Foliar anatomy and micromorphology of eleven species of Eugenia L. (Myrtaceae)

The anatomy and micromorphology of eleven species of Eugenia found in the 'restinga' of Marica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, were studied and compared. The characteristics found to be of most use in distinguishing the species are: presence and types of trichomes persistent in the adult material, form and arrangement of overlying cells (epidermal cells over secretory cavities), pattern of anticlinal walls of epidermal cells (primary sculpturing), occurrence of epicuticular striae and folds (secondary sculpturing) and presence of peristomatal folds. An analytical key based on these characteristics is presented for the Eugenia species studied.     

中国蓼属头状蓼组植物叶表皮微形态及其分类学意义

采用光学显微镜对中国蓼属头状蓼组17种7变种植物的叶片下表皮微形态进行了观察研究,结果表明,其叶片下表皮微形态特征分为4种类型:(1)气孔器类型为无规则型,表皮细胞不规则形,垂周壁波状或深波状;(2)非典型不等型,偶有无规则型,表皮细胞多边形或不规则形,垂周壁弓形、波状或深波状;(3)平列型,表皮细胞不规则形,垂周壁深波状;(4)平列型兼有非典型不等型,表皮细胞不规则形,垂周壁波状。根据其叶片下表皮气孔器类型,结合该组植物形态、习性等特征,将中国蓼属头状蓼组植物划分为4个系,即掌裂叶系、多年生系、蓼子草系以及一年生直立系。     

国产柿属(Diospyros)的叶表皮形态研究及其分类学意义

为了解柿属(Diospyros)植物的叶表皮特征,在光学显微镜下观察了46种2变种植物的叶表皮微形态特征,并进行了主成分分析。结果表明,柿属植物的叶表皮微形态可分为2组：A组的表皮细胞为不规则形,垂周壁浅波状或深波状;B组的表皮细胞为多边形,垂周壁平直或弓形。气孔全部位于下表皮,以无规则型为主,但同时有辐射型、环列型和十字型气孔存在。大多数种具有表皮毛,表皮毛有非腺毛和头状腺毛的区别。柿属植物的叶表皮微形态特征类型多样,能够为部分类群的分类提供较好的形态学证据。     

Cuticle micromorphology of leaves of Pinus (Pinaceae) in east and south-east Asia

Cuticle micromorphology of 21 species of Pinus in east and south-east Asia was studied with scanning electron microscopy and leaf morphology was described. Cuticle characters that can be distinguished by their size, shape, and surface texture, as well as by the number of subsidiary cells, the rows of epidermal cells within a stomatal band, the number of cells between stomata in stomatal rows, and the patterns of cuticular flanges are described in detail. Most of these characters have not been considered in sufficient detail previously. Some of the inner cuticular features, such as the texture of periclinal walls, the shape of the top of the anticlinal walls, the comparative size of the lateral and polar subsidiary cells, and the development of the groove near bristles, are diagnostic characters for subgenera. The agreement between cuticle characters and taxa is discussed. Cuticular characters were used to try to resolve the position of taxa that currently appear in different places in different classifications.     

中国柴胡属植物叶表皮特征及系统学意义

利用光学显微镜和扫描电镜对我国柴胡属（Bupleurum L．）13种（含1变种）植物的叶表皮进行了观察,首次报道了它们的微形态特征。结果表明：除了大叶柴胡（B．longiradiatum Turczaninow）气孔器仅存在于下表皮,其余12种柴胡的上、下表皮都存在气孔器,气孔器类型包括不规则型和不等型两种。叶表皮细胞形状为多边形或不规则型,垂周壁式样可区分为平直一弓形、浅波状。保卫细胞壁加厚明显,极端联合形成极层结构。在扫描电镜下,气孔器内陷于表皮细胞间。角质膜条纹状,有的条纹隆起,有的条纹上附有蜡质胶状分泌物和鳞片。光镜和电镜下叶表皮柴胡属微形态表现出相当高的多态性;而在特定的分类群中,又表现为高度的一致性,为种间分类提供了新的证据。     

Rearrangements of F-actin during Stomatogenesis Visualised by Confocal Microscopy in Fixed and Permeabilised Tradescantia Leaf Epidermis

