Natural Habitat of Prunus yedoensis Matsumura and Its Morphological Variation

Molecular and morphological data reveal hybrid origin of wild Prunus yedoensis (Rosaceae) from Jeju Island, Korea: Implications for the origin of the flowering cherry

“…Halla (with the hot spot center on the north facing slope). Kim et al (1998) also reported that uniform reproductive trait variations (i.e., flowers, fruits, and inflorescences) found in cultivated P . × yedoensis are within the wide range of wild P. yedoensis .…”

“…All possible parental species involved in the origin of P. yedoensis from Jeju Island were sampled, and approximately 50% of wild P. yedoensis were sampled for this study (ca. 33 wild individuals are estimated to be distributed in Jeju Island; Kim et al, 1998). The wild P. yedoensis samples included three natural stands in Bonggae‐dong (Natural Monument #159), Sinrye‐ri (Natural Monument #156), and Haenam (Natural Monument #173).…”

“…is defined as being of cultivated hybrid origin without known wild populations in its native range in Japan, where one of the putative parents occurs (the Izu peninsula [Matsumura, 1901] or the Boso peninsula [Iwasaki, 1990]). Unlike the lack of natural stands in Japan, populations of wild P. yedoensis in Jeju Island, Korea (collected by Taquet in 1908 and reported by Koehne in 1912) are reported to be native (Park et al, 1984; Kim, 1998; Kim et al, 1998; Jung and Oh, 2005). Two main hypotheses have been postulated with regard to the origin of P. yedoensis .…”

“…Although numerous crossing experiments, histological surveys, and molecular phylogenetic and population genetic studies have been conducted, no concrete conclusions have been drawn about the hybrid origin of P. yedoensis and its putative parents (Takenaka, 1963; Park, 1965; Harn et al, 1977; Park et al, 1984; Innan et al, 1995; Jung et al, 1997, 1998; Kim et al, 1998; Jung and Oh, 2005; Iketani et al, 2006; Roh et al, 2007). In addition, the precise phylogenetic relationship between wild P. yedoensis on Jeju Island and cultivated P .…”

Chloroplast Noncoding DNA Sequences Reveal Genetic Distinction and Diversity between Wild and Cultivated Prunus yedoensis

“…Unlike the lack of natural stands of cultivated P. •yedoensis in Japan, populations of wild P. yedoensis have been reported to be native in Korea (Jung and Oh, 2005;Kim, 1998;Kim et al, 1998;Park et al, 1984). In 1908, it was first collected by Emile Taquet, missionary and botanical collector, from Mt.…”