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ACTA BOTANICA BRASILICA
卷 35, 期 4, 页码 627-637出版社
SOC BOTANICA BRASIL
DOI: 10.1590/0102-33062020abb0058
关键词
heterostyly; pollen tube growth; pollination; reproductive biology; self-incompatibility
Distyly is a floral polymorphism that promotes cross-pollination, and Psychotria brachyceras belongs to a population of Distylous Rubiaceae. The population exhibits typical Distyly characteristics, with high reciprocity, evenly distributed inaccuracy values between sexual organs, and a functional heteromorphic incompatibility system.
Distyly is a floral polymorphism that promotes cross-pollination through precise pollination. Psychotria is a mostly tropical genus of distylous Rubiaceae. Although widely studied in Brazil, some regions/species are still poorly explored, which hinders the understanding of distyly system along a greater geographical range. Here, we studied a subtropical population of Psychotria brachyceras in southern Brazil. For this, we characterized morphs occurrence, reciprocity of sexual structures, mating and incompatibility systems. In addition, we compared the reciprocity values from other species of the genus based on values gathered from literature to understand how the population behaves. The population showed equal proportions of thrum (short stigma/high anthers) and pin (high stigma/short anthers) morphs. Reciprocity was higher than the average for the genus and inaccuracy values between sexual organs were evenly distributed between the organ types, indicating a trend to typical distyly. Higher fruit set rates in intermorph and open pollination treatments and pollen tube growth observations confirmed that the population has a functional heteromorphic incompatibility system. Psychotria brachyceras showed no signs of distinct traits to typical distylous populations, which seems to ensure reproductive success and distyly maintenance.
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