Evolution and Speciation of Island Plants

by Edited by Tod F. Stuessy , Mikio Ono

• ISBN13: 9780521496537
• ISBN10: 0521496535
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-11-13
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Oceanic island archipelagos are profoundly interesting ecosystems in which to ask questions about evolutionary patterns and processes, and may rightly be considered as one of the best places on earth to seek an understanding of the origin and elaboration of biological diversity. This volume brings together contributions covering a range of important issues in contemporary oceanic island plant biology, focusing on patterns and processes in Pacific and other islands (with emphasis on the Bonin, Hawaiian and Juan Fernandez Islands) to provide a stimulating view of the state of research and a possible agenda for future investigations. Topics addressed include chromosomal variation, macromolecular divergence, island biogeography theory, isolating mechanisms, modes of speciation and evolution of secondary plant products, resulting in a volume which reveals the special opportunities offered by oceanic archipelagos for investigating evolutionary phenomena in vascular plants.

Table of Contents

List of contributors	xi	(2)
Preface	xiii	(2)
Acknowledgements	xv
Part one: Hawaiian Islands	1	(74)
Introduction
1 Chromosome evolution and speciation in Hawaiian flowering plants.	5	(44)
Gerald D. Carr
2 Evolution in the endemic Hawaiian Compositae.	49	(26)
Bruce G. Baldwin
Part two: Juan Fernandez Islands	75	(64)
Introduction
3 Isolating mechanisms and modes of speciation in endemic angiosperms of the Juan Fernandez Islands.	79	(18)
Tod F. Stuessy
Daniel J. Crawford
Clodomiro Marticorena
Mario Silva O.
4 Dendroseris (Asteraceae: Lactuceae) and Robinsonia (Asteraceae: Senecioneae) on the Juan Fernandez Islands: similarities and differences in biology and phylogeny.	97	(24)
Daniel J. Crawford
Tao Sang
Tod F. Stuessy
Seung-Chul Kim
Mario Silva O.
5 Island biogeography of angiosperms of the Juan Fernandez archipelago.	121	(18)
Tod F. Stuessy
Daniel J. Crawford
Clodomiro Marticorena
Roberto Rodriguez
Part three: Southern and western Pacific Islands	139	(92)
Introduction
6 Genetic diversity of the endemic plants of Bonin (Ogasawara) Islands.	141	(14)
Motomi Ito
Akiko Soejima
Mikio Ono
7 Evolution of cryptic dioecy in Callicarpa (Verbenaceae) on the Bonin Islands.	155	(14)
Nobumitsu Kawakubo
8 Conservation of the endemic vascular plant species of the Bonin (Ogasawara) Islands.	169	(12)
Mikio Ono
9 Preliminary observations on the evolution of endemic angiosperms of Ullung Island, Korea.	181	(22)
Byung-Yun Sun
Tod F. Stuessy
10 Evolution in Crossostylis (Rhizophoraceae) on the South Pacific Islands.	203	(28)
Hiroaki Setoguchi
Hideaki Ohba
Hiroshi Tobe
Part four: General evolutionary patterns and processes on oceanic islands	231	(102)
Introduction
11 Secondary compounds and evolutionary relationships of island plants.	233	(74)
Bruce A. Bohm
12 Chromosomal stasis during speciation in angiosperms of oceanic islands.	307	(18)
Tod F. Stuessy
Daniel J. Crawford
13 The current status of our knowledge and suggested research protocols in island archipelagos.	325	(8)
Tod F. Stuessy
Mikio Ono
Author index	333	(7)
Taxon index	340	(13)
Subject index	353