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Ph Syst. Evol. 151,223-228 (1986)
P lunt SV stemn tits
nnd E uolut inn
9 by Springer-Verlag 1986
S y s t e m a t i c s o f N ama H ydroph y l l a ceae) : F l a v o no i ds a nd
P hy l e t i c P o s i t i o n o f s e c t A ra chno i d ea and sec t Cine rascen t ia
B y
John D. Bacon Nianbai Fang and Tom J. M abry
Received July 10, 1985)
Key Words:
Angiosperms, Hydrophyllaceae, Nama.-Chemotaxonomy,
flavones, 6 -m etho xy flavones, C-glycosyl f lavones.
Abstract: Eigh t f lavonoids, four 6-oxygen ated f lavones, two m ethyl e thers of
luteolin, apigenin 6,8-C-diglucoside and quercetin 3-O-glucoside, were isolated
f r om
Nama lobbii
and
N. rothrockii,
sole members of sects .
Arachnoidea
and
Cinerascentia, respectively. Both taxa d iverge m arked ly f rom o ther na m as in
mor pho logy a nd c h r omosome numbe r a nd the i r p l a c e me n t i n
Nama
has been
quest ioned. T he occu rrence of 6-oxygen ated f lavones in these taxa adds to their
a lready dist inctive nature . Flav ono id evidence argues tha t b oth are m ore c losely
allied to Eriodictyon than e i ther is to Nama.
A s s e c o n d l a r g e s t g e n u s i n t h e Hydrophyllaceae, Nama c o m p r i s e s
a b o u t 5 0 s p e ci es d i s tr i b u t e d p r i m a r i l y in t h e d r i e r a r e a s o f t h e s o u t h -
w e s t e r n U n i t e d S t a t e s a n d n o r t h e r n M e x i c o . S o m e s p e c i e s , n e v e r t h e l e s s ,
o c c u r in m o r e m e s i c h a b i t a t s i n t h e s ie r ra s o f t h e w e s t e r n U n i t e d S t a te s a n d
t h e h i g h l a n d s o f c e n t r a l a n d s o u t h e r n M e x i c o . M o r p h o l o g i c a l l y d i v e rs e ,
s p ec ie s r a n g e i n h a b i t f r o m s m a l l, s h o r t - li v e d a n n u a l s t o r o b u s t , w o o d y
s u b s h r u b s . F o l l o w i n g t h e t r e a t m e n t o f H IT CH CO CK ( 1 9 3 3) , s p e c ie s a r e
s t r u c t u r e d i n t o f i v e s e c t i o n s : s e c t s .
Arachnoidea, Cinerascentia,
Conanthus, Zonolacus, a n d Nama. T h e l a t t e r s e c t i o n is m u c h t h e l a rg e s t
a n d h o u s e s t h e b u l k o f t h e s p e ci es w h i le t h e f o r m e r f o u r s h e l t e r o n l y six
s p e c ie s , w i t h t h r e e o f t h o s e r e s i d e n t i n s e c t. Conanthus. A l t h o u g h e a c h o f
t h e s m a l l e r s e c t i o n s i s p o s s e s s e d o f c l e a r l y u n i q u e f e a t u r e s , t h e s p e c ie s o f
sec t . Arachnoidea a nd se c t . Cinerascentia a r e s o d i s t i n c t i v e t h a t t h e i r
p l a c e m e n t w i t h in t h e b o u n d a r i e s o f Nama h a s b e e n q u e s t i o n e d ( B A c o N
1974, CHANCE & BACON 1984, RAVEN & AXZLROD 1978) .
Nama rothrockii
GR A y, the s ing le spe c ie s o f s e c t .
