Fruit micromorphology of Siberian Apiaceae and its value for taxonomy of the family
Keywords:
parallel variability, SEM, terminology, Umbelliferae
Abstract
Using a scanning electron microscope, the fruit micromorphology of the family Apiaceae of Siberia was studied. In total, the study covered 97 species of wild, adventive, and the most important cultivated plants. Within one fruit, micromorphology is heterogeneous; the most informative is the surface of the grooves and the rib bases. Exocarp cells are described (relative position, shape, size, nature of the boundaries between cells, outer walls, and fine relief of the cell wall). Characters most consistent within the species, for example, outgrowths on cell surface and a thin relief of cell wall, are noted. The characteristics of the ridges of the ribs, stomata (their presence, position on the surface of the fruit, and cuticle on the cells adjacent to the stomata), and epicuticular wax are also given. 25 species have hairs, scales, spines or warts on the surface; the shape of these structures and their fine relief are described. The importance of micromorphology for species identification and taxonomy is shown. The wide distribution of parallel variability in the family is noted.
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Ostroumova, T. A., Pimenov M. G., Ukrainskaya U. A., Tilney P. M. 2011. Fruit micromorphology in the Umbelliferae and its taxonomical significance. In: XVIII International Botanical Congress (Melbourne, Australia, 23–30 July 2011). Abstract book. Melbourne. Pp. 562–563.
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Pimenov M., Degtjareva G., Ostroumova T., Samigullin T., Zakharova E. 2019. What is Seseli diffusum? A comparative morphological and molecular appraisal of a critical species of the Umbelliferae. Plant Systematics and Evolution 305: 49–59. DOI: 10.1007/s00606-018-1550-z
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Rajakumar R., Mauro D. S., Dijkstra M. B., Huang M. H., Wheeler D. E., Hiou-Tim F., Khila A., Cournoyea M., Abouheif E. 2012. Ancestral developmental potential facilitates parallel evolution in ants. Science 335(6): 79–82. DOI: 10.1126/science.1211451
Рожанская О. А., Шилова Т. В., Горшкова Е. М. Изменчивость таксономических признаков в популяциях растений-регенерантов и генеративных потомств эспарцета песчаного (Onobrychis arenaria (Kit.) DC.) // Проблемы ботаники Южной Сибири и Монголии: Сб. ст. по материалам XV Междунар. науч.-практ. конф. (г. Барнаул, 23–26 мая 2016 г.) Барнаул, 2016. С. 321–324.
Seregin A. P. (Ed.). 2021. Moscow Digital Herbarium: Electronic resource. Moscow: Moscow State University. URL: https://plant.depo.msu.ru/ (Accessed 21.05.2021).
Spalik K. 1997. Revision of Anthriscus (Apiaceae). Polish Bot. Stud. 13: 1–69.
Spalik K., Downie S. R. 2001. The utility of morphological characters for inferring phylogeny in Scandiceae subtribe Scandicinae (Apiaceae). Ann. Missouri Bot. Garden 88: 270–301.
Stearn W. T. 1983. Botanical Latin. 3d edition. David and Charles Publishers, Newton Abbot London. 565 pp.
Stoyanov S., Ostroumova T., Degtjareva G., Samigullin T. 2020. Seseli besserianum (Apiaceae), a restored species and a replacement name for Seseli peucedanifolium Besser. Phytotaxa 458(2): 120–138 DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.458.2.1
Thiers B. 2008+ [continuously updated]. Index Herbariorum: A global directory of public herbaria and associated staff. New York Botanical Garden's Virtual Herbarium. URL: http://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih (Accessed 21.05.2021).
Vavilov N.I. 1922. The law of homologous series in variation. J. Genet. 12: 47–89.
Wang Huan-Chong, Zhou Xin-Mao, Sun Hang, Wang Yue-Hua. 2013. Acronema crassifolium sp. nov. (Apiaceae), a distinct new species from Yunnan, southwest China. Phytotaxa 87 (3): 39–44. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.87.3.1
Yeşil Y., Akalın E., Akpulat A., Vural C. 2018. Fruit morphology of the genus Pimpinella (Apiaceae) in Turkey. Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid 75 (2): e072. DOI: 10.3989/ajbm.2509
Yildiri H., Duman H. 2017. Peucedanum guvenianum (Apiaceae), a new species from West Anatolia, Turkey. Turkish Journal of Botany 41: 600–608. DOI: 10.3906/bot-1701-56
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Ostroumova T. A. Fruit micromorphology of Siberian Apiaceae and its value for taxonomy of the family // Turczaninowia, 2021. Vol. 24, № 2. P. 120-143 DOI: 10.14258/turczaninowia.24.2.13. URL: https://turczaninowia.asu.ru/article/view/9832.
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