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26 February 2021 The differentiation between the reproductive traits of Allium wallichii Kunth in central and peripheral populations
Hanqing Tang, Demei Hu, Chao Zhang, Juan Yang, Mengda Xiang, Xiaoyue Wang, Yin Yi, Xiaoxin Tang
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Abstract

The differentiation of reproductive characteristics not only exists between different populations but also may exist within populations. In this work, the differences between the central and peripheral populations were experimentally compared and analyzed in terms of biodiversity index, plant traits, anthesis, pollen germination, floral visitors, seed setting rate, and ploidy. The results showed that the diversity and richness of other plant species, in the central population were significantly lower than those in the peripheral population, but the plant density was much higher than in the peripheral population. The plant anatomical traits, anthesis, pollen germination, floral visitors, seed setting rate, and ploidy were significantly different between central population and peripheral populations. The term increasing rate (IR) is proposed as a means of comparing morphologies in different organs. IR differences in vegetative characteristics were more stable, while those in reproductive characteristics differed significantly. For the central population, the effect of the intraspecific reproductive competition and pollinator selection on plants may significant, and morphology was differentiated in terms of reproductive characteristics. Plants in the peripheral populations were visited by many more pollinators than in the central population, and all pollinators visited infrequently. The reproductive characteristics of plants in the peripheral populations may therefore only be weakly affected by pollinator selection. The reproductive characteristics of plants in the peripheral population may weakly affected by the selection of pollinators, and the variation was small. In conclusion, morphological differentiation among the different populations was associated with differences in vegetative and reproductive characteristics.

Hanqing Tang, Demei Hu, Chao Zhang, Juan Yang, Mengda Xiang, Xiaoyue Wang, Yin Yi, and Xiaoxin Tang "The differentiation between the reproductive traits of Allium wallichii Kunth in central and peripheral populations," Canadian Journal of Plant Science 101(5), 649-662, (26 February 2021). https://doi.org/10.1139/CJPS-2020-0105
Received: 21 April 2020; Accepted: 6 February 2021; Published: 26 February 2021
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KEYWORDS
central population
différenciation
differentiation
interactions
interactions
peripheral population
ploïdie
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