Chwrascentia,
e x h i b i t s c a p i t a t e i n -
f l o re s c e n c e s a n d c r e n a t e l e a v es , f e a t u r e s f o u n d in n o o t h e r n a m a s : N .
lobbii G R A Y , s o l e m e m b e r o f s e c t. Arachnoidea, e x h i b i t s l o c u l i c i d a l l y a n d
s e p t ic i d a ll y d e h i s c e n t c a p su l e s, w h i l e c a p s u l e s o f o t h e r n a m a s a r e
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l o c u l i c i d a l l y d e h i s c e n t o n l y . I n d e e d , N. Iobbi i w a s t r e a t e d a s a n E r i od i c -
t y o n by G RE E N E ( 1885 : p . 202 ) a n d H A L E ( 1906 : p . 265 ) , t he t w o t a x a
e x h i b i t t h e s a m e c a p s u l a r d e h i s c e n c e p a t t e r n , a n d i t i s t h r o u g h N. lobbi i
t h a t t h e n e a r e s t r e l a t i v e o f N a m a t r a d i t i o n a l l y h a s b e e n i d e n t i f i e d a s
E r i o d i c t y o n (H ~T cH C OC K 1 93 3). T h e r e f o r e , p l a c e m e n t o f N. lobbi i as we l l
a s N . r o t h r o c k i i i s c r i ti c a l f o r e s t a b l i s h i n g n o t o n l y g e n e r i c l i m i t s b u t a l s o
r e l a t i o n s h i p s o f N a m a . A s p a r t o f a n o n g o i n g s y s t e m a t i c r ev i s io n o f N a m a
t h e f l a v o n o i d s o f t h e se t w o s p e ci es h a v e b e e n i s o l at e d a n d i d e n ti f ie d . W e
r e p o r t h e r e i n t h e f la v o n o i d s a c c u m u l a t e d b y t h e t w o s p e ci es a n d c o n s i d e r
t h e i r p l a c e m e n t i n l ig h t o f t h e se a n d o t h e r d a t a .
xperimental
Air-dr ied leaf , s tem and f lower mater ia l (300g for N. Iobbi i
[B coN
1701
U.S .A. : Nevada : Douglas Co. ] ; 390g for N. rothrocki i [BAcoN 1 8 1 2 U.S.A.:
Ca l i forn ia : lnyo Co. ] , vouchers to be depos i t ed a t TEX) was ground to a f ine
pow der and ex t rac ted 3 hours wi th d ich lorom ethane : e thy l ace ta te ,
70 :30 v /v , a i r d ry ing be tween ex t rac tions . M ate r ia l was then ex t rac ted 2 24
hours with 85 aqueous methano l . L ike ex t rac t s were com bined , reduced to a
s m a ll vo lum e unde r w a t e r va c uum a nd s ub je c te d t o c o l um n c h r o m a t og r a p hy ove r
Polyc la r (G A F C orp . ) us ing va r ious m ix tures of d i ch lorometha ne , e thy l ace ta te
and me thanol a s so lvents . F lavono ids were moni tore d w i th U V l igh t (366 nm ) as
they were e lu ted f rom colum ns . E lu ted f rac t ions were pur if i ed by fu r the r co lum n
c h r o m a t o g r a p h y o r b y p a p e r c h r o m a t o g r a p h y o n W h a t m a n 3 M M p a p e r u s in g
15 or 40 acet ic ac id or ter t iary b utan ol : glac ia l acet ic ac id : H2 0, 4 : 3 : 1 , v/v ,
as solvents . UV spect ra w ere recorded fol lowing pro cedu res as se t for th in MABRY
& al. (1970). IH N M R spec t ra were recorded for tr ime thyls i ly l e the r de r iva tives of
a ll comp oun ds on a V ar ian E M 390 spec t romete r .
