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VASCULAR SYSTEM OF THE FLORET OF LEERSIA VIRGINICA (GRAMINEAE‐ORYZOIDEAE)
Author(s) -
Pizzolato Thompson Demetrio
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
american journal of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.218
H-Index - 151
eISSN - 1537-2197
pISSN - 0002-9122
DOI - 10.1002/j.1537-2197.1989.tb11351.x
Subject(s) - gynoecium , biology , vascular bundle , lemma (botany) , stamen , bundle , anatomy , botany , poaceae , pollen , materials science , composite material
The vascular system of the floret of Leersia is unified yet is segmented according to the appendages it serves. The rachilla at the floret base contains a collateral bundle related to the median trace of the lemma. The palea median trace joins the posterior of this bundle in the rachilla as the lemma laterals merge with the anterior. Although the stamen traces enter at the flanks of this rachilla bundle, they do not become fully incorporated into the system until near the floret base where the rachilla bundle, lemma laterals, and palea laterals converge. Traces from the lodicules attach to the anterior of the stamen traces. The base of the vascular system of the pistil, the pistil plexus, attaches tenuously by a bundle to the lower system between the entrance of the stamen traces. A bundle from each style attaches near the anterior of the pistil plexus below the level where the posterior of the pistil plexus rises, as the placental bundle, to merge with the ovule. Characteristics of the vascular system of Leersia , such as the relative discreteness of the staminal and stylar traces and the lack of both the anterior pistil bundle and the xylem discontinuity, are useful for delimiting the Oryzoideae from the Festucoideae.