The Structure and Occurrence of a Velum in Utricularia Traps (Lentibulariaceae)
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Evolution of Unusual Morphologies in Lentibulariaceae (Bladderworts and Allies) And
Annals of Botany 117: 811–832, 2016 doi:10.1093/aob/mcv172, available online at www.aob.oxfordjournals.org REVIEW: PART OF A SPECIAL ISSUE ON DEVELOPMENTAL ROBUSTNESS AND SPECIES DIVERSITY Evolution of unusual morphologies in Lentibulariaceae (bladderworts and allies) and Podostemaceae (river-weeds): a pictorial report at the interface of developmental biology and morphological diversification Rolf Rutishauser* Institute of Systematic Botany, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland * For correspondence. E-mail [email protected] Received: 30 July 2015 Returned for revision: 19 August 2015 Accepted: 25 September 2015 Published electronically: 20 November 2015 Background Various groups of flowering plants reveal profound (‘saltational’) changes of their bauplans (archi- tectural rules) as compared with related taxa. These plants are known as morphological misfits that appear as rather Downloaded from large morphological deviations from the norm. Some of them emerged as morphological key innovations (perhaps ‘hopeful monsters’) that gave rise to new evolutionary lines of organisms, based on (major) genetic changes. Scope This pictorial report places emphasis on released bauplans as typical for bladderworts (Utricularia,approx. 230 secies, Lentibulariaceae) and river-weeds (Podostemaceae, three subfamilies, approx. 54 genera, approx. 310 species). Bladderworts (Utricularia) are carnivorous, possessing sucking traps. They live as submerged aquatics (except for their flowers), as humid terrestrials or as epiphytes. Most Podostemaceae are restricted to rocks in tropi- http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/ cal river-rapids and waterfalls. They survive as submerged haptophytes in these extreme habitats during the rainy season, emerging with their flowers afterwards. The recent scientific progress in developmental biology and evolu- tionary history of both Lentibulariaceae and Podostemaceae is summarized. -
The Terrestrial Carnivorous Plant Utricularia Reniformis Sheds Light on Environmental and Life-Form Genome Plasticity
International Journal of Molecular Sciences Article The Terrestrial Carnivorous Plant Utricularia reniformis Sheds Light on Environmental and Life-Form Genome Plasticity Saura R. Silva 1 , Ana Paula Moraes 2 , Helen A. Penha 1, Maria H. M. Julião 1, Douglas S. Domingues 3, Todd P. Michael 4 , Vitor F. O. Miranda 5,* and Alessandro M. Varani 1,* 1 Departamento de Tecnologia, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, UNESP—Universidade Estadual Paulista, Jaboticabal 14884-900, Brazil; [email protected] (S.R.S.); [email protected] (H.A.P.); [email protected] (M.H.M.J.) 2 Centro de Ciências Naturais e Humanas, Universidade Federal do ABC, São Bernardo do Campo 09606-070, Brazil; [email protected] 3 Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Biociências, UNESP—Universidade Estadual Paulista, Rio Claro 13506-900, Brazil; [email protected] 4 J. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA; [email protected] 5 Departamento de Biologia Aplicada à Agropecuária, Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, UNESP—Universidade Estadual Paulista, Jaboticabal 14884-900, Brazil * Correspondence: [email protected] (V.F.O.M.); [email protected] (A.M.V.) Received: 23 October 2019; Accepted: 15 December 2019; Published: 18 December 2019 Abstract: Utricularia belongs to Lentibulariaceae, a widespread family of carnivorous plants that possess ultra-small and highly dynamic nuclear genomes. It has been shown that the Lentibulariaceae genomes have been shaped by transposable elements expansion and loss, and multiple rounds of whole-genome duplications (WGD), making the family a platform for evolutionary and comparative genomics studies. To explore the evolution of Utricularia, we estimated the chromosome number and genome size, as well as sequenced the terrestrial bladderwort Utricularia reniformis (2n = 40, 1C = 317.1-Mpb). -
Aquatic Vascular Plants of New England, Station Bulletin, No.528
