Karyotype asymmetry in some Scilloideae (Hyacinthaceae) members from Algeria

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36253/caryologia-2238

Keywords:

chromosomes, bulbous, plants, genetic diversity, Scilla

Abstract

This cytogenetic study attempts to shed light on the karyomorphological and asymmetry data of species in the subfamily Scilloideae previously included in Scilla, namely Hyacinthoides lingulata (Poir.) Rothm., Prospero autumnale (L.) Speta, Prospero obtusifolium (Poir.) Speta, Barnardia numidica (Poir.) Speta, and Oncostema elongata (Parl.) Speta. These taxa are predominantly from the Skikda region (northeastern Algeria). H. lingulata had a somatic chromosome number 2n=2x=16, P. autumnale 2n=2x=14, P. obtusifolium 2n=2x= 8, B. numidica 2n=2x=18, and O. elongata 2n=2x=16. The indices of intrachromosomal (MCA, A1, and AsI) and interchromosomal (CVCL, CVCI, and A2) asymmetry revealed that H. lingulata has the most asymmetrical karyotype (1C), while P. autumnale has the most symmetrical karyotype (3A). P. obtusifolium has a relatively symmetrical karyotype (4A), while B. numidica and O. elongata have both an asymmetrical karyotype (1B). These findings differ from those previously reported for the same taxa in Algeria, hence indicating the substantial genetic variation that exists within the country.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

References

Almeida da Silva R, Rocha J, Silva A, García-Cabral I, Amich F, Crespí AL. 2014. The Iberian species of Scilla (Subfamily Scilloideae, Family Asparagaceae) under climatic change scenarios in southwestern Europe. Syst Bot. 39: 1083-1098.

Almeida da Silva TM, Crespí AL. 2013. Scilla L. In: Castroviejo S, Rico E, Crespo MB, Quintanar A, Herrero A, Aedo C. (eds) Flora Iberica, 20. Madrid: Real Jardin Botanico, CSIC. Pp. 145-156.

APD [African Plant Database] 2023.Oncostema Raf In African Plant Database. – Published at: https://africanplantdatabase.ch/en/search/Oncostema/[last accessed 20 June 2023]

APG IV. 2016. An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG IV. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 181: 1-20.

Arano H, Saito H. 1980. Cytological studies in family Umbelliferae. Karyotypes of seven species in the subtribe Seselinae. La Kromosomo. 2: 471-480.

Azizi N, Amirouche R, Amirouche N. 2016a. Cytotaxonomic diversity of some medicinal species of Hyacinthaceae from Algeria. Pharmacogn Commun. 6: 34-38.

Azizi N, Amirouche R, Amirouche N. 2016b. Karyological investigations and new chromosome number reports in Bellevalia Lapeyrouse, 1808 and Muscari Miller, 1758 (Asparagaceae) from Algeria. Comp Cytogenet. 10: 171-187.

Barone G, Di Gristina E, El Mokni R, Domina G. 2021. Karyological data of four geophytes native to Tunisia. Fl Medit. 31: 341-345.

Battaglia E. 1950. Chromosome mutations in Scilla peruviana L. Caryologia. 3: 126-147.

Choi HW, Kim JS, Lee SH, Bang JW. 2008. Physical mapping by FISH and GISH of rDNA loci and discrimination of genomes A and B in Scilla scilloides complex distributed in Korea. J PlantBiol. 51:408-412.

Cullen J, Rattert JA. 1967. Taxonomic and cytological notes on Turkish Ornithogalum. Notes from the Royal Botanic Gardens. Edinburgh 27: 293-339.

De la Herrán R, Robles F, Cuñado N, Santos JL, Ruiz Rejón M. 2001. A heterochromatic satellite DNA is highly amplified in a single chromosome of Muscari (Hyacinthaceae). Chromosoma. 110: 197-202.

Dimitrova D, Greilhuber J. 2000. Karyotype and DNA content in ten species of Crepis (Asteraceae) distributed in Bulgaria. Bot J Linn Soc. 132: 281-297.

Dobignard A, Chatelain C. 2010. Index synonymique de la flore de l’Afrique du Nord. Vol 1. Genève: Conservatoire et jardin botaniques de la ville de Genève.

Ebert I, Greilhuber J, Speta F. 1996. Chromosome banding and genome size differentiation in Prospero (Hyacinthaceae): dipioids. J Syst Evol. 203:143-177.

Forrest LL, Jong K. 2004. Karyotype asymmetry in Galtonia and pseudo-Galtonia (Hyacinthaceae). Edinb J Bot. 60: 569-579.

Greilhuber J, Speta F. 1976. C-banded karyotypes in the Scilla hohenaclceri group, S. persica, and Puschlcinia (Liliaceae). Plant Syst Evol. 126: 149-188.

Guerra M. 2008. Chromosome numbers in plant cytotaxonomy: concepts and implications. Cytogenet.Genome Res. 120: 339-50.

Hamouche Y, Amirouche N, Misset MT, Amirouche R. 2010. Cytotaxonomy of autumnal flowering species of Hyacinthaceae from Algeria. Plant Syst Evol. 285: 177-187.

Hamouche Y, Amirouche R, Amirouche N. 2006. Notes taxonomiques et caryologiques de deux espèces du genre, Scilla (Hyacinthaceae) de l’ouest Algerois. Annals de l’Institut national Agronomique El-Harrach. 27: 95-105.

