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Speciation and Morphological Evolution in Rheophytes

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Evolution and Diversification of Land Plants

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It is widely accepted that species are defined to be reproductively isolated groups within which natural populations interbreed [1,2]. According to this biological species concept, if reproductive isolation is established among populations, valid species could be produced. The implication is that speciation need not be accompanied by any detectable morphological changes [3]. In plants with limited movement, however, speciation is sometimes associated with distinct morphological changes, which enable plants to invade new ecological niches. The mode of speciation may hold in the case for the evolution of rheophytes.

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  1. Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Japan Women’s University, 2-8-1 Mejirodai, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 112, Japan

    Ryoko Imaichi

  2. Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113, Japan

    Masahiro Kato

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  2. Missouri Botanical Garden, P.O. Box 299, St. Louis, MO, 63166-0299, USA

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Imaichi, R., Kato, M. (1997). Speciation and Morphological Evolution in Rheophytes. In: Iwatsuki, K., Raven, P.H. (eds) Evolution and Diversification of Land Plants. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-65918-1_15

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