Abstract: New details of F-actin organisation in leaf epidermal and stomatal cells were revealed by rhodamine — and fluorescein — phalloidin staining of fixed epidermal peels of Tradescantia virginiana and visualisation by confocal microscopy. Non-specialised epidermal cells contain highly organised arrays of fine cortical actin filaments aligned in transverse or oblique orientations. In interphase guard mother cells (GMCs), the arrangement of cortical F-actin changes on the periclinal and anticlinal cell walls at different times during differentiation. Initially, cortical F-actin on the periclinal surfaces is oriented transversely and F-actin is evenly distributed around the anticlinal walls. Following polarisation of the adjacent subsidiary mother cells (SMCs), actin in GMCs concentrates on the lateral anticlinal walls, but not on the transverse walls. Subsequently, F-actin on the periclinal walls reorients to radial and then longitudinal. Organisation of F-actin in SMCs appears to be influenced by the adjacent GMCs and co-ordination in F-actin arrangements in cells of the stomatal complex continues through to the formation of the guard cell pair. Our studies indicate that actin bands marking the division site in prophase cells, and detected in microinjected living material, are a particularly labile subset of F-actin. Actin bands were difficult to preserve, even when aldehyde fixation was avoided, in contrast to all interphase and mitotic F-actin.     

中国蓼属分叉蓼组和冰岛蓼属植物叶下表皮微形态研究

采用光学显微镜对中国蓼属分叉蓼组(Polygonum section Aconogonon)和冰岛蓼属(Koenigia)的21种植物的叶下表皮微形态进行了观察研究。结果表明,其叶下表皮微形态特征可分为三种类型：（1）气孔器类型为无规则型,表皮细胞多边形,垂周壁为波状;（2）气孔器类型为无规则型兼有非典型不等型,表皮细胞为多边形或不规则形,垂周壁为平直弓形或波状;（3）气孔器类型为不等细胞型,表皮细胞多边形,垂周壁为平直弓形。分叉蓼组（西伯利亚蓼除外）植物的叶表皮气孔器类型具有高度一致性,说明该组是一个自然类群。本文研究结果不支持将大铜钱叶蓼(Polygonum forrestii Diels)、铜钱叶蓼(P. nummularifolium Meissner)划归于冰岛蓼属的处理意见;支持将西伯利亚蓼(P. sibiricum Laxm.)独立成属,即西伯利亚蓼属(Knorringia Tzvel.)的观点;同时也支持仍将多穗蓼(P. polystachyum Wall.ex Meissner)和松林蓼(P. pinetorum Hemsl.)归在分叉蓼组的处理意见。     

Characters of Leaf Epidermis and Their Systematic Significance in Menispermaceae

The epidermal characters of mature leaves of 29 genera, 50 species and 3 varieties (totally 56 samples) representing all the 5 tribes in the family Menispermaceae were examined under the light microscope. The main conclusions are as follows: (1) The shape of the epidermal cells is polygonal or irregular, and the anticlinal walls are straight or waved in the family. In some genera a special arrangement of epidermal cells is named as “rosette-cell arrangement" for the first time. The lower epidermal cells were found to have a papilla in Stephania, Diploclisia and Legnephora . (2) In some genera, the anticlinal walls are oblique, rather than perpendicular, to the surface. (3) The stomatal apparatuses, generally restricted to the lower surface of the leaves, were assigned to anomocytic, staurocytic, cyclocytic, anisocytic and actinocytic types, and their distribution on the epidermis may be of diffuse pattern or island congregating pattern. (4) The cells of both upper and lower epidermis in the tribe Pachygoneae and Fibraureae are generally polygonal with straight or arched anticlinal walls, and the stomatal apparatuses are usually staurocytic and actinocytic. The cyclocytic stomatal apparatus was found only in two genera of the tribe Pachygoneae. By contrast, the epidermal cells of the tribes Anomospermeae, Tinosporeae and Menispermeae are generally irregular with waved anticlinal walls, and the stomatal apparatuses are predominantly anomocytic. These correlated characters are of much significance in delimiting tribes within the Menispermaceae, and also provide evidence for studies on systematic relationships of several genera.     

