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Phyllotaxis and vascular course in the vegetative shoots ofRubia akane andR. sikkimensis were studied. Each node of both species has a whorl of four leafy members among which two are true leaves. Arrangement of the true leaves is not decussate but bijugate, i.e., opposite leaves are arranged spirally. Bijugy was ascertained not only by gross morphology but also by arrangement of primordia around the shoot apex and vascular course through several internodes. Divergence angle differed widely with internodes even within a single shoot and with shoots even in the internodes which are separated by a same number of nodes from the apex. Mean divergence angles obtained for five youngest internodes of some shoots were between 49.4° and 61.8° inR. akane and between 53.6° and 59.4° inR. sikkimensis. Young seedlings ofR. akane showed decussate phyllotaxis in the lowermost several internodes. In the internodes near the lower end of the bijugate part, the divergence angle was wider than in the upper internodes. The directions of the phyllotactic spirals in the main axis and the lateral branches were either homodromous or antidromous, and those in the oppositely paired branches also were either homo- or antidromous.
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Fukuda, Y. Phyllotaxis in two species ofRubia, R. akane andR. sikkimensis . Bot. Mag. Tokyo 101, 25–38 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02488391
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