WOOD ANATOMY of PAPAVERACEAE, with Commenth on VESSEL RESTRICTION PAVERNS

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JAWA Bulletin n.s., Vol.9 (3), 1988: 253—267

WOOD ANATOMY OF PAPAVERACEAE, WITH COMMENTh ON VESSEL RESTRICTION PAVERNS

Sherwin Cariquist and Scott Zona Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden and Department of Biology, Pomona College, Claremont, California 91711, U.S.A.

Summary Qualitative and quantitative features are California, Dendrornecon is a conspicuous reported for Bocconia, Dendromecon, Di shrub or small tree to 6 m (Munz 1974). Boc centra, Hunnemannia, and Romneya. Boc conia, native to montane Mesoamerican and conia differs from the other genera by its Andean regions, is even taller (to 8 m: Fedde wide vessels, few per group, and few per 1936, Cumbie 1983), although the succulent mm2; it shows paedomorphosis in vessel ele cortex and pith suggest a degree of herbace ment length and ray histology. In respects ousness. Romneya is a shrub to 2.5 m, in other than these, it agrees with features com chaparral and coastal sage associations of Ca mon to woody Papaveraceae; these features lifornia and northern Baja California (Munz in turn occur in families of Papaverales (Ber 1974); the stems branch from the base, and beridaceae, Lardizabalaceae, Ranunculaceae): last only for several years each, so that wood vessels in diagonal groups; presence of both accumulation is less than in Dendromecon. libriform fibres and vasicentric tracheids; nu Hunnemannia, which occurs on the Mexican cleated nature of libriform fibres; rays almost Plateau, is a small to medium-sized shrub, exclusively multiseriate; rays wide, tall, and woody at the base (the specimen in the pres composed mostly of procumbent cells; wood ent study was collected in Hawaii, where it is storied to various degrees. Additional fea adventive). Much less woody is Dicentra tures show resemblance between one or more chrysantha. Although most species of Dicen genera of Papaveraceae and other families of tra are relatively herbaceous, the rhizomes Papaverales. Bocconia is distinctive among and lower stems of D. chrysantha and D. Papaveraceae in its relatively mesomorphic ochroleuca Engelm. are conspicuously stout wood, which may in part be explainable on and woody; upright innovations from these the basis of stem succulence. The occurrence rhizomes are woody at bases. Degree and of a vessel restriction pattern — vessels in the kind of woodiness are relevant to the study centre of fascicular areas (axial portions of of wood anatomy; Cumbie (1983), by study secondary xylem between rays) not in contact ing wood ontogeny of Bocconia vulcanica, with rays — in Dicentra and Hunnemannia is believes Bocconia wood to exemplify pae like that of other genera of Papaverales such domorphosis. Dendromecon is, as Cumbie as Nandina. An explanation for the signifi (1983) notes, probably not closely related to cance of vessel restriction, involving genera Bocconia, and therefore there is a possibility other than those of Papaverales (Launea, Va that it may be primarily rather than secondar leriana), is attempted. ily woody. This concept seems more plau Key words: Ecological wood anatomy, sys sible than the earlier phylogeny offered by tematic wood anatomy, vessel restriction Fedde (1936: 18, 58) in which he postulates patterns, Papaveraceae. a linear series leading from Corydalis to Eschscholzia to Dendromecon to Bocconia Introduction (and thence on to Glaucium and other herba Papaveraceae are not generally considered ceous genera). In addition to primary versus woody to any appreciable degree, although in secondary woodiness, degree of woodiness 254 IAWA Bulletin n.s., Vol. 9 (3), 1988 is a concern; for example, the stems studied ly attained consensus, despite the presence of Dendromecon rigida subsp. rhamnoides of quite different views in earlier literature. are much larger than those of D. rigida The treatment of Dahlgren (1980), Takhtajan subsp. rigida (Table 1, column 1). Likewise, (1987), and Thorne (1976) group together the differences between stem and root wood the families Papaveraceae (including Fuma in Dicentra offer interesting comparisons. riaceae in the present study), Berberidaceae, Papaveraceae that are essentially herbaceous, Circaeastraceae, Kingdoniaceae, Lardizabala with only very thin woody cylinders at bases ceae, Menispermaceae, Ranunculaceae, and at most (e.g., Argemone) have not been in Sargentodoxaceae (as well as such segregate cluded in the present study. families as Glaucidiaceae, Nandinaceae, and None of the Papaveraceae in the present Podophyllaceae). Recent data are at hand on study occur in wet forest habitats. Bocconia wood anatomy of some of these families, is a tree in shrubby montane forest; however, such as Lardizabalaceae (Cariquist 1984a) bark and pith succulence in Bocconia suggest and Ranunculaceae (Sieber & Kuëera 1980). the existence of features that modify xylary Wood anatomy of Papaveraceae can be com adaptation to dry conditions. The roots and pared with that of these other families in an stem bases of Dicentra chrysantha are also attempt to see to what degree wood anatomy succulent and rich in starch. Dendromecon reinforces the idea that the families named and Romneya are not at all succulent, and in form a natural grouping. these genera one may expect wood anatomy Little data have been accumulated on to reflect ecology more directly. wood anatomy of Papaveraceae. As the sum Although only a single species of Dendro mary of Fedde (1936) shows, most work on mecon is recognised here, in accordance with the anatomy of the family emphasised study the treatment of Munz (1974), that species of laticifers or leaf anatomy. Harvey-Gibson does possess considerable ecological ampli and Bradley (1917) commented only briefly tude. Dendromecon rigida subsp. rhamnoides on features of wood anatomy (e.g., helical occurs in the moderate climate of offshore is thickenings in tracheids of Romneya). The lands of California, whereas D. rigida subsp. brief account of wood of Papaveraceae con rigida can be found in summer-hot chaparral tains virtually all of what we know. Data on areas with less than 30 