七指蕨科和瓶尔小草科植物的叶表皮特征

在光学显微镜和扫描电子显微镜下,对七指蕨科和瓶尔小草科３个属３种代表植物的叶表皮内外面进行了观察。它们的表皮细胞形状较规则,垂周壁平直或略有弯曲,气孔器长轴与叶片长轴平行或近平行,保卫细胞下陷;但三属叶表皮在表皮细胞形状,     

Cuticle micromorphology of leaves of Pinus (Pinaceae) from North America

Cuticle micromorphology of 31 taxa of Pinus from North America was studied with scanning electron microscopy. Twenty-eight characters, 21 from the inner cuticle and seven from the outer cuticle, were described in detail. These characters have value either for infrageneric classification or for identifying individual taxa. Ten characters were diagnostic for subgenera. Numbers 1−5 relate to the epidermal cells: (1) periclinal wall texture; (2) degree of development; (3) shape of anticlinal walls; (4) shape of apex of anticlinal walls; (5) cuticular continuity. Numbers 6 and 7 relate to the subsidiary cells: (6) lateral texture; (7) groove on the inner surface. Numbers 8−10 relate to the Florin ring: (8) degree of development of the ridge; (9) furrow; (10) groove. Pinus resinosa , belonging to Pinus section Pinus , was clearly distinguished from both the other species and subsection by the tapering and oblique end wall and markedly developed anticlinal walls of the epidermal cells. The cuticular features of P. albicaulis belonging to Parrya subsection Cembrae have a cuticular pattern typical of the species of subgenus Strobus . The subsectional delimitation based on cuticular features did not show a clear resolution even though the taxa might be individually distinct based on the combination of characters examined.  © 2004 The Linnean Society of London, Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 2004, 144 , 303−320.     

Comparative anatomy of leaves and stems in some species of the South American genus Chrysolaena (Vernonieae,Asteraceae) and taxonomic implications

Vegetative anatomical features are poorly known in the South American genus Chrysolaena. In this study, leaves and stems of six Chrysolaena species were described and compared morphologically and anatomically using diaphanization, microtome serial sectioning and scanning electron microscopy. The species differed in leaf epidermis, type of stomata, shape of anticlinal walls of epidermal cells, trichome density, and presence or absence in stems of small air spaces in the cortical parenchyma and of druse‐shaped oxalate crystals. Furthermore, glandular trichomes and three types of non‐glandular trichomes with different number of basal cells were identified on leaves and stems. Collectively, these features proved instrumental to discriminate among the six studied species, suggesting that leaves and stems of Chrysolaena can represent a source for taxonomically useful characters. We also discuss anatomical features in relation to the environmental conditions in the species’ habitats.     

山东广义苦荬菜属(菊科)叶表皮微形态的研究

对山东广义苦荬菜属植物叶表皮微形态进行了光镜下的观察研究。结果表明:山东广义苦荬菜属9种植物叶表皮微形态可分为四种类型:(1)小苦荬型:上、下表皮均有气孔器,气孔器为不规则型,偶有非典型不等型,上、下表皮细胞为不规则形,垂周壁波状;(2)黄瓜菜型:上表皮无气孔器,下表皮气孔器为不规则型,偶有非典型不等型,上、下表皮细胞为不规则形,垂周壁深波状;(3)沙苦荬型:上、下表皮均有气孔器,气孔器为不规则型,偶有非典型不等型,上、下表皮细胞为多边形,垂周壁平直、弓形;(4)苦荬菜型:上、下表皮均有气孔器,气孔器为不规则型,偶有非典型不等型,上表皮细胞为不规则形,垂周壁波状,下表皮细胞为多边形,垂周壁弓形;与中国植物志把广义苦荬菜属划分为4个属的意见相一致。     

