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Caris, P.L.; Geuten, K.P.; Janssens, S.B.; Smets, E.. |
The floral morphological and developmental patterns in three species of Impatiens (Balsaminaceae), namely I. columbaria, I. hawkeri, and I. niamniamensis, were studied to contribute to a better understanding of floral evolution in the genus. Strangely enough, the highly diverse floral morphology and ontogeny of this horticulturally important genus have never been studied thoroughly (e.g., using scanning electron microscopic techniques). We discuss the position and the developmental sequence of the different perianth members. We hypothesized that in the course of evolution, the anterolateral sepals become reduced and that a morphocline can be recognized going from species with five sepals, over species with rudimentary sepals that fuse postgenitally with... |
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor |
Palavras-chave: Balsaminaceae; Ericales; Floral development; Floral evolution; Floral morphology; Impatiens; Scanning electron microscopy; 42.40. |
Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/422332 |
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Janssens, S.; Lens, F.; Dressler, S.; Geuten, K.; Smets, E.; Vinckier, S.. |
Background and Aims The objective of this study is to examine the palynological diversity of Balsaminaceae (two genera/61000 species), Tetrameristaceae (two genera/two species) and Pellicieraceae (one genus/one species). The diversity found will be used to infer the systematic value of pollen features within the balsaminoid clade. Methods Pollen morphology and ultrastructure of 29 species, representing all families of the balsaminoid clade except Marcgraviaceae, are investigated by means of light microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. Key Results Balsaminaceae pollen is small to medium sized with three to four apertures, which can be either colpate or porate, and a sexine sculpturing varying from coarsely... |
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor |
Palavras-chave: Balsaminaceae; Ericales; Orbicules; Pellicieraceae; Pollen; SEM; TEM; Tetrameristaceae. |
Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/407278 |
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Janssens, S.; Geuten, K.; Yuan, Y.; Song, Y.; Küpfer, P.; Smets, E.. |
Balsaminaceae are a morphologically diverse family with ca. 1,000 representatives that are mainly distributed in the Old World tropics and subtropics. To understand the relationships of its members, we obtained chloroplast atpB-rbcL sequences from 86 species of Balsaminaceae and five outgroups. Phylogenetic reconstructions using parsimony and Bayesian approaches provide a well-resolved phylogeny in which the sister group relationship between Impatiens and Hydrocera is confirmed. The overall topology of Impatiens is strongly supported and is geographically structured. Impatiens likely originated in South China from which it colonized the adjacent regions and afterwards dispersed into North America, Africa, India, the Southeast Asian peninsula, and the... |
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor |
Palavras-chave: Balsaminaceae; Phylogeny; Reconstruction; Sister group relationship; Impatiens; Hydrocera. |
Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/407352 |
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Lens, F.; Dressler, S.; Jansen, S.; Van Evelghem, L.; Smets, E.. |
Wood samples of 49 specimens representing 31 species and 11 genera of woody balsaminoids, i.e., Balsaminaceae, Marcgraviaceae, Pellicieraceae, and Tetrameristaceae, were investigated using light microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. The wood structure of Marcgraviaceae, Pellicieraceae, and Tetrameristaceae is characterized by radial vessel multiples with simple perforation plates, alternate vessel pitting, apotracheal and paratracheal parenchyma, septate libriform fibers, and the presence of raphides in ray cells. Tetrameristaceae and Pellicieraceae are found to be closely related based on the occurrence of unilaterally compound vessel-ray pitting and multiseriate rays with long uniseriate ends. The narrow rays in Pelliciera are characteristic of... |
Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor |
Palavras-chave: Balsaminaceae; Balsaminoid clade; Ericales; Marcgraviaceae; Paedomorphism; Pellicieraceae; Tetrameristaceae; Wood anatomy; 42.40. |
Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/407273 |
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