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Floral dimorphism of Elsholtzia angustifolia (Loes.) Kitag. (Lamiaceae) Elsholtzia angustifolia (Loes.) Kitag.(拉米亚科)
IF 1.7 4区 生物学
Flora Pub Date : 2024-08-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2024.152583
Yun-Chang Jeon , Hye-Kyoung Moon , Min-Jung Kong , Suk-Pyo Hong
{"title":"Floral dimorphism of Elsholtzia angustifolia (Loes.) Kitag. (Lamiaceae)","authors":"Yun-Chang Jeon ,&nbsp;Hye-Kyoung Moon ,&nbsp;Min-Jung Kong ,&nbsp;Suk-Pyo Hong","doi":"10.1016/j.flora.2024.152583","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.flora.2024.152583","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Gynodioecy is a sexual system in which hermaphrodites coexist with females and is frequently observed in Lamiaceae. The aim of this study was to investigate the floral morphology of <em>Elsholtzia angustifolia</em> (Loes.) Kitag (Lamiaceae) using stereomicroscopy (SM), light microscopy (LM), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) to identify floral dimorphism in a potential gynodioecious species. Two different floral morphs were found in <em>Elsholtzia angustifolia</em>, hermaphroditic and female individuals, from three natural populations in South Korea (Ihwa Pass, Mt. Joryeong, and Mt. Sokli). However, females rarely occur in natural populations. Statistical analysis revealed significant size differences in the floral organs of the floral morphs. Micromorphological and anatomical characteristics were also examined using LM and SEM to compare the differences between the female and hermaphroditic types, revealing significant differences in the stamens between the two sexual types. Additionally, floral scent analysis was performed to identify floral morph-specific scent components, with elsholtzia ketone and dehydroelsholtzia ketone as the major components.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":55156,"journal":{"name":"Flora","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142048982","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Bat or bee pollination? Floral biology of two sympatric Cayaponia species (Cucurbitaceae) in Southeast Brazil 蝙蝠还是蜜蜂授粉?巴西东南部两种同域 Cayaponia(葫芦科)植物的花生物学特性
IF 1.7 4区 生物学
Flora Pub Date : 2024-08-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2024.152594
Renan Oliveira Alves Cardoso Kobal , Silvana Buzato , Carlos Eduardo Pereira Nunes , Günter Gerlach , Ivan Sazima , Marlies Sazima , Mariana Alves Stanton , Isabel Alves-dos-Santos
{"title":"Bat or bee pollination? Floral biology of two sympatric Cayaponia species (Cucurbitaceae) in Southeast Brazil","authors":"Renan Oliveira Alves Cardoso Kobal ,&nbsp;Silvana Buzato ,&nbsp;Carlos Eduardo Pereira Nunes ,&nbsp;Günter Gerlach ,&nbsp;Ivan Sazima ,&nbsp;Marlies Sazima ,&nbsp;Mariana Alves Stanton ,&nbsp;Isabel Alves-dos-Santos","doi":"10.1016/j.flora.2024.152594","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.flora.2024.152594","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The evolution of pollination systems is unclear for many plant taxa due to the scarcity of field observations on floral visitors. Supposed bat- and bee-pollination is reported for species of the genus <em>Cayaponia</em>, but &lt;5 % of these were observed in the field and their pollinators recorded. We studied the pollination biology of two early diverging sister species of <em>Cayaponia, C. cabocla</em> and <em>C. pilosa</em>, recording the floral biology, phenology, breeding system, floral visitors, and floral scent chemistry. Both species are monoecious and have bell-shaped white to greenish flowers. The length of the <em>C. cabocla</em> flowers was 2.33 ± 0.52 cm and of the <em>C. pilosa</em> flowers it was 2.75±0.95 cm. In <em>C. cabocla</em> nectar volume of male flowers was 180±57.15 μl and sugar concentration was 28.75±0.95%, whereas in female flowers the average volume was 46.5 ± 10.24 μl and sugar concentration was 22.5 ± 0.57%. <em>Cayaponia cabocla</em> flowers opened at late night, around 03:30 h, whereas those of <em>C. pilosa</em> opened around noon. Both species bloom in the austral summer (January-February) and depend on bees to set fruit, in addition to having a few floral visitor species in common. Whereas some of the flower traits resemble those of bat-pollinated plants (most notably the large nectar volume and nocturnal anthesis), the floral volatiles of both <em>C. cabocla</em> and <em>C. pilosa</em> are typical of flowers pollinated by bees. This study clarifies the pollination system of two <em>Cayaponia</em> species and provides new information that can be used to reconstruct pollination system transitions in this rich genus of cucurbits.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":55156,"journal":{"name":"Flora","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142095210","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Hypodermis or multiple epidermis: Leaf ontogenesis in nine species of subfamily Myrtoideae (Myrtaceae) 下表皮或多表皮:桃金娘科(Myrtoideae)桃金娘亚科九个物种的叶片发生过程
