PRELIMINARY STUDY OF THE POLLEN MORPHOLOGY OF MALAYSIAN ZINGIBERACEAE (TRIBE ALPINIEAE) AND THE TAXONOMIC RELATIONSHIP

The family Zingiberaceae forms an important herbaceous layer in the tropical forests of Malaysia. From a phylogenetic point of view, certain genera of the problematic tribe Alpinieae are non-monophyletic and in need of more taxonomic evidence to support the classification. This study demonstrates ho...

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Main Authors: Salasiah, Mohamad, Meekiong, Kalu, Aimi Syazana, Sedek
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Published: Herbarium Bogoriense, Botany Division, Research Center for Biology-LIPI 2023
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spelling my.unimas.ir.440302024-01-08T02:15:08Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/44030/ PRELIMINARY STUDY OF THE POLLEN MORPHOLOGY OF MALAYSIAN ZINGIBERACEAE (TRIBE ALPINIEAE) AND THE TAXONOMIC RELATIONSHIP Salasiah, Mohamad Meekiong, Kalu Aimi Syazana, Sedek QK Botany The family Zingiberaceae forms an important herbaceous layer in the tropical forests of Malaysia. From a phylogenetic point of view, certain genera of the problematic tribe Alpinieae are non-monophyletic and in need of more taxonomic evidence to support the classification. This study demonstrates how the palynological data could correlate with the proposed phylogenetic data, using representatives from Malaysian species. The pollen morphology of 21 species from the tribe Alpinieae was investigated. Parameters including polarity, symmetry, shape, size, apertures, exine ornamentation, size of spine, type of spine apex, spine density, and distance between spines were analysed. The results demonstrated that the studied species were conveniently divided into two major groups based on the exine sculpturing of the spheroidal pollens: either psilate, as in Etlingera and Hornstedtia, or echinate, as in Alpinia, Conamomum, Meistera, Plagiosta-chys, Sundamomum, and Sulettaria. Hence, as far as the study is concerned, the main sculpturing is considered useful to generally distinguish the genera in the tribe. Key words: diversity, Johor, systematics, Sarawak, taxonomy, wild gingers. Herbarium Bogoriense, Botany Division, Research Center for Biology-LIPI 2023-12 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/44030/3/PRELIMINARy.pdf Salasiah, Mohamad and Meekiong, Kalu and Aimi Syazana, Sedek (2023) PRELIMINARY STUDY OF THE POLLEN MORPHOLOGY OF MALAYSIAN ZINGIBERACEAE (TRIBE ALPINIEAE) AND THE TAXONOMIC RELATIONSHIP. Reinwardtia, 22 (2). pp. 91-102. ISSN 0034-365X https://e-journal.biologi.lipi.go.id/index.php/reinwardtia/article/view/4538 DOI: 10.55981/reinwardtia.2023.4538
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Salasiah, Mohamad
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Aimi Syazana, Sedek
PRELIMINARY STUDY OF THE POLLEN MORPHOLOGY OF MALAYSIAN ZINGIBERACEAE (TRIBE ALPINIEAE) AND THE TAXONOMIC RELATIONSHIP
description The family Zingiberaceae forms an important herbaceous layer in the tropical forests of Malaysia. From a phylogenetic point of view, certain genera of the problematic tribe Alpinieae are non-monophyletic and in need of more taxonomic evidence to support the classification. This study demonstrates how the palynological data could correlate with the proposed phylogenetic data, using representatives from Malaysian species. The pollen morphology of 21 species from the tribe Alpinieae was investigated. Parameters including polarity, symmetry, shape, size, apertures, exine ornamentation, size of spine, type of spine apex, spine density, and distance between spines were analysed. The results demonstrated that the studied species were conveniently divided into two major groups based on the exine sculpturing of the spheroidal pollens: either psilate, as in Etlingera and Hornstedtia, or echinate, as in Alpinia, Conamomum, Meistera, Plagiosta-chys, Sundamomum, and Sulettaria. Hence, as far as the study is concerned, the main sculpturing is considered useful to generally distinguish the genera in the tribe. Key words: diversity, Johor, systematics, Sarawak, taxonomy, wild gingers.
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author Salasiah, Mohamad
Meekiong, Kalu
Aimi Syazana, Sedek
author_facet Salasiah, Mohamad
Meekiong, Kalu
Aimi Syazana, Sedek
author_sort Salasiah, Mohamad
title PRELIMINARY STUDY OF THE POLLEN MORPHOLOGY OF MALAYSIAN ZINGIBERACEAE (TRIBE ALPINIEAE) AND THE TAXONOMIC RELATIONSHIP
title_short PRELIMINARY STUDY OF THE POLLEN MORPHOLOGY OF MALAYSIAN ZINGIBERACEAE (TRIBE ALPINIEAE) AND THE TAXONOMIC RELATIONSHIP
title_full PRELIMINARY STUDY OF THE POLLEN MORPHOLOGY OF MALAYSIAN ZINGIBERACEAE (TRIBE ALPINIEAE) AND THE TAXONOMIC RELATIONSHIP
title_fullStr PRELIMINARY STUDY OF THE POLLEN MORPHOLOGY OF MALAYSIAN ZINGIBERACEAE (TRIBE ALPINIEAE) AND THE TAXONOMIC RELATIONSHIP
title_full_unstemmed PRELIMINARY STUDY OF THE POLLEN MORPHOLOGY OF MALAYSIAN ZINGIBERACEAE (TRIBE ALPINIEAE) AND THE TAXONOMIC RELATIONSHIP
title_sort preliminary study of the pollen morphology of malaysian zingiberaceae (tribe alpinieae) and the taxonomic relationship
publisher Herbarium Bogoriense, Botany Division, Research Center for Biology-LIPI
publishDate 2023
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/44030/3/PRELIMINARy.pdf
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/44030/
https://e-journal.biologi.lipi.go.id/index.php/reinwardtia/article/view/4538
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