Abstract
Vasculature in the bicarpellate, pseudomonomerous gynoecium with two distinct styles is examined and compared in all of 15 genera of Celtidaceae and Ulmaceae (Urticales). Gynoecial vasculature is diversified in the families but consistet in a genus or a group of genera. Our observations corroborate the earlier suggestion that Ulmaceae (six genera) basically have three-bundled styles, while Celtidaceae (nine genera) always have one-bundled styles. Comparisons with other Urticales and with Eucommiaceae as an outgroup of Urticales indicate that Celtidaceae are more closely related to Moraceae in sharing one-bundled style (a synapomorphy), rather than to Ulmaceae. This supports a separation of Celtidaceae as a distinct family from Ulmaceaesensu lato. Based on the degree of fusion of major vascular bundles running in the gynoecium, we further distinguish three types of gynoecial vasculature in Ulmaceae and, likewise, three types in Celtidaceae, and discuss evolutionary trends of gynoecial vasculature as well as some generic relationships within the families.
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Abbreviations
- D1 and D2 :
-
dorsal bundle of fertile and strile carpel, respectively
- FC and SC:
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style of fertile and sterile carpel, respectively
- FDV:
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fused dorsal and ventral bundle of two carpels
- FV:
-
fused ventral bundle of two carpels
- OV:
-
ovular bundle
- SFV:
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single fused ventral bundle of two carpels
- V1 and V2 :
-
ventral bundle of fertile and sterile carpel respectively
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Omori, Y., Terabayashi, S. Gynoecial vascular anatomy and its systematic implications in Celtidaceae and Ulmaceae (Urticales). J. Plant Res. 106, 249–258 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02344593
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