Anatomy of the extrafloral nectaries in species of Chamaecrista section Absus subsection Baseophyllum (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae)

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• 作者：Í ; talo Antô ; nio Cotta Coutinho ; Dayana Maria Teodoro Francino ; Aristé ; a Alves Azevedo ; Renata Maria Strozi Alves Meira ; ^{rmeira@ufv.br}
• 关键词：&ldquo ; campo rupestre&rdquo ; Extrafloral nectary ; Histochemistry ; Mucilage idioblast ; Ontogenesis ; Cassiinae
• 刊名：Flora - Morphology ; Distribution ; Functional Ecology of Plants
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：5_03672530
• 类别：abs
• 出版时间：June, 2012
• 卷：207
• 期：6
• 页码：427-435
• 文件大小：3550 K

摘要

In this paper the ontogenesis and histochemistry of the petiolar glands found on the petiole/rachis of the eight Chamaecrista species of the section Absus, subsection Baseophyllum (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae) are studied by using light microscopy techniques, aiming to characterise these structures and to provide taxonomic characters which may be useful in phylogenetic approaches. Strips for glucose identification reacted positively with the exudates of the glands, confirming the presence of nectar in the secretion, characterising these glands as extrafloral nectaries (EFN). Histochemical tests also detected the presence of neutral and acid muco-polysaccharides, pectins, mucilages, total proteins, and phenolic compounds in the EFNs. The EFNs arise from a group of meristem cells (protodermis, ground meristem and procambium) in the petiole/rachis. All EFNs of the investigated taxa share some morpho-anatomical characters, so that their peculiarities are too weak to be used alone in the identification of particular species. Rather their similarities may be used to include these species into a single group, supporting the hypothesis of monophyly of the subsection Baseophyllum.