Comparative leaf anatomy of Salix species and hybrids

Epidermal features, mesophyll differentiation and calcium oxalate characteristics of 19 species and 12 hybrids of Salix are described. The species and hybrids can be distinguished by the presence or absence of the following epidermal features: striated cuticle; stomata; covering trichomes; beaded anticlinal walls, and diosmin-like njstals. In or near marginal teeth, glandular trichomes are present in all cases. The leaf veins of all specimens examined have calcium oxalate prism sheaths and, with the exception of S. herbacea , cluster crystals in some cells of the mesophyll. Most sprcies studied in the subgenus Salix show: both adaxial and abaxial stomata; striated cuticle metopllyll of palisade cells, with little or no spongy mesophyll, but with a well-defined hypodermis, and absence of thick-walled, sinuous trichomes. Characteristic features of the subgenus Caprisalix are: abaxial stomata only; epidermal crystals; smooth cuticle; mesophyll diflerentiated into palisade cells and spongy mesophyll and without a hypodermis, and trichomes more numerous and varied than those of the subgenus Salix . Leaves of the two species of the subgenus Chaemelia examined and those of S. lapponum , have predominantly anomocytic stomata, whereas all the other leaves studied have predominantly paracytic stomata. The anatomical features described, in conjunction with the morphologiral characters, enable the species and hybrids of Salix studied to be autheenticated.     

Micromorphological studies on seeds of orobanche species from the iberian peninsula and the balearic islands, and their systematic significance

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Previous research has made clear the intrinsic taxonomic difficulties in identifying species in the genus Orobanche. The aim of this study, therefore, was to investigate the systematic utility of seed characteristics. METHODS: Light and scanning electron microscopy was used to examine the seeds of 33 taxa of Orobanche from the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic Islands. KEY RESULTS: Characters such as size, shape and ornamentation of the seeds were not found to be very useful in differentiation of taxa; however, other characters of the epidermal seed coat cells proved to be very helpful in this respect. Ornamentation of the periclinal walls could be used to discriminate four morphological types. Other features related to the anticlinal walls of the cells, such as thickness, presence/absence of a narrow trough, or relative depth, all contributed to the characterization of a large number of species. CONCLUSIONS: The usefulness of micromorphological studies on seeds of Orobanche in relation to differentiating taxa is demonstrated, and a key is provided to distinguish species or groups of species.     

29种中国野豌豆属植物叶表皮微形态特征及其系统学意义

应用光学显微镜和扫描电子显微镜对29种野豌豆属植物叶表皮微形态特征进行了观察。结果显示:叶表皮细胞形状有无规则形和多边形2种,垂周壁式样有深波状、浅波状和平直-弓形;表皮角质层纹饰微形态多样,大多数植物叶片表面不具有腺毛或仅中脉有,少数植物叶片表面具腺毛;部分叶表皮上有柔毛,少数植物无毛。气孔器存在于上表皮、下表皮、或上下表皮均有,形状为椭圆形、卵圆形,均为无规则型。野豌豆属植物叶表皮的这些微形态特征,在属内组间没有明确的规律性,但可为探讨该属种间的分类学及亲缘关系提供依据。     

国产野豌豆属植物叶表皮微形态特征及其系统学意义

应用光学显微镜和扫描电子显微镜对29种野豌豆属植物叶表皮微形态特征进行了观察。结果显示：叶表皮细胞形状有无规则形和多边形2种,垂周壁式样有深波状、浅波状和平直-弓形;表皮角质层纹饰微形态多样,大多数植物叶片表面不具有腺毛或仅中脉有,少数植物叶片表面具腺毛;部分叶表皮上有柔毛,少数植物无毛。气孔器存在于上表皮、下表皮、或上下表皮均有,形状为椭圆形、卵圆形,均为无规则型。野豌豆属植物叶表皮的这些微形态特征,在属内组间没有明确的规律性,但可为探讨本属种间的分类学及亲缘关系提供依据。     

Cuticle micromorphology of leaves of Pinus (Pinaceae) from Mexico and Central America

