrom Zuloaga 1986). Character states
obtained in this study are in bold.
Fig. 1. Basic patterns of anticlinal walls as seen in surface view (adapted
from Metcalfe and Chalk, 1979). (a) Outline straight; (b) Outline curved, wide
U-shaped curves of shallow amplitude; (c) Outline curved, V-shaped curves of
deep amplitude; (d) Outline tightly curved, Ω-shaped curves of deep
convolutions.
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Fig. 2–11. Long cells and cork cells in the lemma of Chloridoideae. (2) Cleistogenes longiflora, intercostal long cells outline straight, with semi-circle-shaped cork
cells. (3) Bouteloua curtipendula, intercostal long cells outline curved, wide U-shaped, with scalfariform cork cells. 4–5 Intercostal long cells outline V-shaped (4)
Spartina alterniflora. (5) Crypsis aculeata. (6) Eustachys tenera, intercostal long cells outline deep convolution of omega shape with crescent-shaped cork cells. (7)
Schmidtia pappophoroides, with crescent-shaped cork cells. 8–9 Nodular cork cells. (8) Eragrostis cilianensis. (9) Enneapogon desvauxii. 10–11 Oblong cork cells.
(10) Leptochloa fusca. (11) Pogoneura biflora. Scale bars: 2, 4–6, 11, 20 µm; 46, 7–10, 10 µm. Dotted line indicated long cell outline.
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type or chloridoid-type (including long base-cell and short basecell subtypes) (Figs. 18–27); (5) papillae on long and short cells,
on long cells, or distal swellings on long cells (Figs. 28–35); (6)
silica cells dumb-bell-shaped, oblong-sinuous, cross-shaped,
saddle-shaped or circular (Figs. 36–43); (7) microprickles a-, b-,
c-, or d-type (Figs. 44–50); (8) macrohairs papillate-base, stingshaped, apiculate, or geniculate (Figs. 51–60). For comparison,
the lemma microcharacters of an additional 27 taxa were
supplied in Table 3. Full characterization of lemma micromorphology of a few large genera such as Eragrostis and Sporobolus awaits further study.
3.1.1. Long cells
Intercostal long cell outlines fall into four types (Fig. 1a–d),
following the classification of Metcalfe and Chalk (1979):
(a) outline straight in Cleistogenes longiflora (Fig. 2); (b) outline curved, wide U-shaped in Bouteloua curtipendula (Fig. 3)
the type occurs the most frequently here; (c) outline loose,
V-shaped in Spartina alterniflora (Fig. 4) and Crypsis
aculeata (Fig. 5); (d) outline tight, Ω-shaped only in Uniola
paniculata and Eustachys tenera (Fig. 6).
3.1.2. Cork cells
These cells were nearly isodiametric and shorter than long
cells. They occurred in axial rows (Figs. 7–10) or were oc-
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casionally solitary (Fig. 11). They were more frequent in the
costal zones than in the intercostal zones. The five types of cork
cell shapes were: semi-circle-shaped in C. longiflora (Fig. 2);
scalariform in Bouteloua curtipendula (Fig. 3); crescent-shaped
in Eustachys tenera (Fig. 6) and Schmidtia pappophoroides
(Fig. 7); nodular in Eragrostis cilianensis (Fig. 8) and Enneapogon desvauxii (Fig. 9); oblong in Leptochloa fusca (Fig. 10)
and Pogoneura biflora (Fig. 11).
3.1.3. Stomata
Paracytic stomata occurs in the Chloridoideae (Carpenter,
2005). They were distributed throughout the intercostal zones of
rows parallel to the long cells. Three stomata shapes were
found: triangular in Dactyloctenium aegyptium (Fig. 12); semicircle-shaped in Cleistogenes longiflora (Fig. 13) and Triodia
irritans (Fig. 14); rectangular in Microchloa indica (Fig. 15),
Cynodon arcuatus (Fig. 16), and Spartina alterniflora (Fig. 17).