University of New Hampshire University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository NHAES Bulletin New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station 4-1-1985 Aquatic vascular plants of New England, Station Bulletin, no.528 Crow, G. E. Hellquist, C. B. New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station Follow this and additional works at: https://scholars.unh.edu/agbulletin Recommended Citation Crow, G. E.; Hellquist, C. B.; and New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station, "Aquatic vascular plants of New England, Station Bulletin, no.528" (1985). NHAES Bulletin. 489. https://scholars.unh.edu/agbulletin/489 This Text is brought to you for free and open access by the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station at University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in NHAES Bulletin by an authorized administrator of University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. BIO SCI tON BULLETIN 528 LIBRARY April, 1985 ezi quatic Vascular Plants of New England: Part 8. Lentibulariaceae by G. E. Crow and C. B. Hellquist NEW HAMPSHIRE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE DURHAM, NEW HAMPSHIRE 03824 UmVERSITY OF NEV/ MAMP.SHJM LIBRARY ISSN: 0077-8338 BIO SCI > [ON BULLETIN 528 LIBRARY April, 1985 e.zi quatic Vascular Plants of New England: Part 8. Lentibulariaceae by G. E. Crow and C. B. Hellquist NEW HAMPSHIRE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE DURHAM, NEW HAMPSHIRE 03824 UNtVERSITY or NEVv' MAMP.SHI.Ht LIBRARY ISSN: 0077-8338 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS We wish to thank Drs. Robert K. Godfrey and George B. Rossbach for their helpful comments on the manuscript. We are also grateful to the curators of the following herbaria for use of their collections: BRU, CONN, CUW, GH, NHN, KIRI, MASS, MAINE, NASC, NCBS, NHA, NEBC, VT, YU. -
Aquatic Vascular Plant Species Distribution Maps
Appendix 11.5.1: Aquatic Vascular Plant Species Distribution Maps These distribution maps are for 116 aquatic vascular macrophyte species (Table 1). Aquatic designation follows habitat descriptions in Haines and Vining (1998), and includes submergent, floating and some emergent species. See Appendix 11.4 for list of species. Also included in Appendix 11.4 is the number of HUC-10 watersheds from which each taxon has been recorded, and the county-level distributions. Data are from nine sources, as compiled in the MABP database (plus a few additional records derived from ancilliary information contained in reports from two fisheries surveys in the Upper St. John basin organized by The Nature Conservancy). With the exception of the University of Maine herbarium records, most locations represent point samples (coordinates were provided in data sources or derived by MABP from site descriptions in data sources). The herbarium data are identified only to township. In the species distribution maps, town-level records are indicated by center-points (centroids). Figure 1 on this page shows as polygons the towns where taxon records are identified only at the town level. Data Sources: MABP ID MABP DataSet Name Provider 7 Rare taxa from MNAP lake plant surveys D. Cameron, MNAP 8 Lake plant surveys D. Cameron, MNAP 35 Acadia National Park plant survey C. Greene et al. 63 Lake plant surveys A. Dieffenbacher-Krall 71 Natural Heritage Database (rare plants) MNAP 91 University of Maine herbarium database C. Campbell 183 Natural Heritage Database (delisted species) MNAP 194 Rapid bioassessment surveys D. Cameron, MNAP 207 Invasive aquatic plant records MDEP Maps are in alphabetical order by species name. -
Hunters Or Farmers? Microbiome Characteristics Help Elucidate the Diet Composition in an Aquatic Carnivorous Plant
Sirová et al. Microbiome (2018) 6:225 https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-018-0600-7 RESEARCH Open Access Hunters or farmers? Microbiome characteristics help elucidate the diet composition in an aquatic carnivorous plant Dagmara Sirová1,2*† ,Jiří Bárta2†, Karel Šimek1,2, Thomas Posch3,Jiří Pech2, James Stone4,5, Jakub Borovec1, Lubomír Adamec6 and Jaroslav Vrba1,2 Abstract Background: Utricularia are rootless aquatic carnivorous plants which have recently attracted the attention of researchers due to the peculiarities of their miniaturized genomes. Here, we focus on a novel aspect of Utricularia ecophysiology—the interactions with and within the complex communities of microorganisms colonizing their traps and external surfaces. Results: Bacteria, fungi, algae, and protozoa inhabit the miniature ecosystem of the Utricularia trap lumen and are involved in the regeneration of nutrients from complex organic matter. By combining molecular methods, microscopy, and other approaches to assess the trap-associated microbial community structure, diversity, function, as well as the