IF 1.7 4区 生物学
Flora Pub Date : 2024-08-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2024.152598
Carolina Miho Abe , Leonardo Cazuza Bondezan , Marcela Thadeo , Káthia Socorro Mathias Mourão
{"title":"Hypodermis or multiple epidermis: Leaf ontogenesis in nine species of subfamily Myrtoideae (Myrtaceae)","authors":"Carolina Miho Abe ,&nbsp;Leonardo Cazuza Bondezan ,&nbsp;Marcela Thadeo ,&nbsp;Káthia Socorro Mathias Mourão","doi":"10.1016/j.flora.2024.152598","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.flora.2024.152598","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The ninth largest family of angiosperms is Myrtaceae, which comprises 127 genera and over 6000 species. The leaf anatomy of Myrtaceae has been widely studied and can be used in phylogenetic analyses and species delimitations in complexes within the family. A multiple epidermis and hypodermis have been described for the leaves of representatives of the family but have not been confirmed using ontogenetic studies, which could lead to incorrect interpretations about these tissues. Thus, we studied the leaf ontogenesis of the following 9 species in subfamily Myrtoideae: tribe Syzigieae - <em>Syzigium cumini</em>; tribe Myrteae - <em>Myrceugenia alpigena</em> and <em>M. euosma</em> (subtribe Luminae), <em>Psidium sartorianum, P. guajava, Campomanesia adamantium</em> and <em>Pimenta pseudocaryophyllus</em> (subtribe Pimentinae), <em>Myrcianthes pungens</em> and <em>M. gigantea</em> (subtribe Eugeniinae). Shoot apices and leaves up to the fourth node were transversally and longitudinally sectioned following techniques used for plant anatomy. Leaf development in all species is from apical, intercalary, dorsal, marginal and plate meristematic activity. Protodermal periclinal divisions only occur to give rise to secretory cavities. The results show that in all the species the subepidermal layer is a hypodermis, which originates from periclinal divisions of the ground meristem. The occurrence of this layer could have phylogenetic implications according to reports in the literature, reinforcing the relationships among the subtribes in current topologies of Myrteae. However, the occurrence of a hypodermis in representatives of other subtribes of Myrteae and Syzigieae need to be better studied and discussed in relation to the phylogeny of Myrtaceae.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":55156,"journal":{"name":"Flora","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142095212","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Morphoanatomical alterations in extrafloral nectaries of Cedrela fissilis Vell. (Meliaceae), a native species of the Atlantic Forest, in response to simulated acid rain Cedrela fissilis Vell.( Meliaceae)花外蜜腺的形态解剖学变化对模拟酸雨的响应(大西洋森林中的原生物种 Cedrela fissilis Vell(瓜菜科)对模拟酸雨的反应
IF 1.7 4区 生物学
Flora Pub Date : 2024-08-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2024.152586
Franklin Patrocínio Rezende, Luzimar Campos da Silva
{"title":"Morphoanatomical alterations in extrafloral nectaries of Cedrela fissilis Vell. (Meliaceae), a native species of the Atlantic Forest, in response to simulated acid rain","authors":"Franklin Patrocínio Rezende,&nbsp;Luzimar Campos da Silva","doi":"10.1016/j.flora.2024.152586","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.flora.2024.152586","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Acid rain is one of the major contributors to the loss of tropical forest. Although the effects of acid rain in leaf anatomy have been widely studied, its impact on specialized secretory structures remains unknown. The aim of this study was to investigate the morphoanatomical changes in the extrafloral nectaries of <em>Cedrela fissilis</em> in response to simulated acid rain. Each seedling was sprayed with 50 ml of an acidic solution daily for 19 consecutive days. Anatomical and micromorphological changes in the nectaries were described. The treated plants exhibited plasmolysis and disruption of epidermal cells, cell collapse, hypertrophy, plasmolysis, phenolic and starch accumulation in the nectar-secreting cells, and the formation of a wound healing tissue. The results indicate that the nectaries of <em>C. fissilis</em> undergo alterations when exposed to acid rain, which may compromise the functioning of the entire structure and potentially impact plant-insect ecological interactions.