A novel feature of structural variegation in leaves of the tropical plant Schismatoglottis calyptrata
We report a novel feature of leaf variegation. As is often the case in tropical forest floor herbs, Schismatoglottis calyptrata leaves feature structural variegation. Examination of leaf anatomy in S. calyptrata revealed a novel feature of structural variegation, which was generated by variation in...
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| description | We report a novel feature of leaf variegation. As is often the case in tropical forest floor herbs, Schismatoglottis calyptrata leaves feature structural variegation. Examination of leaf anatomy in S. calyptrata revealed a novel feature of structural variegation, which was generated by variation in the spatial arrangement of the adaxial-most tip of the palisade cells. In fully green leaf parts, contact between the adaxial-most tip of the palisade cells and the cone-shaped base of the outer epidermis cells was tight, and palisade cells were arranged radially around each epidermal cell. In dull, grayish-green leaf parts, the contact was loose, and. no particular spatial arrangement of palisade cells relative to epidermal cells was observed. This feature of structural variation could be disadvantageous for photosynthesis efficiency in view of the hypothesis that, for rainforest herbs, cone-shaped epidermal cells may function as lenses. However, the high frequency of leaf variegation of S. calyptrata in natural habits suggests that this structural variegation plays an unknown advantageous role. |
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| spelling | my.ums.eprints-9602017-10-16T08:05:11Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/960/ A novel feature of structural variegation in leaves of the tropical plant Schismatoglottis calyptrata H., Tsukaya H., Okada Maryati Mohamed, Datin SB Plant culture We report a novel feature of leaf variegation. As is often the case in tropical forest floor herbs, Schismatoglottis calyptrata leaves feature structural variegation. Examination of leaf anatomy in S. calyptrata revealed a novel feature of structural variegation, which was generated by variation in the spatial arrangement of the adaxial-most tip of the palisade cells. In fully green leaf parts, contact between the adaxial-most tip of the palisade cells and the cone-shaped base of the outer epidermis cells was tight, and palisade cells were arranged radially around each epidermal cell. In dull, grayish-green leaf parts, the contact was loose, and. no particular spatial arrangement of palisade cells relative to epidermal cells was observed. This feature of structural variation could be disadvantageous for photosynthesis efficiency in view of the hypothesis that, for rainforest herbs, cone-shaped epidermal cells may function as lenses. However, the high frequency of leaf variegation of S. calyptrata in natural habits suggests that this structural variegation plays an unknown advantageous role. Springer 2004-12 Article PeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/960/1/A_novel_feature_of_structural_variegation_in_leaves_of_the_tropical_plant_Schismatoglottis_calyptrate.pdf H., Tsukaya and H., Okada and Maryati Mohamed, Datin (2004) A novel feature of structural variegation in leaves of the tropical plant Schismatoglottis calyptrata. Journal of Plant Research, 117 (6). pp. 477-480. ISSN 0918-9440 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10265-004-0179-x 10.1007/s10265-004-0179-x 10.1007/s10265-004-0179-x |
| spellingShingle | SB Plant culture H., Tsukaya H., Okada Maryati Mohamed, Datin A novel feature of structural variegation in leaves of the tropical plant Schismatoglottis calyptrata |
| title | A novel feature of structural variegation in leaves of the tropical plant Schismatoglottis calyptrata |
| title_full | A novel feature of structural variegation in leaves of the tropical plant Schismatoglottis calyptrata |
| title_fullStr | A novel feature of structural variegation in leaves of the tropical plant Schismatoglottis calyptrata |
| title_full_unstemmed | A novel feature of structural variegation in leaves of the tropical plant Schismatoglottis calyptrata |
| title_short | A novel feature of structural variegation in leaves of the tropical plant Schismatoglottis calyptrata |
| title_sort | novel feature of structural variegation in leaves of the tropical plant schismatoglottis calyptrata |
| topic | SB Plant culture |
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