nutrient turn-over potential of bacterivory, we gained insight into the nutrient acquisition strategies of the Utricularia hosts. Conclusions: We conclude that Utricularia traps can, in terms of their ecophysiological function, be compared to microbial cultivators or farms, which center around complex microbial consortia acting synergistically to convert complex organic matter, often of algal origin, into a source of utilizable nutrients for the plants. Keywords: Algae, Bacteria, Ciliate bacterivory, Digestive mutualism, Fungi, Herbivory, Nutrient turnover, Plant– microbe interactions, Protists, Utricularia traps Background microbial communities clearly play a significant role in Plant-associated microorganisms have long been plant ecophysiology, but many of the underlying mech- recognized as key partners in enhancing plant nutrient anisms governing these looser associations still remain acquisition, mitigating plant stress, promoting growth, unexplored [2]. -
Aspects of the Structure and Functioning of the Vegetation of the Hlatikulu Vlei
ASPECTS OF THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONING OF THE VEGETATION OF THE HLATIKULU VLEI by lAIN ANDREW GUTHRIE Submitted in fulfilment of the academic requirements for the degree of: MASTER OF SCIENCE in the Department of Botany University of Natal Pietermaritzburg 1996 DECLARATION . These studies represent original work by the author and have not otherwise been submitted in any form for any degree or diploma to any University. Where use has been made of the work of others it is duly acknowledged in the text. LA. Guthrie ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I should like to express my sincere thanks and appreciation to the following people and organisations for their various inputs into this project: To my supervisor, Dr J.E. Granger, for initiating the project and for his advice and help. Professor van J. Staaden for making facilities at the Department of Botany available to me during various stages of the project. The South African Crane Foundation and Mondi Ltd. for the opportunity to work at the Hlatikulu Crane and Wetland Sanctuary, and the various landowners at Hlatikulu Vlei: Mr P.M. Theron, Mrs du Preez, Mr Harburn, Mrs Hobson and Messrs Steyn, for permission to conduct research on their land. To the NU-NPB Fund, the Foundation for Research Development and the University of Natal for financial support. Henry and Sue Davies for their help, encouragement and support throughout the project. Henry Davies initially proposed the project and did much to facilitate its smooth working at Hlatikulu Vlei. Mary Livingstone for providing a base and a home for the many months spent at the vlei during the field work. -
Species Accounts
Species accounts The list of species that follows is a synthesis of all the botanical knowledge currently available on the Nyika Plateau flora. It does not claim to be the final word in taxonomic opinion for every plant group, but will provide a sound basis for future work by botanists, phytogeographers, and reserve managers. It should also serve as a comprehensive plant guide for interested visitors to the two Nyika National Parks. By far the largest body of information was obtained from the following nine publications: • Flora zambesiaca (current ed. G. Pope, 1960 to present) • Flora of Tropical East Africa (current ed. H. Beentje, 1952 to present) • Plants collected by the Vernay Nyasaland Expedition of 1946 (Brenan & collaborators 1953, 1954) • Wye College 1972 Malawi Project Final Report (Brummitt 1973) • Resource inventory and management plan for the Nyika National Park (Mill 1979) • The forest vegetation of the Nyika Plateau: ecological and phenological studies (Dowsett-Lemaire 1985) • Biosearch Nyika Expedition 1997 report (Patel 1999) • Biosearch Nyika Expedition 2001 report (Patel & Overton 2002) • Evergreen forest flora of Malawi (White, Dowsett-Lemaire & Chapman 2001) We also consulted numerous papers dealing with specific families or genera and, finally, included the collections made during the SABONET Nyika Expedition. In addition, botanists from K and PRE provided valuable input in particular plant groups. Much of the descriptive material is taken directly from one or more of the works listed above, including information regarding habitat and distribution. A single illustration accompanies each genus; two illustrations are sometimes included in large genera with a wide morphological variance (for example, Lobelia). -
Floristic Composition of a Neotropical Inselberg from Espírito Santo State, Brazil: an Important Area for Conservation
