川蔓藻属系统分类和演化评述-JournalofSystematicsandEvolution.PDFVIP

植物分类学报 46 (4): 467–478 (2008) doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1002.2008.07070 Journal of Systematics and Evolution (formerly Acta Phytotaxonomica Sinica) 川蔓藻属系统分类和演化评述 * 1 2 赵良成 吴志毅 1(北京林业大学生物科学与技术学院 北京 100083) 2(浙江大学农业与生物技术学院 杭州 310028) A review on the taxonomy and evolution of Ruppia 1Liang-Cheng ZHAO* 2Zhi-Yi WU 1(College of Biological Science and Biotechnology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, China) 2(College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310028, China) Abstract Ruppia is a genus of submerged monocots that exhibits a nearly worldwide distribution and inhabits mainly brackish and saline waters. This genus has important ecological values and is significant for environment monitoring and plant systematic study. Since Linnaeus’s time, there existed confusion at both specific and family level about Ruppia . The number of taxa within Ruppia, whether there is a single cosmopolitan species or more than one species, has caused much disagreement among taxonomists. At present, five species, R. maritima, R. cirrhosa, R. tuberose, R. megacarpa and R. polycarpa are generally accepted. As to the systematic position of the genus, there are two main opinions: including Ruppia in the family Potamogetonaceae or keeping it in its own family Ruppiaceae. Some systems of plant taxonomy accepted Ruppiaceae, but comparison of diagnostic charac- ters between Potamogeton and Ruppia tended to retain Ruppia within the Potamogetonaceae, although the mo- lecular analyses in recent years show that Ruppia has a clo