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":55156,"journal":{"name":"Flora","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142087617","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Native root hemiparasites form haustorial attachments with multiple invasive and expansive species 本地根系半寄生虫与多种入侵物种和扩张性物种形成吸附关系
IF 1.7 4区 生物学
Flora Pub Date : 2024-08-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2024.152584
Kateřina Knotková , Hana Cempírková , Jakub Těšitel
{"title":"Native root hemiparasites form haustorial attachments with multiple invasive and expansive species","authors":"Kateřina Knotková ,&nbsp;Hana Cempírková ,&nbsp;Jakub Těšitel","doi":"10.1016/j.flora.2024.152584","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.flora.2024.152584","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Parasitic plants are known for shaping plant communities, mainly by suppressing dominant species. This suppression, in some cases, fosters species coexistence and boosts overall diversity. Recent studies reveal that certain parasitic plants can curb invasive alien plants or expansive native species. In this study, we followed previous case studies, investigating the ability of three common Central European hemiparasitic species to attach to roots and form functional haustoria across a broad range of invasive and expansive hosts. For each host-hemiparasite pair, we posed two questions: (i) Do the hemiparasites produce haustoria on the host's roots or rhizomes? (ii) Does the anatomical structure of the haustoria include all features necessary for their functionality? We cultivated three hemiparasitic species, <em>Melampyrum arvense</em> L., <em>Rhinanthus alectorolophus</em> (Scop.) Pollich, and <em>Odontites vernus</em> subsp. <em>serotinus</em> (Dumort.) Corb.<em>,</em> in pots with 18 candidate hosts. After cultivation, we dissected the root systems to determine haustoria abundance and to collect them for anatomical study to assess their functionality. Hemiparasite individuals in each pot were also counted. The hemiparasitic species produced haustoria on the majority of tested hosts (37 out of 44 combinations), with little difference between native expansive and alien invasive plant species. In 13 host-hemiparasite combinations (including eight combinations with invasive species), we identified abundant functional haustoria and good establishment of the hemiparasites. Remarkably, all three hemiparasitic species formed functional haustoria on invasive Asteraceae hosts. By contrast, <em>Melampyrum arvense</em> performed poorly when cultivated with grasses. We identified a series of hemiparasite-host combinations, which should be further tested for the potential hemiparasite effect on host fitness in the field. The abundance and anatomical structure of the haustoria indicates that the recognised low specificity of the hemiparasitic interactions applies also to associations with alien invasive species, with which they do not share a common evolutionary history.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":55156,"journal":{"name":"Flora","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142095211","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Increased UV intensity reduces pollen viability in Brassica rapa 紫外线强度增加会降低甘蓝型油菜的花粉活力
IF 1.7 4区 生物学
Flora Pub Date : 2024-08-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2024.152582
Liberty A. Gray , Sandra Varga , Carl D. Soulsbury