Huziwara Y. 1962. Karyotype analysis in some genera of Compositae. VIII. Further studies on the chromosomes of Aster. Am J Bot. 49: 116-119.

Jang TS, Emadzade K, Parker J, Temsch EM, R Leitch AR, Speta F, Weiss-Schneeweiss H. 2013. Chromosomal diversification and karyotype evolution of diploids in the cytologically diverse genus Prospero (Hyacinthaceae). BMC Evol Biol. 13: 136.

Jang TS, Parker JS, Weiss-Schneeweiss H. 2018. Euchromatic Supernumerary Chromosomal Segments Remnants of Ongoing Karyotype Restructuring in the Prospero autumnale Complex?. Genes. 9: 1-10.

Levan A, Fredga K, Sandberg AA. 1964. Nomenclature for centromeric position on chromosomes. Hereditas. 52: 201-220.

Levin DA. 2002. The role of chromosomal change in plant evolution. Oxford University Press, New York.

Maire R. 1958. Flore de l’Afrique du Nord, Dicotyledonae. Vol. 5, Monocotyledonae, Liliales, Liliaceae. Paris: Le chevalier.

Martin E, Kahraman A Dirmenci T, Bozkurt H, Eroğlu HE. 2022. New chromosomal data and karyological relationships in Geranium: basic number alterations, dysploidy, polyploidy, and karyotype asymmetry. Braz Arch Biol Technol. 65: 1-16.

Parker JS, Lozano R, Rejon MR (1991). Chromosomal structure of populations of Scilla autumnalis in the Iberian peninsula. Heredity. 67: 287-297.

Paszko B. 2006. A critical review and a new proposal of karyotype asymmetry indices. Plant Syst. Evol. 258: 39-48.

Peruzzi L, Eroğlu HE. 2013. Karyotype asymmetry: again, how to measure and what to measure? Comp Cytogenet. 7: 1-9.

Pfosser M, Speta F. 1999. Phylogenetics of Hyacinthaceae Based on plastid DNA Sequences. Ann M Bot Gard. 86: 852-875.

Quézel P, Santa S. 1962. Nouvelle flore de l’Algérie et des régions désertiques méridionales. Vol. 1. Paris: Centre nationale de la recherche scientifique.

Rejoin RM, posse F, Oliver JL. 1980. The B chromosome système of Scilla autumnalis (Liliaceae) : Effects atlysozyme level. Chromosoma. 79: 341-348.

Romero zarco C. 1986. A new method for estimating karyotype asymmetry. Taxon. 35: 526-530.

Sato D. 1936. Analysis of Karyotypes of Scilla permixta and the allied species with special reference to the dislocation of the chromosome. Bot Mag. 596: 447-456.

Siljak-Yakovlev S. 1996. La dysploidie et l’evolution du caryotype. Bocconea. 5: 211-220.

Speta F. 1979. Karyological investigations in Scilla in regard to their importance for taxonomy. Webbia. 34: 419-431.

Stebbins GL. 1971. Chromosomal evaluation in higher plants. London: Edward Arnold.

Stedje B. 1989. Chromosome evolution within the Ornithogalum tenuifolium complex (Hyacinthaceae), with special emphasis on the evolution of bimodal karyotypes. Plant Syst Evol. 166: 79-89.

Stedje B. 1996. Karyotypes of some species of Hyacinthaceae from Ethiopia and Kenya. Nord J Bot. 16: 121-126.

Thompson JD. 2005. Plant evolution in the Mediterranean. First Edition. Oxford University Press, Oxford, OX2 6DP, United Kingdom.

Thompson JD. 2020. Plant volution in the Mediterranean insights for conservation. Second Edition. Oxford University Press, Oxford, OX2 6DP, United Kingdom.

Vaughan HE, Taylor S, Parker JS. 1997. The ten cytological races of the Scilla autumnalis species complex. Heredity. 79: 371-379.

Véla E, de Bélair G, Rosato M, Rosselló J. 2016. Taxonomic remarks on Scilla anthericoides Poir. (Asparagaceae. Scilloideae). a neglected species from Algeria. Phytotaxa. 288: 154-160.

Watanabe K, Yahara T, Denda T, Kosuge K. 1999. Chromosomal evolution in the genus Brachyscome (Asteraceae, Astereae): statistical tests regarding correlation between changes in karyotype and habit using phylogenetic information. J Plant Res. 112: 145-161.

Weiss-Schneeweiss H, Schneeweiss GM. 2013. Karyotype diversity and evolutionary trends in angiosperms in plant genome diversity. Springer-Verlag Wien. 209-223.

Downloads

Published

2024-02-29

How to Cite

Nassar, M., Sakhraoui, N., & Domina, G. (2024). Karyotype asymmetry in some Scilloideae (Hyacinthaceae) members from Algeria. Caryologia, 76(3), 9–18. https://doi.org/10.36253/caryologia-2238

Issue

Vol. 76 No. 3 (2023)

Section

Articles

License

Copyright (c) 2023 Meryem Nassar, Nora Sakhraoui, Gianniantonio Domina

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

  • Copyright on any open access article in a journal published byCaryologia is retained by the author(s).
  • Authors grant Caryologia a license to publish the article and identify itself as the original publisher.
  • Authors also grant any third party the right to use the article freely as long as its integrity is maintained and its original authors, citation details and publisher are identified.
  • The Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 formalizes these and other terms and conditions of publishing articles.
  • In accordance with our Open Data policy, the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Public Domain Dedication waiver applies to all published data in Caryologia open access articles.