Cuticle micromorphology of 34 taxa of Pinus from Mexico and Central America was studied with scanning electron microscopy, and leaf morphology was described. In total, 29 characters, 22 from the inner cuticular surfaces and seven from the outer, were described in detail. These characters have value either for testing infragenerie classifications or for identifying individual taxa. Characters relating to the periclinal wall texture of the epidermal cells, the shape and degree of development of the anticlinal walls of the epidermal cells, the basal and apical shapes of anticlinal epidermal cell walls, the continuity of the epidermal cells, the size ratio of the polar to lateral subsidiary cells, the grooves on subsidiary cells, the cuticular flanges between guard and subsidiary cells, the groove near the bristles and the elevation of the Florin ring ridge and striations on the Florin ring are particularly useful for infrageneric classification. The agreement between these characters and infrageneric classifications is discussed. Characters relating to the end wall shapes of the epidermal cells, the relative length of epidermal cells, the shape of the stomatal apparatus, the texture of guard and lateral subsidiary cell surfaces, the polar extensions, the number of subsidiary cells and epidermal cell layers between stomatal rows, the integrity of stomatal rows, cell numbers between stomata in a row, cuticular flanges between guard cells, bristle flanges and surface textures, epicuticular waxes, striations on Florin rings and stomatal shapes, contain some important information for identifying Mexican pines. The distribution of the states of each character is compared with that of the Asian pines. Cuticular characters are used to help determine the affinities of taxonomically difficult taxa.     

A study of the transpiration surfaces of Avena sterilis L. var. Algerian leaves using monosilicic acid as a tracer for water movement

Summary The sites and pathways of transpiration from leaves of Avena sterilis L. var. Algerian were studied using the accumulation of monosilicic acid as a tracer for water movement. Seedlings of Algerian oats were grown under silicon free conditions and fed monosilicic acid, in a normal nutrient solution, via the roots. The silicon component of monosilicic acid was located in freeze substituted tissue by means of x-ray microprobe analysis. Methods of tissue fixation preventing post treatment movement of tracer were developed and it was determined that monosilicic acid is a suitable tracer for water.Sites of water loss were marked by accumulation of silicon. Internal evaporating surfaces having a high intensity of water loss were demonstrated. Evaporation from epidermal surfaces was most intense over the guard and subsidiary cells with very little evaporation from the cuticular surfaces of normal epidermal cells. Moderately high evaporation occurred from epidermal fibre cells located above the veins. Evaporation from all exposed walls of guard cells including the wall adjacent to the pore was intense. Smaller amounts of tracer were located in the unexposed anticlinal walls of epidermal cells as well as within the unexposed walls of mesophyll cells. The results are interpreted as demonstrating the extent of internal transpiration surfaces and that cuticular epidermal transpiration is low. Strong support is given to the existence of peristomatal transpiration. Internal pathways of water movement are defined and the occurrence of these is discussed in relation to cuticular transpiration and lateral water movement in the epidermis.     

不同地区青檀叶片的解剖及表皮特征的比较研究

采用石蜡切片技术和叶表皮离析法,对我国8个省共15个居群的青檀(Pteroceltis tatarinowii Maxim.)叶片特征进行了比较和分析.研究发现:各居群的栅栏组织细胞层数多数为2层,显示出一定的稳定性,但不同居群的叶片横切面解剖特征存在显著性差异.叶片上表皮细胞有多边形和不规则形两种类型,而下表皮细胞均为不规则形.上表皮细胞垂周壁为平直形、圆形、浅波形或深波形,差异较明显,下表皮细胞垂周壁则仅有深波形和浅波形两种.叶表皮毛的分布位置在各居群间不同,而表皮毛的类型在居群间稳定,且在多数居群中表皮毛与周围细胞形成花环结构.各居群的气孔器类型均为不规则型且均仅在下表皮随机分布,但气孔器的密度、大小等特征在不同居群间存在显著性差异.生境地的气候因子对青檀叶的特征产生一定的影响.结果表明:青檀叶的解剖特征在不同居群间差异性较大,青檀叶表皮的气孔密度等特征在居群间有一定差异,而气孔器类型和表皮细胞形状等特征较稳定,有一定的分类学价值.     

中国卫矛属植物叶表皮微形态特征及其分类学意义

利用光学显微镜和扫描电子显微镜对中国卫矛属(Euonymus L.)24种以及沟瓣属（Glyptopetalum Thw.）3种植物的叶表皮微形态特征进行了观察研究,测量并统计了气孔器长宽比、密度和气孔指数。结果显示,两属植物叶表皮微形态特征基本一致：叶上、下表皮细胞形状多为多边形,垂周壁平直-弓形;气孔器通常仅分布在叶下表皮;均具有无规则型气孔器,部分种还具环列型气孔器。扫描电镜下角质膜纹饰、表皮细胞界限及气孔特征在一些种间存在差异,可以作为区分部分近缘种类的参考依据。