Comparison of floral ontogeny in wild-type and double-flowered phenotypes of Syringa vulgaris L. (Oleaceae) |
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| Authors: | Mohammad Reza Dadpour Somayeh Naghiloo Seyed Hadi Peighambardoust Sima Panahirad Maryam Aliakbari Ali Movafeghi |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Horticultural Sciences, College of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran;2. Department of Plant Biology, College of Natural Sciences, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran;3. Department of Food Science, College of Agriculture, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran |
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| Abstract: | A comparative study of floral ontogeny in normal and double-flowered phenotype of Syringa vulgaris was conducted using the epi-illumination light microscopy. In the wild phenotype, floral differentiation starts with calyx inception and the formation of four sepals in orthogonal positions (two median and two lateral). The corolla emerges as a continuous ring-like structure leading to the appearance of four petal lobes alternating with the sepals. Androecium was formed by initiation of two stamen primordia in transverse plane and finally the bicarpellate gynoecium emerges in median position. In the case of the double-flowered lilac, there are supernumerary petals in an additional whorl. In double-flowered phenotype, a ring meristem is formed acropetally after the first petal whorl initiates. Stamens and carpels initiated similarly in double-flowered as well as in wild-type plants. However, position of stamens deviates from the typical transverse situation. It seems that the appearing of an extra petal whorl did not exhibit any adverse effect on the initiation of other whorls, in terms of organ identity. Therefore, it would be suggested that the double-flowered phenotype of Syringa represents a case of neoheterotopy, with formation of an extra petal whorl, rather than a case of homoheterotopy with transformation of an ancestral androecium whorl into petals. |
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| Keywords: | Double-flowered Epi-illumination Floral ontogeny Heterotopy Homeosis Syringa vulgaris |
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