cm annual rainfall. Dendromecon and Romneya were provided The term ‘vessel restriction patterns’ has recently by Carlquist and Hoekman (1985). been applied to those instances in which ves sels are confined (to various degrees) to the Materials and Methods central portions of fascicular areas and do not Wood samples were available in dried contact ray cells. Attention was called to an form except for Dendromecon rigida subsp. instance in Valeriana (Cariquist 1988). The rigida and Dicentra chrysantha; portions of phenomenon has been illustrated in Launea these were preserved in formalin-acetic-alco (Asteraceae), and the term invented in that hol. Woods were sectioned on a sliding mi instance (Carlquist 1988). The occurrence of crotome except for Dicentra. Sections of vessel restriction in certain of the Papavera greater thickness (e.g., 30 .tm) were prepared ceae studied here has led to an assessment of for Bocconia and Hunnemannia in order to this phenomenon in terms of its occurrence minimise collapse of vessels in ransections. systematically and with respect to habit. The Thick sections were not disadvantageous be phenomenon of vessel restriction does not cause cell size is greater in these genera than seem related to the ‘isolation’ syndrome of in the other genera. For the stems and roots rays (e.g., the wide or aggregate rays in Fa of Dicentra chiysanrha, an alternative meth gaceae), which Braun (1970) described from od involving softening in ethylene diamine woody species quite unlike Papaveraceae in followed by sectioning portions in paraffin habit. on a rotary microtome (Carlquist 1982a) was The systematic affinities of Papaveraceae employed. Sections were stained in safranin; and the constitution of an order that may be formost collections, sections were also coun called Papaverales or Berberidales have near- terstained in fast green. Macerations were Cariquist & Zona — Wood anatomy of Papaveraceae 255 prepared with Jeffrey’s fluid and stained with Anatomical results safranin. Photographs utilising scanning elec tron microscopy (S EM) were derived from Growth rings sliding microtome sections with the use of an Growth rings are absent or nearly so in ISI WB-6 electron microscope. The mottled Bocconia (Fig. 1), Dicentra (Fig. 10), and appearance of SEM photographs presented Hunnemannia (Fig. 15). In contrast, Dendro here is not the result of charging; it repre mecon (Fig. 11) and Romneya (Fig. 16) are sents natural depositions on the vessel walls ring-porous to varying degrees. The ring po illustrated. rosity of these two genera takes the form of The means in Table 1 are based upon 25 larger vessels in earlywood; the larger vessels measurements per feature except for vessel tend to be in smaller groupings than the late- wall thickness, libriform fibre diameter at wood vessels, and vasicentric tracheids are widest point (as seen in transection), libri less abundant in earlywood than in latewood, form fibre wall thickness, and diameter of pits although they are present throughout growth on lateral walls of vessels. For these features, rings in Dendromecon and Romneya. means were derived from a few carefully se lected measurements. Vessel diameter was Quantitative vessel features taken at widest point within a vessel and is The number of vessels per group has been the lumen diameter. The presence of very computed in Table 1, column 2. A difference narrow vessels that are close to vasicentric between Bocconia (2.1 or fewer vessels per tracheids in diameter presented a problem, group: Fig. 1) and the other genera (3.6 or and some narrow vessels may have been in more vessels per group) is evident. Because advertently omitted from calculations. Ter very narrow vessels may have been missed minology follows the IAWA Committee on during measurements, the number of vessels Nomenclature (1964), except for vasicen per group in Dendromecon and Romneya tric tracheids, where the usage of Cariquist may be slightly higher than those recorded in (1985) and Carlquist and Hoekman (1985) is Table 1. The large groupings of vessels in followed; this usage is much like that of Met the latewood of Dendromecon (Fig. 11) con calfe and Chalk (1950). If the usage of Met tain an almost indefinite number of vessels calfe and Chalk (1950) and Carlquist (1985) per group. is not entirely uniform, that is because the Vessels wider than 100 sm in diameter representation of vasicentric tracheids varies characterise Bocconia (Fig. 1). Next in mean somewhat from one family to another. The vessel diameter of the genera is Dicentra reader’s attention is called to the fact that (Fig. 10), in which vessel diameter is greater some authors apply the term ‘vascular ira in roots than in stems (Table 1, column 3). cheids’ to what are called vasicentric tra Lowest in vessel diameter are Dendromecon cheids here. Vascular ttacheids, in the usage rigida subsp. rigida (Fig. 11) and Romneya of Carlquist and Hoekman (1985) and Carl coulteri (Fig. 16). The vessels of Hunneman quist (1985) are restricted to latewood and nia (Fig. 15) are narrow but fluctuate season do not tend to surround vessels. Reasons for ally in diameter less than do those of Dendro adoption of the terminology employed here mecon and Romneya. The small vessel diam will be found discussed by Cariquist (1985). eter of large numbers of latewood vessels in Preparation of many of the sections and the latter two genera account for the low collection of quantitative data represent the figures (Table 1, column 3). Similar results work of the junior author; the senior author were obtained for Dendromecon and Rom prepared photographs, text, and made addi neya earlier (Carlquist & Hookman 1985). tional observations on wood characteristics. Vessel density (Table 1, column 4) is Some of the samples were collected by the roughly inversely proportional to vessel di senior author in Peru with the aid of a grant ameter in dicotyledons at large; this tends to from the National Science Foundation, BSR be illustrated also in Papaveraceae. Bocconia 8109910. The taxonomy of Dendromecon (Fig. 1) has the lowest number of vessels per and Romneya follows Munz (1974). mm2, whereas Dendromecon rig ida subsp.