3.1.4. Bicellular microhairs
These hairs were generally scattered in the intercostal zones
near the lemma tip. Three of the microhair types were found in
Chloridoideae (Amarasinghe and Watson, 1988): panicoid-type
of relatively narrow cap cells in Neyraudia reynaudiana
(Kunth) Keng ex Hitchc. (Figs. 18); enneapogonoid-type of
relatively long base cells in Schmidtia pappophoroides
Fig. 12–17. Stomata in the lemma of Chloridoideae. (12) Dactyloctenium aegyptium, triangular subsidiary cells of stomata. 13–14 Semi-circle-shaped subsidiary cells
of stomata. (13) Cleistogenes longiflora. (14) Triodia irritans. 15–17 Rectangular subsidiary cells of stomata. (15) Microchloa indica. (16) Cynodon arcuatus.
(17) Spartina alterniflora. Scale bars: 12, 14–17, 2 µm; 13, 1 µm.
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Fig. 18–27. Bicellular microhairs in the lemma of Chloridoideae. (18) Panicoid-type in Neyraudia reynaudiana. (19) Enneapogonoid-type in Schmidtia
pappophoroides. 20–22 Long base-cell chloridoid-type. (20) Odyssea paucinervis. (21) Drake–Brockmania somalensis. (22) Tripogon chinensis. 23–27. Short basecell chloridoid-type. (23) Bewsia biflora. (24) Chloris latisquamea. (25) Zoysia japonica; (26) Microchloa indica. (27) Spartina alterniflora. Scale bars: 18, 20–25,
27, 2 µm; 19, 10 µm; 26, 20 µm.
(Figs. 19); chloridoid-type of hemispherical cap cells in Odyssea paucinervis (Figs. 20), Drake-Brockmania somalensis
(Fig. 21), Tripogon chinensis (Fig. 22), Bewsia biflora
(Fig. 23), Chloris latisquamea (Fig. 24), Zoysia japonica
(Fig. 25), Microchloa indica (Fig. 26), and Spartina alterniflora
(Fig. 27). Chloridoid-type microhairs can also be classified into
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two subtypes: long-base-cell subtype with the cap cell not
immersed into the long base cell (Figs. 20–22) and short-basecell subtype with cap cell immersed into the short base cell
(Figs. 23–27).
3.1.5. Papillae
These are short, undifferentiated processes that arise from the
outer cell wall. They occurred in three locations of the middle
intercostal zones of lemmas in Chloridoideae: on long and short
cells in Distichlis spicata (Fig. 28) and Leptochloa fusca
(Fig. 29); on long cells in Orinus thoroldii (Fig. 30), Triodia
irritans (Fig. 31), Apochiton burttii (Fig. 32), and Aeluropus
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littoralis (Fig. 33); on the distal portion of long cells in Coelachyrum longiglume (Fig. 34) and Enteropogon dolichostachyus (Fig. 35).
3.1.6. Silica cells
These cells were filled with a single silica body. They
occurred more frequently in costal zones than in intercostal
zones, and are single row (Figs. 36–39), or solitary (Figs. 40–
43). Five different shapes of silica cells were found: dumb-bell
in Uniola paniculata (Fig. 36), Fingerhuthia africana Lehm.
(Fig. 37), and Dactyloctenium aegyptium (Fig. 38); oblongsinuous in Microchloa indica (Fig. 39); cross-shaped in
Fig. 28–35. Papillae in the lemma of Chloridoideae. 28–29 Papillae on long and short cells. (28) Distichlis spicata. (29) Leptochloa fusca. 30–33 Papillae on long
cells. (30) Orinus thoroldii. (31) Triodia irritans. (32) Apochiton burttii. (33) Aeluropus littoralis. 34–35 Distal swellings on long cells. (34) Coelachyrum
longiglume. (35) Enteropogon dolichostachyus. Scale bar: 10 µm. Abbreviations: PLC, papilla on long cell; PSC, papillae on long and short cells; DSLC, distal
swelling on long cell; CC, cork cell.