13 1 2043 the journal of biodiversity data 11 February 2017 Check List LISTS OF SPECIES Check List 13(1): 2043, 11 February 2017 doi: https://doi.org/10.15560/13.1.2043 ISSN 1809-127X © 2017 Check List and Authors Floristic composition of a Neotropical inselberg from Espírito Santo state, Brazil: an important area for conservation Dayvid Rodrigues Couto1, 6, Talitha Mayumi Francisco2, Vitor da Cunha Manhães1, Henrique Machado Dias4 & Miriam Cristina Alvarez Pereira5 1 Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Museu Nacional, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Botânica, Quinta da Boa Vista, CEP 20940-040, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil 2 Universidade Estadual do Norte Fluminense Darcy Ribeiro, Laboratório de Ciências Ambientais, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Recursos Naturais, Av. Alberto Lamego, 2000, CEP 29013-600, Campos dos Goytacazes, RJ, Brazil 4 Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (CCA/UFES), Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Departamento de Ciências Florestais e da Madeira, Av. Governador Lindemberg, 316, CEP 28550-000, Jerônimo Monteiro, ES, Brazil 5 Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (CCA/UFES), Centro de Ciências Agrárias, Alto Guararema, s/no, CEP 29500-000, Alegre, ES, Brazil 6 Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected] Abstract: Our study on granitic and gneissic rock outcrops environmental filters (e.g., total or partial absence of soil, on Pedra dos Pontões in Espírito Santo state contributes to low water retention, nutrient scarcity, difficulty in affixing the knowledge of the vascular flora of inselbergs in south- roots, exposure to wind and heat) that allow these areas eastern Brazil. We registered 211 species distributed among to support a highly specialized flora with sometimes high 51 families and 130 genera. -
Australian Carnivorous Plants N
AUSTRALIAN NATURAL HISTORY International Standard Serial Number: 0004-9840 1. Australian Carnivorous Plants N. S. LANDER 6. With a Thousand Sea Lions JUDITH E. KING and on the Auckland Islands BASIL J . MAR LOW 12. How Many Australians? W. D. BORRIE 17. Australia's Rainforest Pigeons F. H. J. CROME 22. Salt-M aking Among the Baruya WILLIAM C. CLARKE People of Papua New Guinea and IAN HUGHES 25. The Case for a Bush Garden JEAN WALKER 28. "From Greenland's Icy Mountains . .... ALEX RITCHIE F RO NT COVER . 36. Books Shown w1th its insect prey is Drosera spathulata. a Sundew common 1n swampy or damp places on the east coast of Australia between the Great Div1d1ng Range and the AUSTRALIAN NATURAL HISTORY 1s published quarterly by The sea. and occasionally Australian Museum. 6-8 College Street. Sydney found 1n wet heaths in Director Editorial Committee Managing Ed 1tor Tasman1a This species F H. TALBOT Ph 0. F.L S. HAROLD G COGGER PETER F COLLIS of carnivorous plant also occurs throughout MICHAEL GRAY Asia and 1n the Philip KINGSLEY GREGG pines. Borneo and New PATRICIA M McDONALD Zealand (Photo S Jacobs) See the an1cle on Australian car ntvorous plants on page 1 Subscrtpttons by cheque or money order - payable to The Australian M useum - should be sent to The Secretary, The Australian Museum. P.O. Box 285. Sydney South 2000 Annual Subscription S2 50 posted S1nglc copy 50c (62c posted) jJ ___ AUSTRALIAN CARNIVOROUS PLANTS By N . S.LANDER Over the last 100 years a certain on ly one. -
Enzymatic Activities in Traps of Four Aquatic Species of the Carnivorous
Research EnzymaticBlackwell Publishing Ltd. activities in traps of four aquatic species of the carnivorous genus Utricularia Dagmara Sirová1, Lubomír Adamec2 and Jaroslav Vrba1,3 1Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of South Bohemia, BraniSovská 31, CZ−37005 Ceské Budejovice, Czech Republic; 2Institute of Botany AS CR, Section of Plant Ecology, Dukelská 135, CZ−37982 Trebo˜, Czech Republic; 3Hydrobiological Institute AS CR, Na Sádkách 7, CZ−37005 Ceské Budejovice, Czech Republic Summary Author for correspondence: • Here, enzymatic activity of five hydrolases was measured fluorometrically in the Lubomír Adamec fluid collected from traps of four aquatic Utricularia species and in the water in Tel: +420 384 721156 which the plants were cultured. Fax: +420 384 721156 • In empty traps, the highest activity was always exhibited by phosphatases (6.1– Email: [email protected] 29.8 µmol l−1 h−1) and β-glucosidases (1.35–2.95 µmol l−1 h−1), while the activities Received: 31 March 2003 of α-glucosidases, β-hexosaminidases and aminopeptidases were usually lower by Accepted: 14 May 2003 one or two orders of magnitude. Two days after addition of prey (Chydorus sp.), all doi: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.2003.00834.x enzymatic activities in the traps noticeably decreased in Utricularia foliosa and U. australis but markedly increased in Utricularia vulgaris. • Phosphatase activity in the empty traps was 2–18 times higher than that in the culture water at the same pH of 4.7, but activities of the other trap enzymes were usually higher in the water. Correlative analyses did not show any clear relationship between these activities. -