Romneya Dicentra

Hwmemannia D.

* Dendromecon

B. B.frutescens Bocconia

Species

vessel

subsp.

rigida

vulcanica

integrzfolia

diameter

subsp.

rhamnoides

chrysantha

arborea

coulteri

Donn.

rigida

fwnariaefolia

rigida

times

Harv.

Smith

Benth.

Watson

(H.

(Kell.)

vessel

A.)

Sweet

Raven

element

WaIp.

length

R.S.A.B.G.

Cariquist R.S.A.B.G.

ROOT STEM

Thome

Davidson Carlquist

Carlquist Wiens

Carlquist

Davidson Collection

divided

Carlquist

2535

34845

2392

7111

7068

7044

2393

3317

5046 5131

prop.

(RSA,

(RSA, (RSA,

(RSA,

number

15940

no. no.

RSAw)

6549

RSAw)

5865

RSAw)

RSAw) RSAw)

RSAw)

(RSA)

Table

vessels

Wood

38 25 24

10 15

18 17

per

6 s V

mm 2 .

characteristics

17.4

14.4

14.7

3.6

5.0 6.4

2.0

2.1

1.7

1.5

1.9

1.7 2

‘- V . .

—

100

182

107

143 135

144 129

127 132

37 87

54 63 3

—

227.8

256.0

80.0

36.2

38.6 89.3

24.1

17.4

11.6

13.5

Papaveraceae.

9.2

7.7

6.7

9.2 8

‘-

277 200

302

330 270

409

142 308 360 241

386 269

196 357

5 .9 8 ) > D-

2.6 2.4

2.5 3.5 2.5

2.5

2.7

3.5 3.5 3.4

3.4 2.6

3.5 3.5 -

6 8 ) C .

E °a

12 17

19 13 19 23

474

294

391 307 677

514 514

711

585 614

731

726

715

598 =

8 8

2.8 2.0 2.1

2.5

4.0

3.2 3.5

4.0

3.7 3.5 3.0

3.0

2.8 3.5 D .

>1cm

>1cm >1cm

>1cm

1385

1630 1213 1443

1556 1404

1533 1730

1758

1067

10 .a . .

