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How to Cite Complete Issue More Information About This Article Revista de Biología Tropical ISSN: 0034-7744 ISSN: 2215-2075 Universidad de Costa Rica Robayo, Camila; Marquínez, Xavier; Raz, Lauren; Nickrent, Daniel Lee Floral anatomy of the plant Psittacanthus schiedeanus (Loranthaceae) Revista de Biología Tropical, vol. 68, no. 1, 2020, January-March, pp. 1-11 Universidad de Costa Rica DOI: 10.15517/RBT.V68I1.37433 Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=44965893001 How to cite Complete issue Scientific Information System Redalyc More information about this article Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America and the Caribbean, Spain and Journal's webpage in redalyc.org Portugal Project academic non-profit, developed under the open access initiative Floral anatomy of the plant Psittacanthus schiedeanus (Loranthaceae) Camila Robayo1, Xavier Marquínez1*, Lauren Raz2 & Daniel Lee Nickrent3 1. Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, (Sisbio, COL0024669), Universidad Nacional de Colombia-Sede Bogotá, Carrera 30 # 45-03, Bogotá D.C., Colombia; [email protected], [email protected] 2. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional de Colombia-Sede Bogotá, Carrera 30 # 45-03, Bogotá D.C., Colombia; [email protected] 3. Department of Plant Biology, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois 62901 USA; [email protected] * Correspondence Received 28-V-2019. Corrected 06-VIII-2019. Accepted 25-X-2019. ABSTRACT. Anatomía floral de la planta Psittacanthus schiedeanus (Loranthaceae). Loranthaceae hemi- parasitic family comprises 76 genera and about 1 050 species distributed in temperate and tropical regions. The subtribe Psittacanthinae contains 14 genera of neotropical mistletoe including Psittacanthus with over 120 species, characterized by large, brightly colored (red, orange, yellow) flowers that are mostly pollinated by hummingbirds. During the 20th century, a number of morphological and embryological studies were con- ducted mainly on Old World Loranthaceae genera. More recently, attention has been focused on neotropical Psittacanthinae where among the 14 genera, floral anatomy has been examined in only seven. The aim of this study is to describe the floral anatomy of Psittacanthus schiedeanus and compares the results with those derived from related mistletoe, interpreting the variation of the floral characters of the calyculus, nectary, gynoecium and from floral dissections and serial histological sections, detailing the structure of androecium and gynoecium and anthers in the context of the new phylogenetic information. Flowers of P. schiedeanus at different developmen- tal stages were examined using stained serial sections visualized with light microscopy. These flowers have a vascularized, cupular pedicel fused to a bracteole, a non-vascularized calyculus, an annular nectary, a unilocular gynoecium with a single central mamelon and an androecium formed by epipetalous septate stamens. The mor- phological comparison of pedicel, bracteole and calyculus provides support for the interpretation of the calycu- lus as a reduced calyx. The annular nectary seems to be a character shared by the entire subtribe Psittacanthinae, which distinguishes it from Ligarinae which has stylar nectary. The unilocular gynoecium formed by a single central structure is a character shared with other genera in Psittacanthinae except Tripodanthus. The androecium is composed of dithecal, tetrasporangiate stamens with septate locules that are here considered an adaptation for pollen releasing over an extended time period rather than previous suggestions that they result from evolutionary pressure to reduce anther size or to facilitate the nutrition of microspores in large anthers. Key words: Aetanthus, androecium, annular nectary, calyculus, cupular pedycel, gynoecium, septate anthers. Robayo, C., Marquínez, X., Raz, L., & Nickrent, D.L. (2020). Floral anatomy of the plant Psittacanthus schiedeanus (Loranthaceae). Revista de Biología Tropical, 68(1), 1-11. The mistletoe family Loranthaceae Juss. (Barlow, 1983; Liu et al., 2018). Based on (Santalales) comprises 76 genera and ca. 1 050 molecular, karyological and morphological species (Nickrent, 1997; Kuijt, 2009) dis- evidence, Loranthaceae was divided into five tributed mostly in tropical regions, with a tribes by Nickrent, Malécot, Vidal-Russell, and lower representation in the temperate zones Der (2010). Tribe Psittacantheae was further Rev. Biol. Trop. (Int. J. Trop. Biol. ISSN-0034-7744) Vol. 68(1): 1-11, March 2020 1 subdivided into four subtribes, including the Kuijt, and P. angustifolius Kuijt (Diaz-Infante, neotropical Psittacanthinae with 14 genera 319 Lara, del Coro Arizmendi, Eguiarte, & Ornelas, species (Nickrent, 1997). A recent study exam- 2016; Pérez-Crespo et al., 2017). This robust ined inflorescence evolution in the sandalwood mistletoe can reach 3 m in diameter, has large order and reported a well-resolved molecular leaves (up to 20 cm long), and a terminal inflo- phylogeny sampling 62 of the 76 genera of rescence consisting of three to five pairs of tri- Loranthaceae (Nickrent, Anderson, & Kuijt ads. Both the triads and the individual flowers 2019). That analysis showed that Tribe Psit- are subtended by cupular bracts and bracteoles, tacantheae is not monophyletic (as previously respectively. The yellow, orange or red flow- hypothesized by Nickrent et al., 2010) because ers are up to 9 cm in length in bud and have a of new positions for Tupeia Cham. & Schltdl. smooth calyculus. Upon anthesis the six petals and Desmaria Tiegh. In contrast, clades repre- reflex exposing the dimorphic stamens whose senting Subtribes Ligarinae and Psittacanthinae filaments can reach 3 cm in length. The anthers were well-supported. Most of the genera in the are alveolate and polysporangiate, a feature latter subtribe contain small, insect-pollinated seen in relatively few members of the genus. flowers, however, two sister genera Aetan- The straight, smooth style is approximately thus (Eichler) Engl., and Psittacanthus (Mart). as long as the stamens. The black fruit has have the largest flowers of all neotropical an embryo with 6-13 awl-shaped cotyledons mistletoes. These genera are characterized by (Kuijt, 2009). large, brightly colored (red, orange, yellow) It can be argued that the most important flowers that are mostly hummingbird pol- early work on Loranthaceae floral morphology linated (Ornelas et al., 2016). Aetanthus is a began with Eichler (1868) with his seminal high elevation mistletoe with 15 species (Kuijt, treatment of the family in Flora Brasiliensis. 2014) whereas Psittacanthus with 121 spe- This work was followed by Engler (Engler, cies (updated from Kuijt, 2009) occurs from 1889; Engler & Krause, 1935) whose con- low to high elevations with a wide geographic tributions provided detailed illustrations of distribution. Psittacanthus is mainly a conti- floral sections of Macrosolen (Blume) Blume, nental genus, ranging from Baja California to Dendrophthoe Mart. and Psittacanthus. Dur- Bolivia and Argentina with only four species ing the mid-20th century, a number of mor- being found in the Caribbean (Kuijt, 2009). phological and embryological studies were The genus is characterized by its large hausto- conducted on Old World genera (Johri, Agraw- rial connections (Kuijt, 2009; Gómez-Sánchez, al, & Garg, 1957; Narayana, 1958; Prakash, Sánchez-Fuentes, & Salazar-Olivo, 2011) that 1961), however, little work was done on New form massive woodroses (rosa de palo, flor de World mistletoes (an exception is Venturelli palo) on host branches. The black fruits contain 1984 on Struthanthus Mart.). More recently, polycotyledonous embryos and no endosperm attention has been focused on Psittacanthus (Kuijt, 1967, 2009, 2018). (Gómez-Sánchez et al., 2011), Peristethium Psittacanthus schiedeanus is found in Tiegh. (Robles, Raz, & Marquínez, 2016), Mexico, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador, and six New World genera (Suaza-Gaviria, Guatemala, Panama and possibly Belize. Nica- Pabón-Mora, & González, 2016). The latter ragua represents a gap in its distribution and provided insight into the floral anatomy of the Northern and Southern populations show Psittacanthus acinarius and P. krameri Kuijt. some morphological differentiation (Kuijt An anatomical study of the ovary and seedling 2009). The species parasitizes over 20 different of P. schiedianus was conducted (Kuijt, 1967), hosts (Ornelas et al., 2016; Cocoletzi, Angeles, however, structures from the entire mature Ceccantini, Patrón, & Ornelas, 2016) and it is flower were not included. This paper describes considered part of a species complex involv- the floral anatomy of Psittacanthus schie- ing P. calyculatus (DC.) G. Don, P. breedlovii deanus and compares the results with those 2 Rev. Biol. Trop. (Int. J. Trop. Biol. ISSN-0034-7744) Vol. 68(1): 1-11, March 2020 derived from related mistletoes. The observed are inserted that culminate in acute cupular variation in floral characters such as the calycu- bracts. From each bract arise three floral cupu- lus, nectary, gynoecium and polysporangiate lar pedicels whose apices are dilated and fused anthers are interpreted in the context of new with the associated bracteoles that subtend the phylogenetic information. inferior ovaries of the flowers (Fig. 1B, Fig. 1D). The bisexual flower buds (preanthesis) are 8-9 cm long. The calyculus is annular and has MATERIALS AND METHODS approximately six small but well-differentiated Study site: A specimen of Psittacanthus teeth. The corolla consists of six straight
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