Morphological variations of leaf and flower in natural populations of Schisandra sphenanthera Rehd. et Wils. in Qinling Mountain
LUO Cheng1, GU Wei1,2,3 *, SUN Mao1, WANG Zhe-zhi1,2,3
(1. College of Life Science, Shaanxi Normal University; 2. Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Medicinal Resources and Natural Pharmaceutical Chemistry;3. National Engineering laboratory for Resource Development of Endangered Crude Drugs in Northwest of China, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi′an, 710062, Shaanxi, China)
Abstract:
To evaluate the level of genetic diversity of Schisandra sphenanthera Rehd. et Wils.in Qinling mountain, 3 natural populations of Schisandra sphenanthera Rehd. et Wils. were analyzed using morphological markers. The results showed that 12 phenotypic traits excluding the largest petal length/ width (LPLW) were significantly difference in genetic variation among and within populations. The largest coefficient of variation (CV) was petiole length (PtL), 2801%, the smallest one was the petals number (PN), 953%. Carpel number (CN) of relatively range (R′i) is up to 8912%. Phenotypic differentiation coefficients (VST) ranged from 0 to 3723%, the mean value was 1301%, indicating that variation within population was dominant for total phenotypic variation. According to UPGMA cluster, the three natural populations could be divided into two groups based on 13 morphological traits, one was Huaxian county and Taibai county, the other was Zhashui county.
KeyWords:
Schisandra sphenanthera Rehd. et Wils.;natural population; morphological variation; Qinling Mountain