. 8

>10

>10 >10 . .

e 3

11.0

4.5

4.3 4.7

5.6 6.0

5.1 8.9

5.7 5.0 11 7.9

6093 7684

7219

2805 3491

3772 2155

1660

481

718 233 12 C

51 32 00 CO 0 CD Carlquist & Zona Wood anatomy of Papaveraceae 257 rigida and Romneya coulteri have the high Forms of helical sculpture occur on vessel est values. walls of Papaveraceae. In Dicentra and Hun Vessel element length (Table 1, column 5) nemannia, shallow grooves interconnect pit ranges from 409 jim in Bocconia arborea to apertures. These grooves are not readily vis 142 jim in Hunnemanniafumariaefolia. Ves ible, and can be demonstrated where portions sel elements in Papaveraceae are relatively of vessel walls are shaved away by section short compared to those in dicotyledons at ing in such a way that depressions on the in large (mean = 649 jim: Metcalfe & Chalk, ner wall surface are revealed as slitlike ap 1950: 1360). The majority of Papaveraceae pearances in the wall sections. In Dendro have vessel elements ranging from 200 to mecon and Romneya, pronounced thicken 360 jim in length. In view of the ontogenetic ings occur on vessel walls. In Dendromecon, changes in vessel element length found by these thickenings may be wide (Fig. 13) or Cumbie (1983) in Bocconia vulcanica, these narrow (Fig. 14), and may tend to anasto results are worthy of examination. mose (Fig. 14). The thickenings do not tend Vessel wall thickness (Table 1, column 6) to run predominantly between pit apertures; ranges from 2.4 jim to 3.9 jim in Papaver rather, the thickenings may overlie pits (Fig. aceae. This range is small. Bocconia, the 13, thickenings overlie most pits; Fig. 14, genus with the widest vessels, also has the thickenings over some pits). Pit apertures do greatest vessel wall thickness, although not penetrate the thickenings. In Romneya, the conspicuously so (Fig. 1), thickenings are more densely crowded (Fig. 18), so that only slitlike portions of the wall Qualitative vessel features are not covered by them. No helical sculpture Perforation plates are simple throughout was observed on vessel walls of Bocconia. Papaveraceae. Lateral wall pitting consists of Thin-walled tyloses were observed in three alternate circular to somewhat elliptical pits. collections of Bocconia integrifolia (Fig. 1). Intervascular pits are similar in size to vessel parenchyma pits; mean diameters for the for Imperforate tracheary elements mer are shown in parentheses in the follow As reported by Metcalfe and Chalk (1950), ing: Dendromecon (6 jim); Dicentra (7 jim); borders are not present on pits of the ordinary Hunnemannia (6 jim); Romneya (5 jim). In imperforate tracheary elements; following the Bocconia, vessel-parenchyma pits are about IAWA Committee on Nomenclature (1964) 50% greater in horizontal length than the in usage, these cells are termed libriform fibres tervascular pits (compare Fig. 3 with Figs. 4, here. In Table 1, column 7, mean diameter of 5); intervascular pits are as follows in mean libriform fibres at widest point (as seen in diameter: B. arborea (8 jim); B. frutescens transection) is given. The figure for Bocconia (14 jim); B. integrifolia (11 jim: Fig. 3); B. (Fig. 1) ranges upward from 19 jim, whereas vulcanica (15 jim). In Bocconia, vessel-pa Dendromecon (Fig. 11) and Romneya (Fig. renchyma pits have much wider apertures 16) have libriform fibres less than 19 jim in (Figs. 3, 4) than do intervascular pits (Fig. diameter. Hunnemannia (Fig. 15) is interme 3). Intervascular pits in Papaveraceae have diate.Libriform fibres are wider in roots (Fig. pit aperture shape that ranges from nearly 10) of Dicentra ch,ysantha than in stems. circular to markedly elliptical. With respect to libriform fibre length Some pits on lateral vessel walls of Boc (Table 1, column 8), one finds the range in conia vulcanica appear to be vestured when Bocconia is from 585 jim to 731 jim. The viewed with a light microscope. Examination shortest librifoim fibres occur in Dicentra of these with SEM reveals that these pits have chrysantha roots and in the stems of Hunne somewhat irregular outlines to their margins, mannia and Romneya. The fact that libriform and a tendency of pit aperture margins to be fibres are nearly twice as long in stems as bent into the pit cavities (Fig. 9). This has they are in roots of Dicentra chrysantha is also been figured (with a different photo noteworthy, because the difference in length graph) for this species elsewhere (Carlquist of vessel elements between the two organs in 1988). this species is not so great. 258 IAWA Bulletin n.s., Vol. 9 (3), 1988

