Morphological and Genetic Diversities of Habenaria radiata (Orchidaceae) in the Kinki Area, Japan.

ABSTRACT: Floral organs have evolved from leaves for reproduction, and the morphological analyses help to understand the plant diversity and evolution. Habenaria radiata (syn. Pecteilis radiata) is a terrestrial orchid living in wetlands in Japan, Russia, South Korea, and China. The habitats of this plant in Japan have been reduced because of environmental destruction and overexploitation, and thus it is on the Red List of Japan as a Near Threatened species. One of the three petals of the H. radiata flower is called a lip or labellum, which resembles a flying white bird, egret, or white heron, with its proposed function being to attract pollinators. To understand the diversity of H. radiata plants in different areas, we examined the lip morphology and phylogeny of populat

SUBMITTER: Tachibana T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7795838 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature