期刊
ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
卷 11, 期 24, 页码 17615-17624出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8445
关键词
Beilschmiedia; evolution; flower; Lauraceae; ontogeny; phyllotaxis
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31970205, 31770211]
This study observed the variation and early development of flowers of Beilschmiedia appendiculata, a species belonging to the Cryptocarya clade in the Lauraceae family. The research found that floral organs develop in an acropetal pattern and the floral merosity is extremely variable. Additionally, the species has lost the innermost staminal whorl, which is unusual in the Lauraceae family.
Floral characters are important for the systematics of the Lauraceae. However, structure and development of the flowers remain poorly known in the family. In this study, we observed the variation and early development of flowers of Beilschmiedia appendiculata, which belongs to the Cryptocarya clade of the family. The results indicate that the shoot apical meristems (SAMs) of the floral buds are enlarged and become a platform for the programmed initiation of the floral organs; floral organs develop basically in an acropetal pattern; phyllotaxis is whorled, initiation of floral primordia within a whorl is asynchronous; floral merosity is extremely variable, for example, dimerous, trimerous, tetramerous, dimerous plus trimerous, and trimerous plus tetramerous. In addition, this species has lost the innermost staminal whorl and glands are not closely associated with stamens of the third staminal whorl, which is unusual in the family Lauraceae. Our new observations broaden our knowledge of the variation of floral structure in Beilschmiedia and pose a fundamental question regarding the ecology underlying the lability of floral organs in B. appendiculata.
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