Libriform fibre wall thickness is shown in con rigida subsp. rigkkz, in which strands of Table 1, column 9. Although fibre walls are two cells are also common. thickest in Bocconia (Fig. 1), these fibres do Quantitative features of rays not appear thick because the diameter of Ii In Table 1, column 10, multiseriate briform fibres in Bocconia is relatively great. ray height is given. Within Bocconia, Relatively thin walled libriform fibres can the range is

from 1067 to 1758 jim — a relatively small be seen in Dendromecon (Fig. 11), Dicentra i.tm range. The rays shown for B. integrfolia (Fig. 10), Hunnemannia (Fig. 15) and Rom (Fig. 2) are typical for the genus. neya (Fig. 16). The height of multiseriate rays in With the aid of liquid preserved material, Dendromecon (Fig. 12) lies within the range given for one can demonstrate nuclei in the libriform Bocconia. The rays of Dicentra, Hunnemannia, and fibres of Dendromecon rigida subsp. rigida. Romneya (Fig. 17) are much taller; One can find starch in libriform fibres of estimat ing the height of rays in these genera proved Bocconia (not liquid preserved) and Dicentra difficult because many rays in the sections (liquid preserved). Thus, living (or nucleat studied are longer than the section; this ed) fibres can be claimed for three genera. ac counts for the approximate values in Table 1. The fact that materials of Hunnemannia and If one computes multiseriate ray width in Romneya were dried may account for ab terms of cell number at widest point (Table 1, sence of contents in libriform fibres of these column 11), one obtains figures for the two genera. A small amount of fibre dimor spe cies of Papaveraceae that tend parallel ray phism occurs in Bocconia and Hunneman to height. Multiseriate rays of Bocconia nia, in which shorter, wider fibres (resem (Fig. 2) and Dendromecon (Fig. 12), which range bling narrow vessel elements in length and from 5.0 to 8.9 cells, are less wide diameter at widest point) occur near vessels. than those of Dicentra, Vasicentric tracheids were reported earlier Hunnemannia, and Romneya (Fig. 17), in which mean ray width for Dendromecon and Romneya (Carlquist at widest point exceeds 10 cells. 1985; Carlquist & Hoekman 1985). Vasicen Uniseriate rays are so scarce in Papaver tric tracheids occur in the collections of these aceae that they have two genera in the present study. Vasicentric been omitted from Table I. tracheids occur in smaller numbers in the woods of Dicentra and Hunnemannia, and Qualitative ray features were not observed in Bocconia. In Dendro Multiseriate rays in Papaveraceae consist mecon and Romneya, vasicentric tracheids of upright or square cells on lateral surfaces are more abundant in latewood than in early- (sheathing cells) of the rays (Figs. 12, 17). wood, although present in appreciable num Upright cells are more common in rays of bers in earlywood. Bocconia (Fig. 2), where they are present not merely on surfaces but throughout rays; A.rial parenchyma some procumbent cells are present in small Paratracheal axial parenchyma forming numbers in Bocconia rays. In Hunnemannia, sheaths one to three cells in thickness occurs markedly elongate cells form the central por in Bocconia (Fig. 1). In Dendromecon, Di tion of a ray, while upright cells comprise the centra, Hunnemannia, and Romneya, axial periphery and square to moderately procum parenchyma is sparser and is scattered among bent cells occur between. The abundance of the vessels, which are typically in large upright cells in rays of most Papaveraceae groups in these genera; the distribution can be exceeds that specified in the definition by considered vasicentric scanty (this term used Kribs (1935) of Heterogeneous Type II; uni by Kribs, 1937, and other authors). senate rays, present in that type, are absent Axial parenchyma most commonly occurs or nearly so in Papaveraceae. Because of the in strands of two cells in Papaveraceae; pa abundance of upright cells in rays in Papav renchyma not subdivided into strands was encountered commonly only in Dendrome (text continued on page 263) Cariquist & Zona — Wood anatomy of Papaveraceae 259

Figs. 1—5. Wood section of Bocconia integr(folia, Cariquist 7111. — 1: Transection; tyloses present in vessels. — 2: Tangential section; rays contain a large proportion of upright cells. —

3—5: Pitting in vessel walls from radial sections. — 3: Intervascular pitting. — 4: Vessel-axial parenchyma pitting with nanowly elliptical pit apertures. — 5: Vessel-axial parenchyma pitting with wide apertures. — Figs. 1, 2, magnification scale above Fig. 1 (divisions = 10 .tm); Figs. 3—5, scale above Fig. 3 (divisions = 10 tm). 260 IAWA Bulletin n.s., Vol. 9 (3), 1988

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Figs. 6—10. Wood sections of Bocconia and Dicentra. —6: B. arborea, Cariquist 2393, crystals in ray cell, tangential section. —7: B.frutescens, Davidson 5131, rhomboidal crystal in ray cell, radial section. — 8: B. integrfoIia, Cariquist 7111, cluster of crystals, radial section. — 9: B. vul canica, Davidson 3317, vessel-axial parenchyma pitting from tangential section, showing ir regular pit margins. — 10: D. chrysantha, Carlquist 15940, transection of root; vessels are re stricted to centre of fascicular zones. — Figs. 6—8, scale above Fig. 3; Fig. 9, scale at upper left (bracket = 10 ism); Fig. 10, scale above Fig. 1. Cariquist & Zona — Wood anatomy of Papaveraceae 261

IDIDIII

Figs. 11—14. Sections of Dendromecon rigida subsp. rigida, R.S. A.B.G. prop. no. 5865. 11:

Transection; vessels in diagonal aggregations. — 12: Tangential section; upright, square, and procumbent cells present in about equal numbers. — 13 & 14: SEM photographs of vessel walls from tangential section; mottled appearance is caused by deposits on wall. — 13: Wider helical thickenings in wide vessel plus (left) narrow vessel. — 14: Narrower helical thickenings in wide vessel. — Figs. 11 & 12, scale above Fig. 1; Fig. 13 & 14, bracket in Fig. 9. 262 IAWA Bulletin n.s., Vol. 9 (3), 1988

ft 1•

.18 - —,.

Fig. 15. Wood section of Hunnemanniafumariaefolia, Cariquist 2392; vessels restricted to cen

tral portions of fascicular areas. — Figs. 16—18: Wood sections of Romneya coulteri,

R.S.A.B.G. prop. no. 6549. — 16: Transection; latewood with many narrow vessels and vasi

centric tracheids 1/5 distance from top of photograph. — 17: Tangential section; narrow vessels

and vasicentric tracheids (darker staining areas) are storied. — 18: SEM photograph of vessel

from tangential section; helical thickenings are narrow, crowded. — Figs. 15—17, scale above Fig. 1; Fig. 18, bracket = 10 jtm. Cariquist & Zona — Wood anatomy of Papaveraceae 263 eraceae, they should be designated Paedo very limited local portions of tangential sec morphic Type II, according to the scheme of tions in Bocconia and Hunnemannia. Storied fered by Carlquist (1988), or transitional to cells in these two genera may include wider that type. fibres, axial parenchyma, narrow vessels, Mean ray cell wall thickness is moderate and vasicentric tracheids. in Papaveraceae: Bocconia, 1.6—2.2 jim; Dendromecon, 2.2 jim; Dicentra, 1.4 jim Conclusions (root) to 2.0 jim (stem); Hunnemannia, 2.3 jim; Romneya, 2.0 p.m. Pits among ray cells Vessel restriction patterns are predominantly simple, although some The term ‘vessel restriction patterns’ was bordered pits were observed on ray cells of devised to describe instances in Valeriana of all genera except Dicentra. the Valerianaceae (Carlquist 1983) and Lau Starch was seen in ray cells of Bocconia nea of the Asteraceae (Carlquist 1988) in and Dicentra (root, lower stem, but not upper which vessels occur in central portions of stem). Crystals (nature confirmed with polar fascicular secondary xylem, and thus only ised light), are present in ray cells of Bocco libriform fibres but not vessel elements are in nia, but were not seen in wood of the other contact with rays. The occurrence of this genera. In B. arborea (Fig. 6), various num phenomenon in Dicentra (Fig. 10) and, to a bers of smaller rhomboidal crystals occur in lesser extent (occasional vessels touching a minority of ray cells. They vary from clear rays), in Hunnemannia (Fig. 15) leads one to ly angular to somewhat rounded in outline; ask if this occurs in other genera of the order rounded outlines of crystals have occasional Papaverales. Most Berberidaceae have large ly been observed in various dicotyledons. In vessel groupings which come into contact B. frutescens, slightly larger and clearly with rays here and there. However, in Nan rhomboidal crystals occur in solitary fashion dma domestica Thunb., several layers of li in a scattering of ray cells (Fig. 7). A few ray briform fibres lie between the groupings of cells of B. integrfolia have minute rhomboi vessels (including some vasicentric tracheids) dal crystals, which tend to be grouped (Fig. and the rays. A figure of a wood transection 8). The difference between modes of occur of Berberis darwinii Hook. by Metcalfe and rence in B. arborea and B. integrfolia is not Chalk (1950: 60) shows no vessels in contact great. Crystals have not been reported hither with rays. The photographs by Sieber and to in wood of Papaveraceae, although Met Kucera (1980) of Clematis vitalba L. and my calfe and Chalk (1950) report crystals in plant own materials of C. lasiantha Nutt. indicate portions other than wood for the family. few vessels in contact with rays in that genus Dadswell and Record (1936) report a few of Ranunculaceae. large open radial canals in rays of Bocconia. However, the occurrence of vessel re No such canals were observed in the present striction patterns in Asteraceae and in Valeri study, despite abundance of material; the pos anaceae may indicate that vessel restriction sibility must be taken into account that the patterns are less of phyletic than of physio canals reported by Dadswell and Record were logical significance. If one compares the spe traumatic in nature or the result of shrinkage cies that show vessel restriction patterns most patterns due to drying. No laticifers were ob clearly, all have stems of limited diameter or served in rays of any of the Papaveraceae duration; they are either woody herbs, short- studied here, nor have any been found in lived shrubs, or, as in the case of Nandina, a wood of the family previously. shrub with canelike stems each of which lasts for only a few years. In vessel restriction, Storied structure vessels contact axial parenchyma but do not In Romneya (Fig. 17), one finds storying have direct contact with radial parenchyma. If in narrow vessels and vasicentric tracheids as contacts between axial and ray parenchyma, well as in vessels and axial parenchyma in common in most dicotyledonous woods, zones where tracheids are abundant. Small form a system for transferring photosynthates numbers of storied cells were observed in both radially and vertically within the wood, 264 IAWA Bulletin n. s., Vol. 9 (3), 1988 vessel restriction may represent minimal se secondary xylem for various periods of time lective value for radial translocation of photo of features characteristic of metaxylem; this synthates in a plant. Minimal contact between phenomenon occurs in particular herbs and vertical and horizontal parenchyma systems is herblike growth forms such as succulents, assumed here because the parenchyma in Pa rosette trees, and annuals. Cumbie (1983) paveraceae (as in the other groups with vessel has rightly identified features of the wood of restriction patterns) is vasicentric; thus the ra Bocconia vulcanica as exemplifying paedo dial photosynthate-conduction system (rays) morphosis; he uses the age-on-length curve is unlikely to form contacts with the vertical (Carlquist 1962) which shows a descending photosynthate-conducting system (axial pa length of vessel element length in instances of renchyma). This is reminiscent of rayless paedomorphosis (as opposed to an ascending ness, in which radial translocation of photo pattern for typical woody species). Length of synthates must be very low (axial parenchy libriform fibres in Bocconia vulcanica neither ma is not prominent either in most instances increases nor decreases. Cumbie (1983) also of raylessness). If there is not a selective identifies as paedomorphic the tendency in B. value for radial translocation of photosyn vulcanica for few rays to be initiated after the thates in taxa with vessel restriction patterns, onset of secondary growth, and the tendency one would still need to explain why vessel for few horizontal divisions to occur in ray restriction is of any value. One possibility is initials (thus upright cells continue to pre found in the tendency of vessels to be sheath dominate in rays and procumbent cells remain ed by libriform fibres in certain plants. For comparatively few). The present study con example, in scandent species of Thunbergia, firms these features and their interpretation in rays may be absent, but axial parenchyma Bocconia. Although the present study has not (which may contain phloem strands) occurs developed length-on-age curves, it is notable as islands or strips in the secondary xylem; that the collection of Bocconia with the long the vessels, however, are invariably sheathed est vessel elements, B. arborea, Wiens 2535, by fibres. Vessel restriction may have the has the least accumulation of secondary xy same effect as sheathing of vessels by fibres. lem. The large pit apertures of vessel-paren One can imagine that sheathing of’vessels by chyma pits in Bocconia may be associated fibres might have some positive value. For with lowered mechanical strength of wood, example, in a vine such as Thunbergia, the which appears to characterise certain woods wide vessels are relatively vulnerable and with paedomorphosis (Carlquist 1975). might experience fewer failures in their water Dendromecon, Hunnemannia, and Rom columns when sheathed by fibres (Carlquist neya show relatively few features related to & Zona 1988), Alternatively, one could ima paedomorphosis, and Cumbie (1983) isjusti gine that if vessels were restricted to the cen fled in suggesting that Dendromecon could tral portion of a fascicular area of secondary have had a woody ancestry, whereas Bocco xylem (axial secondary xylem zones between nia may have had herbaceous or more nearly rays), there would be a greater tendency for herblike ancestors and may not be closely re radial chains of vessels to form, increasing lated to Dendromecon. The storied wood pat the potential degree of vessel grouping, tern of Romneya is probably an indication of which is claimed to enhance conductive safe a nonpaedomorphic wood, because storying ty (Carlquist 1984b). The concept of isolation is not common in woods with paedomorpho rays entirely composed of procumbent cells sis (although Piperaceae are an exception: (Braun 1970) represents a different phenom Cariquist 1962). Storying may develop over enon (one which may enhance efficient radial time in a wood, rather than shortly after onset conduction of photosynthates), and should of secondary growth. Although woody rela not be confused with vessel restriction. tives of Papaveraceae, such as Berberidaceae and Decaisnea (Lardizabalaceae), are shrubs Paedomorphosis branched from the base rather than subarbor The theory of paedomorphosis (Cariquist eal, they must be classified as woody, just as 1962) was devised to explain occurrence in must Dendromecon. 