Resul ts
A t o t a l o f e i g h t f l a v o n o i d s , s i x a g l y c o n e s a n d t w o g l y c o s id e s , w e r e
i s o l a t e d F r o m t h e t w o s p e c i e s o f N a m a ( T a b l e 1 ) , I n c l u d e d a m o n g t h e
i so l a te d c o m p o u n d s w e r e t he a g l y c o n e s 6 - m e t h o x y a p i g e n i n ( I) , 6 - m e -
t hoxya p i ge n i n 7 - m e t hy l e t he r ( I I ) , 6 - m e t hoxya p i ge n i n 4 ' - m e t hy l e t he r ( I I I ) ,
l u te o l in Y - m e t h y l e th e r ( I V ) , l u t e o li n 7 , Y - d i m e t h y l e t h e r ( V ) , 6 - m e t h o x y -
l u t e o l i n 4 ' - m e t h y l e t h e r ( V I ) a n d t h e g l y c o s i d e s q u e r c e t i n 3 - O - g l u c o s i d e
( V I I ) a n d a p i g e n i n 6 , 8 - C - d i g l u c o s i d e ( V I I I ) . I n a d d i t i o n t o i s o la t e d
f l a v o n o id s , c r u d e c h r o m a t o g r a m s o f e a c h s p ec ie s e x h i b it e d t r a c e a m o u n t s
o f y e t t o b e i s o l a t e d g l y c o s i d e s ; N. l obb i i e x h i b i t e d t w o f a i n t s p o t s w i t h R f
v a lu e s in k e e p i n g w i th t h o s e o f f la v o n o l 3 - O - m o n o g l y c o s i d e s . N a m a
r o t h r o c k i i e x h i b i t e d a si n g le f a i n t s p o t w i t h R f v a l u e s a p p r o x i m a t i n g t h o s e
o f ( V I I I ) a n d s u g g e s t i n g a C - g l y c o s y l f l a v o n e o r a 3 , 7 - O - g l y c o s i d e .
W h i le t h e f l a v o n o i d p r o f i l e s o f e a c h s p e c ie s a r e c l e ar l y d i ff e r e n t, t h e
a g l y c o n e c o m p o n e n t o f b o t h a r e s im i la r a n d d o m i n a t e d b y 6 - o x y g e n a t ed
f l a v o n e s . I t a p p e a r s t h a t N . r o t h r o c k i i l a c k s t h e a b i l i t y t o m e t h y l a t e
p o s i t io n 7 o f 6 - m e t h o x y a p i g e n i n w h i le N. l obb i i is i n c a p a b le o f m e t h y l a t -
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Table 1. S t ruc ture o f e luc ida ted f l avon oids of Nama lobbii a n d N. rothrockii
R ~
R
O H O
Flavonoid
Subs t i tu t ion pa t t e rn +
R I R R 3 R 4 R ~ R 6
I 6 -Methoxyapigenin
I I 6 Methoxyapigenin 7-methyl e the r
l l I 6 -M ethoxyapigenin 4 ' -me thyl e the r
IV ~uteo l in 3 ' -me thyl e the r
V Luteol in 7,3 ' -dimethy l e ther
VI 6-Methoxy lu teo l in 4 ' -me thyl e the r
VII Apigenin 6,8-C-diglucoside
VIII Quercetin 3-O-glucoside
H O M e O H H H
H O M e O M e H H
H O M e O H H H
H H O H H O M e
H H O M e H O M e
H O M e O H H O H
H C- g l c O H C- g l c H
O - g lc H O H H O H
+glc = glucose; O M e = O C H 3.
Tab le 2 . D i s t r ibu t ion of f lavonoids in Nama lobbii a n d N. rothrockii
O H
O H
O M e
O H
O H
O M c
O H
O H
T a x o n F l a v o n o i d n u m b e r
I
I1 I I I I V V V I V I I V I I I
N. lobbff + + + + +
N. rothrockii + + + + + +
i ng e i th e r p o s i t i o n 3 ' o r 7 , o r b o t h , o n t h e l u t e o li n s k e l e t o n ( T a b l e 2 ) . T h e
g l y c o s id i c c o m p o n e n t s o f e a c h s p ec i es , in c o n t r a s t , a r e q u i t e d i f f e r e n t .
