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Mikronesischer Sagopalmfarn

Mikronesischer Sagopalmfarn (Cycas micronesica) im Unterholz

Systematik
Unterabteilung: Samenpflanzen (Spermatophytina)
Klasse: Cycadopsida
Ordnung: Palmfarne (Cycadales)
Familie: Cycadaceae
Gattung: Sagopalmfarne (Cycas)
Art: Mikronesischer Sagopalmfarn
Wissenschaftlicher Name
Cycas micronesica
Thunb.

Cycas micronesica ist eine Art der Palmfarne (Cycadaceae) in der Pazifikregion. Er kommt auf den Inseln Yap in Mikronesien, den Marianen-Inseln Guam und Rota und in Palau vor. Er wird als Federico Nut oder Fadang in Chamorro bezeichnet. Die Art, die früher zusammen mit Cycas rumphii or Cycas circinalis, was described in 1994 by Ken Hill.[1] Paleoecological studies have determined that C. micronesica has been present on the island of Guam for about 9,000 years.[2] It is linked with the human degenerative disease Lytico-Bodig disease, which is similar to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) through a neurotoxin (BMAA) in the seeds (due to symbiosis with cyanobacteria[3][4]), which were a traditional food source on Guam until the 1960s.[5]

[6] Pinnate leaf formation [7] Image by Lauren Gutierrez.

A medium-sized tree most commonly 2–5 meters tall but can reach heights up to 15 meters. The tree has a straight palm like trunk ringed with fond scars.[8]

Stem and palm-like structure. Image by Lauren Gutierrez.
Stem and palm-like structure. Image by Lauren Gutierrez.

Leaves are 140–180 cm long, flat in section (opposing pinnae inserted at 180 degrees on rhachis), with 130 -150 pinnae, terminated by a spine c. 4mm long; petiole usually glabrous, usually unarmed, rarely spinescent for up to 20% of length, 35 – 45 cm long; median pinnae at 70-80 degrees to rhachis, 240 – 280 mm long, 16 –17 mm wide, 0.35 - 0.45 mm thick, glabrous, dull green or slightly bluish-green when developing, becoming glossy mid-green at maturity, flat in section with slightly recurved margins, strongly discolorous, decurrent for 7–10 mm, narrowed to 5.0-6.0 mm at base, 17 – 20 mm apart on rhachis apex attenuate; midrib not sharply raised, more or less equally prominent above and below, 1.2 -1.5 mm wide.[9]

Reproductive Organs

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Female reproductive structures (megasporangia). Image by Thomas Marler
Male cones (microsporangia)[10]
Developed seed of C. micronesica. Image from Thomas Marler.

Cycads, being gymnosperms, are dioecious organisms. Females possess clusters of ovules situated on modified leaves called megasporophylls. Male reproductive structures also consist of modified leaves called microsporophylls, but each modified leaf have small, compact pollen sacks attached to their lower surface.[11] There has been documentation of the symbiotic relationship the Guamanian C. micronesica with Anatrachyntis sp., which depends on male cones (microsporangia) for oviposition and recruitment in return for pollinating the species.

Fertilized megasporangia with developing seeds. Image by Lauren Gutierrez.

The microsporangiate cones are pale fawn to pale orange-brown, narrowly ovoid, 30–50 cm long, 8–10 cm in diameter. Microsporophyll lamina are 35–45 mm long, 20–25 mm wide; fertile zone 25–35 mm long; sterile apex 7–10 mm long, not recurved, apical spine somewhat reduced, broad, sharply upturned, 2 mm long. Megasporophylls 27–33 cm long, grey- and orange-tomentose, with 2-6 ovules, lamina 45–55 mm wide, broadly ovate to elliptical, regularly dentate with 16-20 lateral spines, apical spine 8–15 mm long, lateral spines 2–6 mm long. Seeds flatten to ovoid, green becoming orange, not pruinose, 50–60 mm long, 45–50 mm in diameter; sarcotesta 3–6 mm thick.[9]