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Fig. 36–43. Silica cells in the lemma of Chloridoideae. 36–38 Dumb-bell-shaped silica cells. (36) Uniola paniculata. (37) Fingerhuthia africana. (38) Dactyloctenium aegyptium. (39) Oblong sinuous silica cell in Microchloa indica. 40–41 Cross-shaped silica cells. (40) Sporobolus tenuissimus. (41) S. virginicus. (42) Saddleshaped silica cells in Desmostachya bipinnata. (43) Circular silica cells in Psilolemma jaegeri. Scale bars: 36–38, 41, 43, 10 µm; 39, 2 µm; 40, 20 µm. Abbreviations:
SC, silica cells.
Sporobolus tenuissimus (Fig. 40) and S. virginicus (Fig. 41);
saddle-shaped in Desmostachya bipinnata (Fig. 42); and
circular obscured by epicuticular waxes in Psilolemma jaegeri
(Fig. 43). We found the dumb-bell-shaped silica cells in Leptocarydion (Valdés-Reyna and Hatch, 1991; Piperno and
Pearsall, 1998) that were not observed by Snow (1996).
3.1.7. Microprickles
These swollen processes arising from zones in both the costal
and intercostal zones, increased in frequency from the base to
the lemma tip. Four types of microprickles (Fig. 44) were
observed: (a) straight sided (Fig. 45); (b) sides straight with tip
Fig. 44. Microprickle diagrams in lemma of Chloridoideae (adapted from Ellis,
1979). (a) Barbs developed basally from the apex of the base; (b) Barb with
direct point not developed from the apex of the base; (c) Barb with recurved
point not developed from the base; (d) Barb with contrarily recurved point not
developed from the apex of the base.
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at the microprickle center and angle to the base (Figs. 46
and 47); (c) sides curved with tip deflected away from the
microprickle center (Fig. 48); and (d) sides curved towards the
microprickle center (Figs. 49 and 50).
3.1.8. Macrohairs
These are unicellular structures visible in Enneapogon
desvauxii (Fig. 51 and Tetrachaete elionuroides Chiov.
(Fig. 52). They occurred in the intercostal zones, but were
more commonly found over the costal zones or at the lemma
margin with variation in length and flexibility. Four types of
macrohairs are found: papillae-based in Tragus australianus S.
T. Blake (Figs. 53 and 54); sting-shaped in C. hackelii (Fig. 55)
and C. chinensis (Fig. 56); apiculate in C. aculeate (Fig. 57)
and Spartina alterniflora (Fig. 58); geniculate in Eustachya
tenera (Fig. 59) and Leptochloa chinensis (Fig. 60).
3.2. Phylogenetic implications of lemma micromorphological
characters and homology assessment for synapomorphies
Eight lemma micromorphological characters were informative when mapped onto a strict consensus tree of molecular data
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(Columbus et al., 2007), genera were substituted for species in
Fig. 61. Shared lemma micromorphological characters indicated that they are reliable phylogenetic markers at the generic
level in Chloridoideae (Snow, 1996).
The Chloridoideae was not defined by any lemma morphological characters, but seven supra-generic groups were
newly defined by lemma micromorphological characters in
Fig. 61: Enneapogon–Eragrostis was defined by straight outline long cells (char. 1:0), Fingerhuthia–Uniola was defined
by semi-circle-shaped stomata (char. 3:2), Zoysia–Spartina
was defined by V-shaped outline long cells (char. 1:2), Sporobolus–Spartina was defined by lacking cork cells and papillae (chars 2:0 and 5:0), Erioneuron–Pleuraphis was defined
by c-type microprickles (char. 7:3), Triodia–Leptochloafus
was defined by straight outline long cells (char. 1:0) and
crescent-shaped cork cells (char. 2:3), Dactylocteniumaeg–
Neobouteloua was defined by straight outline long cells (char.
1:0), Enteropogonmol–Microchloaind was defined by crescent-shaped cork cells (char. 2:3) and absent papillae (char.
5:0). Seven characters including straight outline long cells,
crescent-shaped cork cells, absent stomata, absent papillae,
dumb-bell-shaped silica cells, c-type microprickles, and
Fig. 45–50. Microprickles of in the lemma of Chloridoideae. (45) a-type of microprickles in Enneapogon desvauxii. 46–47 b-type of microprickles. (46) Cleistogenes
longiflora. (47) Orinus thoroldii. (48) c-type of microprickles in Spartina anglica. 49–50 d-type of microprickles. (49) Zoysia japonica. (50) Farrago racemosa.
