Comparative studies of the vascular system of node-leaf continuum in woody ranales |
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Authors: | Mitsuko Sugiyama |
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Institution: | (1) The Botanical Gardens, Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo, Hakusan, Bunkyo-ku, 112 Tokyo |
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Abstract: | The vascularization of the node-leaf continuum in the first to eighth foliage leaves of the first-year plant ofMagnolia virginiana is investigated.
The cotyledonary node is a 4-trace, 3-lacunar type. Vascularization in the cotyledonary node is fundamentally different from
that in the folair node of the same plant. As a result, the cotyledonary vascularization is only described but not compared
to that in the foliar node-leaf continuum.
Considerable diversity occurs in the node-leaf vascularization of the first-year plants. A 5-trace, 4-lacunar vascular system
is constant in the lower folair nodes; this is considered to be the fundamental vascular pattern in the node-leaf continuum
of the species.
In contrast, the nodal anatomy and petiolar vascularization fluctuate widely in the third to eighth leaves of the first-year
plants. Variation is found not only between different nodes of a single plant but even in the corresponding nodes of different
individuals.
The evidence clearly indicates that variation always correlates with certain members of the leaf-trace complement; thus, either
the ventral and/or marginal lateral bundles undergo phylogenetical reduction or amplification. |
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