{"title":"Increased UV intensity reduces pollen viability in Brassica rapa","authors":"Liberty A. Gray ,&nbsp;Sandra Varga ,&nbsp;Carl D. Soulsbury","doi":"10.1016/j.flora.2024.152582","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.flora.2024.152582","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Ultraviolet (UV) radiation is known to be an important environmental stressor of plants. Evidence of its effects on plant reproduction is mixed, with studies usually showing that short doses of UV lead to a reduction in pollen viability, but that longer exposure can improve viability. Here, we tested the effect of UV intensity (control, low-UV, high-UV) and the duration in which the plants were exposed for different time periods prior to flowering (long: from seed; short: exposed after 7 days of growth) on pollen viability of <em>Brassica rapa</em>. We also tested how changes in floral morphology (UV-absorbing area) related to pollen viability, before carrying out a meta-analysis on the effects of UV on pollen performance. We found that high UV intensity reduced pollen viability, but there was no effect of UV exposure prior to anthesis on pollen viability. Unexpectedly, we found a negative relationship between UV-absorbing area and pollen viability. Our meta-analysis showed a significant negative effect of UV on pollen viability, tube growth and germination. In summary, our results show that high UV generally negatively impacts pollen viability.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":55156,"journal":{"name":"Flora","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0367253024001348/pdfft?md5=530e56700f48b8b9838dd8b0303be521&pid=1-s2.0-S0367253024001348-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142041137","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Habitat permeability drives community metrics, functional traits, and herbivory in neotropical spontaneous urban flora 栖息地的渗透性推动了新热带自发城市植物群落指标、功能特征和草食性的发展
IF 1.7 4区 生物学
Flora Pub Date : 2024-08-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2024.152581
Wanda Karolina da Silva , Ana Carolina Lacerda de Matos , Rafael Dudeque Zenni
{"title":"Habitat permeability drives community metrics, functional traits, and herbivory in neotropical spontaneous urban flora","authors":"Wanda Karolina da Silva ,&nbsp;Ana Carolina Lacerda de Matos ,&nbsp;Rafael Dudeque Zenni","doi":"10.1016/j.flora.2024.152581","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.flora.2024.152581","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Urbanization is among the main drivers of global biodiversity changes. Urban areas are increasing faster, particularly in global biodiversity hotspots. Therefore, more evidence is needed on how urban gradients drive plant traits and interactions with herbivores in neotropical regions. Here, we investigated how urbanization intensity and habitat permeability affect metrics (species richness, composition and vegetation cover), functional traits, and herbivory of plant communities, focusing on spontaneous native and non-native species in a neotropical city in Brazil. Non-native species represented 64.6 % of the occurrences, and habitat permeability had a stronger influence on plant communities than urbanization intensity. The intensity of urbanization decreased the species richness and increased the specific leaf area in native and non-natives plants. Habitat permeability also affected species composition. Permeable habitats had higher vegetation cover, herbivory, and height of the non-native communities. Life forms as geophyte for non-natives, chamaephyte, and hemicryptophyte for natives, and zoochoric dispersal syndrome were more frequent in permeable habitats. Impermeable habitats had higher frequencies of therophyte life form, and autochoric dispersal syndrome for native species. The higher vegetation cover, the lower direct interference from humans, and the permeability of habitats allowed more different functional traits within plant community and more interactions between plants and herbivores along the urbanization intensity gradient. The permeability of urban habitats, in a medium-sized neotropical city, has greater influence on the variation of the plant community than the intensity of urbanization. This highlights the importance of the presence of permeable areas in supporting plant biodiversity within highly paved urban gradients.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":55156,"journal":{"name":"Flora","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142048981","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Peliosanthes meghalayensis (Asparagaceae), a new species from Meghalaya, NE India, and synonymization of P. bipiniana with P. subspicata Peliosanthes meghalayensis (Asparagaceae), a new species from Meghalaya, NE India, and synonymization of P. bipiniana with P. subspicata 印度东北部梅加拉亚的一个新种,以及P.