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Relationships primitive wood features among the families As cited in the Introduction, Papaveraceae and genera. are generally conceded by recent phylogenists to be closely related to Berberidaceae, Lardi Ecology zabalaceae, Menispermaceae, Ranunculaceae, Within Papaveraceae, computation of the and Sargentodoxaceae, as well as several fa Mesomorphy ratio (Table 1, column 12) re milies that are herbaceous (Circaeastraceae, veals that Bocconia and Dicentra have rela Glaucidiaceae, Kingdoniaceae). The wood tively mesomorphic woods. Both of these anatomy of Papaveraceae contains a series of genera have markedly succulent cortex and features that validate this relationship (data pith, as well as, to a limited extent, rays. from Metcalfe & Chalk 1950; Sieber & Kuce Dendromecon and Romneya show wood ra 1980; Cariquist l984a): vessels with sim xeromorphy in ways other than the density of ple perforation plates (scalariform in Decais vessel elements and their narrowness and nea); lateral wall pitting of vessels alternate shortness, as reflected in the Mesomorphy (intervascularpitting similar to vessel-ray pit ratio. Degree of grouping of vessels has been ting); helical thickenings present in vessels cited, in families with libriform fibres or (present in Berberis of Berberidaceae, Akebia fibre-tracheids (as opposed to true tracheids) of Lardizabalaceae, Clematis of Ranuncula as indicative of degree of xeromorphy (Carl ceae); libriform fibres present (fibre-tracheids quist 1966, 1984b). Using vessel grouping in Lardizabalaceae, tracheids in Menisperma figures (Table 1, column 2) as an indicator of ceae); libriform fibres nucleated (some sep xeromorphy, one can arrange the genera of tate); axial parenchyma vasicentric scanty Papaveraceae from most mesomorphic to (absent in Berberidaceae); rays exclusively most xeromorphic: Bocconia, Dicentra, Hun multiseriate or nearly so, tall and wide, com nemannia, Dendromecon, Romneya. This se posed mostly of procumbent cells. ries corresponds to ecology of these genera: Several wood features unite Papaveraceae Dendromecon and Romneya occur in chapar with some but not all of the woody families ral or coastal sage. Dicentra chrysantha does cited above. For example, vasicentric tra occur in sites that are like these, but its rela cheids, common in Dendromecon and Rom tively mesomorphic wood can be explained neya, occur in Berberis (including Mahonia), on the basis of the succulence of roots and Nandina, and Clematis (Carlquist 1985). lower stems, and the fact that upper stems Crystals occur in ray cells of Stauntonia (Lar die back annually. dizabalaceae) as well as those of Bocconia. Vasicentric iracheids are abundant in Den In addition to Dendromecon and Romneya, dromecon and Romneya, supporting the idea papaveralean genera with diagonal aggrega that these genera should be regarded as the tions of vessels include Berberis, Nandina, most xeromorphic in the family. Vasicentric and Clematis. tracheids and narrow vessels are moderately If one is to rank Papaveraceae with respect common in Hunnemannia, less common in to degree of primitiveness in Papaverales on Dicentra. Vasicentric tracheids prove to be a the basis of wood features, one finds that two key to understanding diagonal aggregations families have somewhat more primitive wood of vessels (Baas et al. 1984; Carlquist 1987). features: fibre-tracheids may be found in Lar The occurrence of these vessel aggregations dizabalaceae (one genus of which, Decaisnea, can be considered a maximal form of xero has scalariform perforation plates); true era morphy (or conductive safety) in phylads that cheids are present in Menispermaceae. Papa possess vasicentric tracheids (Carlquist 1987, veraceae retains axial parenchyma, the ab 1988). sence of which in Berberidaceae must be The systematic and ecological distribution counted a specialisation. Thus, Papaveraceae of helical thickenings in vessels of dicotyle can be considered of medium advancement dons suggests adaptation both to cold (as in within Papaverales. The hypothesis that Pa Ilex: Baas 1973) and drought (Carlquist paverales as an order is primitively woody 1982b). Helical thickenings are present in seems to be supported by the distribution of vessels of Dendromecon even in frost free 266 IAWA Bulletin n.s., Vol. 9 (3), 1988 localities, such as Santa Catalina Island, and Braun, H. 3. 1970. Funktionelle Histologic in montane areas where frost occurs, but one der sekundären Sprossachse. I. Das Holz. must note that even in the most extreme Den Handbuch der Pflanzenanatomie IX (1): dromecon and Romneya localities with re 1—190. Borntraeger, Berlin, Stuttgart. spect to winter cold, frost is probably too Carlquist, S. 1962. A theory of paedomor mild to account for selective value of helical phosis in dicotyledonous woods. Phyto thickenings in vessels. Adaptation to drought morphology 12: 30—45. may explain these cases of helical sculpture. — 1966. 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