Scale bar: 20 µm.
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Fig. 51–60. Macrohairs in the lemma of Chloridoideae. 51–52 and 56–57 Sting-shaped macrohairs. (51) Enneapogon desvauxii. (52) Tetrachaete elionuroides.
53–54 Papilla-base macrohairs. (53) Tragus australianus. (54) Close-up of the papilla-base macrohair. (55) Cleistogenes hackelii. (56) Cleistogenes chinensis.
57–58 Apiculate macrohairs. (57) Crypsis aculeata. (58) Spartina alterniflora. 59–60 Geniculate macrohairs. (59) Eustachys tenera. (60) Leptochloa chinensis.
Scale bars: 51, 500 µm; 52, 60, 50 µm; 53–59, 20 µm.
papillate-base macrohairs (chars 1:0, 1:2, 2:3, 3:1, 5:0, 6:1, 7:3,
and 8:2) are homologousious. However, the enneapogonoidtype bicellular microhairs appeared as nonhomoplasious in the
Chloridoideae.
4. Discussion
Our study provided two important findings: (1) five exhaustive lemma micromorphological characters are presented in
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Fig. 10. Lemma micromorphological characters mapped onto the strict consensus tree of molecular data (Columbus et al., 2007). Numbers above branches are
bootstrap percentages. Numbers above and below circles are character number and character state (see Tables 2 and 3), respectively. Black circles indicated
nonhomoplasious synapomorphies, white circles indicated homoplasious synapomorphies.
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Chloridoideae; (2) the phylogenetic implications and homology
for eight lemma micromorphological characters are discussed
for supra-generic groups of Chloridoideae.
The five exhaustive lemma micromorphological characters
and their states are reported here: U-shaped, V-shaped, and
Ω-shaped long cell outlines (chars 1:1, 1:2, and 1:3); long
base-cell and short base-cell chloridoid bicellular microhairs
(chars 4:1 and 4:2); papillae on long and short cells, on long
cells, distal swellings on long cells (chars 5:1, 5:2, and 5:3); a-,
b-, c-, and d-types microprickles (chars 7:1, 7:2, 7:3, and 7:4);
papillate base and sting-shaped macrohairs (chars 8:2 and 8:3).
The optimization of lemma micromorphological characters
suggests that these five lemma micromorphological characters
(long cells, cork cells, stomata, papillae, and microprickles) are
of phylogenetic significance for some supra-generic groups.
Three types of long cells occurred universally as phylogenetic
markers in the Chloridoieae. The supra-generic group of the
Enneapogon (Cotteinae) sister to Fingerhuthia and Uniola
(Uniolinae) and Ectrosia and Eragrostis (Eragrostidinae), circumscribed as a smaller Eragrostideae (Peterson et al., 2007a;
Soreng et al., 2009), was supported by straight outline long
cells (char.1:0). The supra-generic group of Zoysia–Crypsis–
Sporobolus–Spartina was positioned in a single tribe in Soreng
et al. (2009) and Peterson et al. (in review). Crypsis and Sporobolus were placed in subtribe Sporobolinae based on
rebranched inflorescences and spikelets with single florets
(Clayton and Renvoize, 1986); and Spartina was placed in
Cynodonteae subtribe Chloridinae based on spikelets having
single fertile nondeciduous florets arranged along one side and
Zoysia was positioned in Cynodonteae subtribe Zoysiinae based
on its spiciform inflorescence and spikelets having single florets
and falling as a single unit. The V-shaped outline long cell
(char. 1:2) of lemma supported their close relationship among
genera exhibiting morphologically diverse inflorescences. The
V-shaped outline long cells (char. 1:2) also occurred in the
Eleusine–Bouteloua group (Fig. 61), whose genera were
positioned in the large tribe Cynodonteae of Soreng et al.