E v e n a s s u m i n g t h a t t h e u n - i s o l a t e d g l y c o s i d e s o f e a c h a r e i d e n t ic a l a n d t h e
s a m e a s t h o s e i d e n t i f i e d , t h e r e r e m a i n s a r e m a r k a b l e q u a n t i t a t i v e
d i f f e r e n c e i n t h e m a j o r g l y c o s i d e a c c u m u l a t e d ; t h e C - g l y c o s y l f l a v o n e o f
N. lobbii is t h e m a j o r f l a v o n o i d , q u a n t i t a t i v e l y , i n th e t a x o n , w h i l e
q u e r c e t in 3 - O - g l u c o si d e is a m i n o r c o m p o n e n t in N. rothrockii.
D i s c u s s i o n
I n s e g r e g a t i n g N. lobbii a n d N. rothrockii i n t o m o n o t y p i c s e c t i o n s ,
H IT CH CO CK ( 1 9 3 3 ) w a s g i v i n g d u e r e c o g n i t i o n t o t i le s i n g u l a r l y n o t a b l e
1 6 P I. S y s t . E v o l . V o l . 1 5 1 N o . 3 ~ 4
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c h a r a c t e r s w h i c h e a c h d i s p l a y s . I n d e e d , G R E E N E
1885)
a n d H A L L ( 1 9 0 6 )
a s c r i b e d e v e n m o r e s i g n if ic a n c e to t h e f e a t u r e s e x h i b i t e d b y N. Iobbii a n d
t r e a t e d t h a t t a x o n a s a n
Eriodic tyon.
HITCnCOCK'S d i s p o s i t i o n o f N .
lobbii
w a s i n f l u e n c e d , a t l e a s t i n p a r t , b y h is d i s p o s i t io n o f a n o t h e r p r o b l e m a t i c a l
t a x o n , Turricula parryii GRAY)M A CB RID E. T h i s t a x o n h a d b e e n s h u f f l e d
b a c k a n d f o r t h b e t w e e n N a m a (GRA Y 1876: 6 21 , PETER 1897: 69, BRANr~
1913: 160) and Eriodic tyon (GR EE NE 1889: 22, HALL 1902: 106) or
r e c o g n iz e d a s t h e m o n o t y p i c Turr icula (MACBR1DE 1917: 42 ). HITCHCOCK
( 1 9 3 3 ) , n o t i n g s i m i l a r i t i e s i n s e e d f e a t u r e s , c o r o l l a f e a t u r e s , h a b i t a n d
c a p s u l a r d e h i s c e n c e o f t h e la t t e r t a x o n a n d
Er iod ic tyon
s p e c ie s , c h o s e t o
r e c o g n i z e i t a s Eriodic tyon parryi i . C o n s i d e r i n g N. lobbii, h e c o n c l u d e d
t h a t , w i th t h e e x c e p t i o n o f c a p s u l a r d e h i s c e n c e , it s c h a r a c t e r s w e r e t h o s e o f
N a m a .
a l t h o u g h d i v e r g e n t e n o u g h t o m e r i t r e c o g n i t i o n a s a m o n o t y p i c
s e c t io n . H e t h e n w e n t o n t o p o i n t o u t t h a t i t w a s t h r o u g h
E. par ry i i (= T .
parryi i ) a n d N. lobbii t h a t t h e t r u e r e la t i o n s h i p s o f Eriodic tyon a n d N a m a
w e r e m a n i f e s t . H o w e v e r , a d d i t i o n a l d a t a f o r t h c o m i n g si n ce 1 93 3 p o r t r a y
t h e r e l a t i o n s h i p b e t w e e n N a m a a n d Er iod ic tyon a s l e s s d i r e c t t ha n
c o n c l u d e d b y H JTCH CO CK a n d s u g g e s t t h a t
N. lobbi i
a n d
N. ro throck i i
a r e
m o r e d i s t a n t f r o m t h e b u l k o f N a m a t h a n h e r e c k o n e d .