Infestation by the armored scale on the male cone. Image by Thomas Marler

Cycas micronesica is threatened by a combination of introduced species throughout the islands of Guam and Rota. The most notably pest is the diaspidid scale Aulacaspis yasumatsui, which was first recognized in Guam in December 2003.[12] Other threats include Cycad Blue Butterfly, the longhorn beetle (Dihammus marianarum) which causes stem damage, the alien invasive snail Satsuma mercatorius which feeds on young leaflets, and habitat loss due to the growing human population.[13] Prior to the invasion of Aulacaspis yasumatsu, it was one of the most abundant plant on Guam's forest.[14] Plant mortality was so rapid that the species was Red Listed as Endangered in 2006, only three years after the devastating invasions began .[15][16] Population counts in northwest Guam has declined from 686 individuals in early 2004 (before Aulacaspis yasumatsui reached this habitat) to 87 individuals in January 2007.[13] In 2004, Rhyzobius lophanthae was employed on Guam as a biological pest control and has lessened the population decline. However, they were ineffective on protecting cycad seedlings from Aulacaspis yasumatsui predation, as lack of seed vigor is one of the major factors contributing to C. micronesica decline.[17]

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[[Kategorie:Palmfarne]] Cycas|micronesica]] [[Category:Flora of the Northwestern Pacific|Flora of Micronesia]] [[Category:Plants described in 1994]] [[Category:Flora of Guam]] [[Category:Flora of Micronesia]] [[Category:Flora of Palau]]

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  2. Athens, J., & Ward, J. (2004). Holocene vegetation, savanna origins and human settlement of Guam. Records Of The Australian Museum, 15-30.
  3. Cox, PA, Banack, SA, Murch, SJ, Rasmussen, U, Tien, G, Bidigare, RR, Metcalf, JS, Morrison, LF, Codd, GA, Bergman, B. | year = 2005 | title = Diverse taxa of cyanobacteria produce b-N-methylamino-L-alanine, a neurotoxic amino acid | journal = PNAS | volume = 102 | issue = 14 | doi = 10.1073/pnas.0501526102 | pmid=15809446 | pmc=555964 | pages=5074–5078}}
  4. Esterhuizen, M, Downing, TG. | year = 2008 | title = β-N-methylamino-L-alanine (BMAA) in novel South African cyanobacterial isolates | journal = Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety | volume = 71 | issue = 2 | doi = 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2008.04.010 | pmid = 18538391 | pages=309–313}}
  5. Sacks, Oliver. (1996). The Island of the Colour-blind. Pan Macmillan Australia: Sydney. ISBN 0-330-35887-1
  6. [https://www.flickr.com/photos/guam-flora-fauna/albums/72157629711588241/with/7100633045/%7Ctitle=Cycas micronesica K.D.Hill|work=Flickr|access-date=2018-06-02
  7. Lauren Gutierrez: Cycas micronesica K.D. Hill. In: Flikr. 30. August 2010; (englisch).
  8. Vogt, S., & Williams, L. (2004). Common flora & fauna of the Mariana Islands. Saipan?: S.R. Vogt & L.L. Williams.
  9. a b Hill|first=K. D.|date=1994|title=The Cycas rumphii complex (Cycadaceae) in New Guinea and the western Pacific|url=http://www.publish.csiro.au/SB/SB9940543%7Cjournal=Australian Systematic Botany|language=en|volume=7|issue=6|pages=543–567|doi=10.1071/sb9940543|issn=1446-5701}}
  10. Home. In: Guam Plant Extinction Prevention Program. Abgerufen am 8. Juni 2018 (englisch).
  11. Willis, K., & McElwain, J. C. (2014). The evolution of plants (Second ed.). Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York: Oxford University Press.
  12. Terry, Irene; & Marler, Thomas. (2005). Paradise Lost? Tipping the scales against Guam’s Cycas micronesica. The Cycad Newsletter 28(3-4): 21-23.
  13. a b [https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/summary/61316/0%7Ctitle=Cycas micronesica|access-date=2018-06-08}}
  14. Donnegan, J., & Pacific Northwest Research Station. (2004). Guam's forest resources, 2002 (Resource bulletin PNW ; 243). Portland, OR: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station.
  15. Marler, T., & Lawrence, J. (2012). Demography of Cycas micronesica on Guam following introduction of the armoured scale Aulacaspis yasumatsui. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 28(3), 233-242.
  16. Marler, T. (2010). Cycad mutualist offers more than pollen transport. American Journal of Botany, 97(5), 841-845.
  17. Marler, T., Miller, R., & Moore, A. (2013). Vertical Stratification of Predation on Aulacaspis yasumatsui Infesting Cycas micronesica Seedlings. HortScience, 48(1), 60-62.