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Leaf and sepal colleters in Calolisianthus speciosus Gilg (Gentianaceae): a morphoanatomical comparative analysis and mechanisms of exudation

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ACTA BOTANICA BRASILICA
Volume 35, Issue 3, Pages 445-455

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SOC BOTANICA BRASIL
DOI: 10.1590/0102-33062020abb0424

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histochemistry; mucilage; protein content; secretory structures; ultrastructural analysis

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  1. Coordenacao de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nivel Superior (CAPES) [001]
  2. Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG)
  3. CNPq [306740/2019-2]

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Calolisianthus speciosus, an endemic species of cerrado and campos rupestres in Brazil, has colleters in both the leaf base and sepal. Anatomical comparison showed that leaf and sepal colleters are similar, non-vascularized structures primarily filled with protein and polysaccharides. The secretion mechanism involves release of contents from secretion-filled vacuoles to intercellular spaces through the external wall, promoting secretion accumulation and release outside of the cell.
Calolisianthus speciosus, an endemic species of cerrado and campos rupestres in Brazil, bears colleters in both the leaf base and sepal. These colleters (leaf and sepal) were anatomically compared to identify differences in their structure and secretion mechanism. Samples of sepals and leaves in different development stages were collected and processed according to standard methodologies for anatomical and ultrastructural studies. Sepal and leaf colleters were anatomically similar, being non-vascularized, sessile or short-stalked and composed of a multicellular secretory head with large intercellular spaces where secretion, with a predominance of protein and polysaccharides, is accumulated. The secretory cells have thin walls, dense cytoplasm with granular endoplasmic reticulum, numerous dictyosomes and mitochondria. The ultrastructural characters are in agreement with the production of mucilaginous/protein secretion. The large secretion-filled vacuole merges with the plasma membrane releasing its contents to the periplasmic space where it remains until release outside of the cell wall, where it is accumulated in intercellular spaces formed by schizogeny. This accumulation generates pressure that promotes the passage of secretion through the external wall and the cuticle of superficial secretory cells of the head of the colleter.

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