Differentiation in the status of self-incompatibility among Calibrachoa species (Solanaceae).
The overall status of self-incompatibility, as assessed by the rate of capsule-set after self-pollination, was investigated in the genus Calibrachoa (Solanaceae). Thirty-two species were surveyed using a total of 655 individuals collected in 102 different native populations in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, and Uruguay. The rate of capsule-set in 278 voucher specimens collected from the same native habitats was also measured to obtain additional information to assess the degree of self-(in)compatibility. Only one species, Calibrachoa parviflora, was self-compatible (SC, autogamous) and the other 31 species were found to be self-incompatible (SI). A mixed population (SI and SC individuals in the same population) was not found. The differentiation of C. parviflora as an autogamous species is associated with a successful occupation of different (riparian) habitats within a larger range of geographic distribution compared to the rest of the species in the principally SI genus of Calibrachoa.
Tsukamoto
Tatsuya
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Faculty of Horticulture, Chiba University, 648 Matsudo, Chiba 271-8510, Japan. andot@midori.h.chiba-u.ac.jp
Ando
Toshio
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Watanabe
Hitoshi
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Kokubun
Hisashi
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Hashimoto
Goro
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Sakazaki
Ushio
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Suárez
Enrique
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Marchesi
Eduardo
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Oyama
Ken
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Kao
Teh-Hui
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