Morphological Characterization and Ecology of Utricularia Aurea Lour
Advances in Plants & Agriculture Research Research Article Open Access Morphological characterization and ecology of Utricularia aurea Lour Summary Volume 9 Issue 1 - 2019 Utricularia aurea Lour. (Lentibulariaceae) commonly known as Golden Bladderwort Sanjeet Kumar, Sunil S Thorat, Gopinath was observed from the urban area of Manipur, North East, India, the plant was found at 780 MSL. The morphological characteristics which describe this species are discussed Mondal, PD Singh, RK Labala, LA Singh, BG together with its associated species, distribution in Imphal, Manipur and ecology. The Somkuwar, B Thongam medicinal values of the species are documented and recommended for the conservation Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development, Imphal, Manipur, India of this plant species in Manipur, India. Keywords: Imphal, Manipur, lentibulariaceae, utricularia Correspondence: Sanjeet Kumar, Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development, Imphal, Manipur, India, Email , , Received: May 07, 2018 | Published: January 07, 2019 Introduction The genus Utricularia L. represents about 38 species in India and about 2 species was earlier reported in Manipur.1 The authors found Utricularia aurea (Figure 1) in an urban area (Langol) of Imphal West, Manipur. Imphal is located at 24.80°N and 93.93°E in extreme Eastern India with an average elevation of 786m having humid subtropical climate.2,3 Authors collected this plant specimen during survey and exploration on dt. 3-10-2017 for the two projects namely “Orchid Bioresources of the North –East India- Conservation, database development and information networking” sanctioned by the Department of Biotechnology, Government of India and documentation of “Local available edible plants in Imphal City”. Authors found this species and performed sampling in 5 different locations of Langol village of Imphal West at about 780m. -
Factors That Affect Abundance and Distribution of Submerged and // Floating Macrophytes in Lake Naivasha, Kenya
FACTORS THAT AFFECT ABUNDANCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF SUBMERGED AND // FLOATING MACROPHYTES IN LAKE NAIVASHA, KENYA Ngari, A. N. (B.Sc. Hons.) * A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for degree of Master of Science in the University of Nairobi. Department of Botany, Faculty of Science. Nairobi-Kenya 2005 University of NAIROBI Library f o 0524687 1 Plate 1. A photograph of shoreline of Lake Naivasha with principal emergent vegetation, the Giant sedge (Cyperus papyrus L.), floating macrophyte, water hyacinth [Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms] and associated vegetation and aquatic birds at the background. (Photograph by the author-April 2003.) ii Declaration I, Ngari, A. N., do here declare that this is my original work and has not been presented for a degree in any other institution. All sources of information have been acknowledged by means of reference. -fa /{K Ngari, A. N. Date This thesis has been submitted with our approval as the University supervisors: 1. Prof. J. I. Kinyamario, Department of Botany, Signature: 2. Prof. M. J. Ntiba, Department Signature: Date: '•v,1,:.! \.~2 < c > 3. Prof. K. M. Mavuti, Department of Zoology, Signature Date:...... ... \.r in Dedication To Ngari (dad), Liberata (mum) and Runji (uncle). Acknowledgements I wish to thank my supervisors Prof. J. I. Kinyamario, Prof. M. J. Ntiba and Prof. K. M. Mavuti for giving me vital guidance throughout the study. My study at the University of Nairobi and this research were supported by the kind courtesy of VLIR-IUC-UoN programme for which I am greatly indebted. Special thanks go to the Director of Fisheries, Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries Development for giving me permission to work in Lake Naivasha.