IF 1.7 4区 生物学
Flora Pub Date : 2024-08-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2024.152569
Dipankar Borah , Noriyuki Tanaka
{"title":"Peliosanthes meghalayensis (Asparagaceae), a new species from Meghalaya, NE India, and synonymization of P. bipiniana with P. subspicata","authors":"Dipankar Borah ,&nbsp;Noriyuki Tanaka","doi":"10.1016/j.flora.2024.152569","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.flora.2024.152569","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p><em>Peliosanthes meghalayensis</em>, a new species from Wari Chora gorge in Meghalaya, NE India, is described and illustrated. It is similar to <em>P. pumila</em> from Khasia, NE India, in its small habit and having flowers fewer than 10, but differs chiefly by the knobby rhizome, broader leaf blades with closer transversal veinlets, slightly larger cernuous flowers, and pistils with 6 distinct ridges. On the other hand, in Assam, NE India, we rediscovered <em>P. subspicata</em>, which had been known only by old collections made in NE India and Bangladesh in the 19th century. We supplementarily describe and illustrate it based on living collections. We treated <em>P. bipiniana</em> as conspecific with <em>P. subspicata</em>.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":55156,"journal":{"name":"Flora","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141779469","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Two pathways to fleshiness: fruit ontogeny in Bromelioideae species (Bromeliaceae Juss.) 果肉丰满的两条途径:凤梨科植物(Bromeliaceae Juss.)
IF 1.7 4区 生物学
Flora Pub Date : 2024-08-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2024.152565
Tainá Schürer, Jordano D. Tavares de Carvalho, Sofia Aumond Kuhn
{"title":"Two pathways to fleshiness: fruit ontogeny in Bromelioideae species (Bromeliaceae Juss.)","authors":"Tainá Schürer,&nbsp;Jordano D. Tavares de Carvalho,&nbsp;Sofia Aumond Kuhn","doi":"10.1016/j.flora.2024.152565","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.flora.2024.152565","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Capsule-type fruits are predominant in Bromeliaceae. However, the late divergent subfamily Bromelioideae generally presents fleshy fruits, which display a diverse range of morphologies even in related genera; however, there is almost no information regarding their anatomical and ontogenetic aspects. In this study we evaluate the fruit ontogeny of species from the major lineages of Bromelioideae, to better understand the possible paths in which fleshiness can be achieved in the subfamily. Flowers at pre-anthesis and anthesis, and fruits of <em>Acanthostachys strobilacea, Billbergia pyramidalis</em>, and <em>Bromelia antiacantha</em> were collected and processed with standard methods for analysis under light microscopy. Two basic ontogenetic pathways for achieving fleshiness were identified among the examined species. In the two former species, belonging to the core Bromelioideae, the pericarp development occurs solely through cell expansion and anticlinal cell division in the mesocarp. Conversely, in <em>B. antiacantha</em>, belonging to the tankless lineages, the pericarp development proceeds via both periclinal and anticlinal cell divisions of the outer and inner mesocarp. The analysis of fruit anatomy in the species included in this study highlights unprecedented traits of Bromelioideae fruits, such as the presence of the pericarp´s massive extra-carpellary portion in <em>B. antiacantha</em>, which contains many mucilage channels and fibrous tissue, and an intrusive septum in the carpellary portion, which acts as the main nutritive portion of the fruit. Additionally, in the present study, unique features of the ovary and the fruit, essential for characterizing the species were detailed, including the elongated placental tissue and the aliform projections of <em>A. strobilacea</em>. Our observations highlight distinct developmental processes to fleshy fruit formation in Bromelioideae. In this way, exploring the fruit ontogenetic diversity in Bromelioideae offers an exciting opportunity for future investigations. Besides, the unique fruit features identified bring out the importance of fruits as tools for genus delineation within this subfamily.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":55156,"journal":{"name":"Flora","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141779468","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Use of woody species in the Caatinga dry forest may lead to higher vulnerability to extirpation: An assessment based on ethnobiological, reproductive and conservation criteria 在卡廷加旱林中使用木本物种可能会导致更容易灭绝:基于民族生物学、繁殖和保护标准的评估
IF 1.7 4区 生物学
Flora Pub Date : 2024-08-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2024.152568
Jéssica Luiza S. Silva , Maria Fabíola Barros , Kátia F. Rito , Oswaldo Cruz-Neto , Marcelo Tabarelli , Inara R. Leal , Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque , Rainer Wirth , Ariadna Valentina Lopes
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