Reproductive organography of Bougainvillea spectabilis Willd |
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| Authors: | Suxia Xu Qingyun Huang Qingyan Shu Chun Chen Brady A Vick |
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| Institution: | 1. Key Laboratory of Physiology and Biochemistry, Fujian Institute of Subtropical Botany, 780-800 Jiahe Road, Xiamen, Fujian 361006, China;2. State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science, Xiamen University, 361005 China;3. Beijing Botanical Garden, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academic of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China;4. Northern Crop Science Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Fargo 58105, USA |
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| Abstract: | Bougainvillea spectabilis Willd. is of prime importance for horticulture, as well as potentially for pharmaceutical industries, agriculture and environmental industries. However, its floral development is not yet well understood. A detailed study on floral structure and floral organography in the species was first completed using microscopy of paraffin microtome sections of buds. The results were indicated as follows: first, the three trumped flowers in the cymose inflorescence develop asynchronously. Secondly, Varieties with multi-whorl bracts do not develop any sexual organs, i.e., perianth, pistil and stamens. Thirdly, the wall of the two-loculus anther consists of two kinds of cells: the inner wall, consisting of thick-cytoplasmed cells and the outer wall, consisting of fibrous cells. Fourthly, the pollen grains, with three germination colpi, vary substantially in the form and size in summer under the highest day temperature of 40 °C. Fifthly, the pistil is characterized with betalain-acumulating stylar brush. Followed the developmental course, only one basal ovule is developed in the superior ovary. Finally, organs of one flower develop consecutively from the outer to the inner, i.e., from bracts, to calyx, stamen, and carpel while the three flowers bloomed one by one in one cymose inflorescence. It almost takes 1 week from first bud to the third flower blooming. Our research showed a series of special characteristics of reproduction organography of B. spectabilis which can be useful for understanding its reproduction biology and its sterility. |
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| Keywords: | Bouganivillea spectabilis Inflorescence Organography |
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