TY - JOUR T1 - Molecular evidence for adaptive radiation of Micromeria Benth. (Lamiaceae) on the Canary Islands as inferred from chloroplast and nuclear DNA sequences and ISSR fingerprint data JF - Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution Y1 - 2006 DO - 10.1016/j.ympev.2006.05.037 A1 - Harald Meimberg A1 - Tilmann Abele A1 - Christian Braeuchler A1 - John K McKay A1 - Pedro L. Perez de Paz A1 - Guenther Heubl SP - 566–578 KW - Adaptive Radiation KW - Amplification KW - Asteraceae KW - Canary Islands KW - Colonization KW - Evolution KW - Fps2 KW - Genera KW - Hybridization KW - Issr Markers KW - Lamiaceae KW - Macaronesia KW - Micromeria KW - Phylogenetics KW - Ribosomal Dna KW - Tenerife KW - Trnk KW - Trnt-F AB - The Canary Islands have been a focus for phylogeographic studies on the colonization and diversification of endemic angiosperm taxa. Based on phylogeographic patterns, both inter island colonization and adaptive radiation seem to be the driving forces for speciation in most taxa. Here, we investigated the diversification of Allicromeria on the Canary Islands and Madeira at the inter- and infraspecific level using inter simple sequence repeat PCR (ISSR), the trnK-Intron and the trnT-trnL-spacer of the cpDNA and a low copy nuclear gene. The genus Micromeria (Lamiaceae, Mentheae) includes 16 species and 13 subspecies in Macaronesia. Most taxa are restricted endemics, or grow in similar ecological-conditions on two islands. An exception is M. varia, a widespread species inhabits the lowland scrub on each island of the archipelago and could represent an ancestral taxon from which radiation started on the different islands. Our analyses support a split between the "eastern" islands Fuerteventura, Lanzarote and Gran Canaria and the "western" islands Tenerife, La, Palma and El Hierro. The colonization of Madeira started from the western Islands, probably from Tenerife as indicated by the sequence data. We identified two lineages of Micromeria on Gomera but all other islands appear to be colonized by a single lineage, supporting adaptive radiation as the major evolutionary force for the diversification of Micromeria. We also discuss the possible role of gene flow between lineages of different Micromeria species on one island after multiple colonizations. (c) 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. VL - 41 UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6WNH-4K48KGN-3&_user=2139813&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_acct=C000054276&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=2139813&md5=2bfd7395b571326788d91322a9646cec ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Phylogenetic significance of leaf micromorphology and anatomy in the tribe Mentheae (Nepetoideae: Lamiaceae) JF - Bot J Linn Soc Y1 - 2009 DO - 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00979.x A1 - Hye-Kyoung Moon A1 - Suk-Pyo Hong A1 - Erik Smets A1 - Suzy Huysmans SP - 211–231 KW - Epidermal Characters KW - Epidermis KW - Essential Oil KW - Evolution KW - Genus KW - Glandular Hairs KW - Labiatae KW - Leaves KW - Monarda-Fistulosa KW - Morphology KW - Phylogenetics KW - Stomata KW - Systematics KW - Trichome KW - Trichomes KW - Vascular Bundle AB - A comparative micromorphological study of leaves was carried out on 102 species of Mentheae; 61 species were selected for the anatomical study. Mentheae possessed both amphistomatic and hypostomatic leaves. The diversity of leaf epidermal characteristics was based on the variation in morphology of epidermal cells, stomata types and trichome types. Although each characteristic on its own has rather limited systematic value, the combination of some of these features may be systematically relevant, especially for the identification of species. For example, branched multicellular nonglandular trichomes were a diagnostic characteristic for all genera investigated of the subtribe Salviinae; however, this trichome type was also observed in Hedeoma ciliolata and Neoeplingia leucophylloides of the subtribe Menthinae. Capitate glandular trichomes with pear-shaped heads were only observed in Salvia dorrii. Subsessile glandular trichomes with multicellular heads (more than ten cells) were an apomorphy for Perovskia. The anatomical leaf structure was consistent throughout the tribe. In some species, the vascular bundles in the midrib were modified into a mechanical tissue, which is an adaptation to xerophytic environments. The observed variations are discussed in an ecological context and their phylogenetic significance is evaluated. (C) 2009 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 2009, 160, 211-231. VL - 160 ER -