The features of xylem tracheary elements in some herbaceous members of the family Convolvulaceae Horan.

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Keywords: Convolvulaceae, Cuscuta, diameters of tracheary elements, stem anatomy, vines, xylem

Abstract

Numerous narrow xylem tracheary elements (tracheids and vessels) are present in liana stems, along with a few wide vessels that perform the main water-conducting function. This trait, known as “vessel dimorphism”, has been identified in studies on water-conducting tissue in autotrophic plants, including a large number of perennial climbing plants and a number of annual vines. Information is lacking on the presence of vessel dimorphism in parasitic plants of the lianescent habit. In this study, we performed a structural analysis of stems in the autotrophic herbaceous vines of Convolvulus arvensis L. and Calystegia sepium (L.) R. Br., as well as in the parasitic vines of Cuscuta monogyna Vahl, Cuscuta planiflora Ten., Cuscuta approximata Bab., and Cuscuta campestris Yunck., of the family of Convolvulaceae Horan. The xylem of C. arvensis and C. sepium contains a few wide conductive elements and many narrow ones. This feature is typical of autotrophic climbing plants. Only narrow tracheary elements are present in the xylem of the parasitic vines of the genus of Cuscuta L. (dodders). The total number of the tracheary elements is an order of magnitude less in the dodders than it is in the autotrophic vines. It is possible that the autotrophic ancestor of dodders lost the characteristic feature of the xylem of climbing plants, known as vessel dimorphism, during its transition to the parasitic lifestyle.

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2021-10-01
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Goremykina Y. V., Azaryan A. D., Akime E. L., Leshchina K. Y. The features of xylem tracheary elements in some herbaceous members of the family Convolvulaceae Horan. // Turczaninowia, 2021. Vol. 24, № 3. P. 129-137 DOI: 10.14258/turczaninowia.24.3.10. URL: http://turczaninowia.asu.ru/article/view/10448.
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