CAVE & CONSTANCE (19 42 , 194 4, 194 7, 195 7, 195 9) an d CONSTANCE
( 1 96 3 ) h a v e e x t e n s i v e ly s u r v e y e d t h e
Hydrophy l laceae
f o r c h r o m o s o m e
n u m b e r s a n d a d d i t i o n a l s u r v e y s h a v e b e e n c o n d u c t e d f o r
N a m a BACON
1974, 1984). Al l spec ies o f
EriodicO,on
h a v e b e e n c o u n t e d a n d a ll p o s se s s
n = 14. I n c o n t r a s t , Turricula e x h i b i t s n = 1 3, s u p p o r t i n g i t s t r e a t m e n t as
a m o n o t y p i c g e n u s ; a c c e p t i n g t h i s p l a c e m e n t , a n y d i r e c t l i n k b e t w e e n
N a m a a n d Eriodic tyon, a s e nv i s io ne d by HITC HC OCK, i s s e ve r e d . W i th
a b o u t 9 0 o f t h e s p ec ie s o f N a m a c o u n t e d , t he e m e r g e n t c h r o m o s o m a l
p i c t u r e is t h a t o f a s tr i k i n g l y d i p l o i d t a x o n w i t h n = 7 , w i t h t h e e x c e p t i o n
o f s e c t s . Arachno idea a n d C wrascen t ia; N. Iobbii e xh ib i t s n = 14 , wh i l e N .
ro throck i i
h a s n = 1 7 . A l t h o u g h t h r e e t a x a o f
N a m a
a r e c o n s i s t e n t l y
t e t r a p l o i d , e x c l u d i n g t h e a f o r e m e n t i o n e d s e c t i o n s , a l l h a v e r e a d i l y
i d e n t i f i a b l e r e l a t i v e s w i t h i n N a m a p r o p e r ; n e i t h e r N. ro throck i i n o r N .
Iobbii
c a n b e s o p o s i t i o n e d . A l s o , C HA N CE & B AC ON ( 1 9 8 4 ) h a v e s h o w n
t h a t s e e d f e a t u r e s o f
N. lobbii
a n d
N. ro throck i i
a r e d i s t i n c t i v e w i t h i n
N a m a ; b o t h s p e ci es p r o d u c e m u c h l a r g e r s e ed s w i t h a t h i c k e r s e ed c o a t a n d
b o t h e x h i b i t d i s t i n c t i v e s c u l p t u r i n g p a t t e r n s w h e n c o m p a r e d t o o t h e r
n a m a s . M o r e o v e r , t h e h a b i t o f th e s e t w o s p e ci es is n o t t h a t o f N a m a , f o r
b o t h a r e r h i z o m a t o u s ( B a c o N , p e r s. o b s . , JE PS ON 1 94 3, M u N z & K E C K
1 9 5 9 ) ; o t h e r n a m a s a r e t a p - r o o t e d . I t i s s i g n i f i c a n t i n t h i s r e s p e c t t h a t
Eriodic tyon
i s a r h i z o m a t o u s t a x o n ( M u N z & K E C K 1 95 9).
T h e p r e s en c e o f & o x y g e n a t e d f l a v o n e s in
N. Iobbii
a n d
N. ro throck i i
a d d s f u r t h e r t o t h e u n i q u e n a t u r e o f t h e se t a x a w i t h i n N a m a . A d d i t i o n a l
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Addresses of the authors: Jo~N D. BACON, Department of Biology, The
Universit y of Texas at Arlington , Arlington , TX 76019, U . S . A . - N~^N~A~ FANC
and TOM J. MAI3RY, Dep artment of Botany, The University o f Texas a t Austin,
Austin, TX 78712, U.S.A.