Colleters in Caryocar brasiliense (Caryocaraceae) ontogenesis, ultrastructure and secretion

Brazilian Journal of Biology

E. A. S. Paiva²  S. R. Machado¹ 

[1] ,Federal University of Minas Gerais Institute of Biological Sciences Department of BotanyBelo Horizonte MG ,Brazil

关键词: Caryocaraceae;    cerrado vegetation;    colleter;    pequi;    secretion;    Caryocaraceae;    cerrado;    coléter;    pequi;    secreção;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1519-69842006000200012

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Colleters are widely distributed and have been reported in several taxa. However, the only report of colleters in the Caryocaraceae family is in Caryocar brasiliense. This study purports to describe the distribution, structure and ultrastructure of colleters in C. brasiliense. Vegetative shoot apices with stipules in different stages of development were collected, fixed, and processed by light, transmission and scanning electron microscopy. Colleters occur on the stipule adaxial face and are differentiated on younger stipules, remaining functional until senescence. Stipules are deciduous, falling before the beginning of leaf expansion. Colleter secretion is abundant, filling all the space delimited by the stipule. Colleter origin is mixed, involving the protoderm and ground meristem. In this species, colleters are finger-shaped, consisting of a column of non-secretory central cells and a secretory epithelium whose cells are arranged in palisades. Secretory epithelium cells show dense cytoplasm, rough endoplasmic reticulum (RER) segments, free ribosomes, mitochondria, and abundant well developed dictyosomes. The colleters central cell shows a flocculated cytoplasm and developed vacuole. These cells have a small lobated nucleus with an inconspicuous nucleolus. Mitochondria and RER stand out in the organelles. There is evidence of granulocrine secretion and colleter involvement with protection of the apical meristem and leaves in the initial stages of development.

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