(2009): Distichlis was placed in subtribe Monanthochloinae
based on the possession of several disarticulate fertile florets;
Eleusine was placed in subtribe Eleusininiae; Blepharidachne
and Scleropogon were placed in the tribe Cynodonteae, while
Muhlenbergia, Aegopogon, Pereilema, Redfieldia, and Schaffnerella were placed in subtribe Muhlenbergiinae (Peterson
et al., 2007b); Bouteloua was placed in Cynodonteae based on
one fertile floret with additional sterile florets (Peterson et al.,
2007b; Peterson et al., in review). The straight outline long cells
(char 1:0) also occurred twice in supra-generic groups of
Triodia–Dinebra–Leptochloa and Dactyloctenium–Neobouteloua. Phillips (1973) stated that Dinebra is closely related to
Leptochloa differing in part by its deciduous inflorescence
branches. Here we show the character ‘straight long cell outline’
(char 1:0) and ‘crescent-shaped cork cells’ (char 2:3) support
her opinion.
The crescent-shaped cork cell (char 2:3) and absent papillae
(char 5:0) occurred in Enteropogon–Microchloa clade. Peterson et
al. (in review) placed these genera in the tribe Cynodonteae subtribe
Eleusininae based on seven molecular markers. Inflorescences of
the clade bear only nondeciduous primary branches, spikelets
arranged along one side, and three-nerved lemmas. With the
exception of Leptochloa dubia which has multiple fertile florets per
spikelet, the clade members share a single fertile floret per spikelet,
usually accompanied by one or more sterile upper florets but further
sampling of allied genera is required. This distinction led Clayton
and Renvoize (1986) to place Leptochloa in Eleusininae away from
the other members of the subtribe. Another species Leptochloa
fusca forms a well-supported clade with Dinebra as a sister taxon.
Additional data are required to critically evaluate relationships
between Chloris and its near relatives.
The subtribe Uniolinae (Soreng et al., 2009) is a monophyletic assemblage in the matK, trnL-F, and ITS phylogenies of
Hilu and Alice (2001). Two genera Fingerhuthia and Uniola
formed a supra-generic group with support of semi-circular
stomata subsidiary cells (char 3:2). Snow (1996) stated that
stomata appeared as atavisms from the transformationally antecedent leaves; ontogenetic studies of stomata for Chloridoideae
will be needed to resolve this question.
Mapping lemma micromorphological characters on a molecular phylogeny is a valuable approach that can provide important
information on character evolution. Our morphological data often
gave poorly resolved consensus trees with clades of low support.
Moreover, the single data set often resulted in artificial groupings
which have been alluded to by Hilu and Wright (1982) in their
phenetic study of grasses. These factors suggest that mapping
morphological character distribution within a phylogenetic context
might lead to a more accurate estimation of synapomorphies.
From the phylogenetic distribution of characters, seven lemma
micromorphological characters were homoplasious in the Chloridoideae, and only the enneapogonoid-type bicellular microhairs
were synapomorphic in Enneapogon and Schmidtia. This may
reflect strong directional selection under environmental control.
With respect to lemma homoplasy, microprickles and macrohairs
have been reported to accumulate silica which has been associated
with a range of effects (Valdés-Reyna and Hatch, 1991).
From the data presented, five characters (long cells, cork cells,
stomata, papillae, microprickles) were of phylogenetic significance for the supra-generic groups within the Chloridoideae.
Seven characteristics (straight outline long cell, crescent-shaped
cork cell, absent stomata, absent papillae, dumb-bell-shaped silica
cell, c-type microprickle, and papillate-base macrohair) support
the majority of species in the Chloridoideae. Further investigations are needed to explore the ontogeny of lemma micromorphological characters within this subfamily.
Acknowledgements
This study was supported by the National Natural Science
Foundation of China (30700043), Q. Liu was supported to visit
to the Department of Botany, Key Laboratory of Plant
Resources Conservation and Sustainable Utilization, Chinese
Academy of Sciences (200922), and Smithsonian Institution by
Chinese Government Scholarships (2008491004). We are
indebted to staff of B, IBSC, K, KUN, LINN, P, PE, and US
for loan specimens, to H.L. Bell and G. Hao for the discussion,
and to Ms. X.Y. Hu for her help with SEM. The authors also
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thank two anonymous reviewers and editor Trevor Edwards for
their valuable comments.
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