Embryology of Certain Ranales
Embryology of Certain Ranales
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DOI:
10.1086/334784
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发表时间:
1938-12
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T. T. Earle-T.
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T. T. Earle-T.
1. The anatropous ovule of Magnolia grandiflora develops in a manner similar to that described by Gray for M. tripetala. 2. The embryo sac of M. grandiflora is long and slender, and terminates in a club-shaped expansion at the micropylar end. It contains the usual number of eight nuclei. 3. The endosperm of M. grandiflora is cellular very early in its development and finally comes to be a massive structure, containing oil but no starch. 4. The embryo of M. grandiflora at first is a mass of undifferentiated cells with a massive suspensor. It becomes pear-shaped by irregular cell divisions. The cotyledons arise from the distal end as independent structures. 5. The development of the anatropous ovule of Cimicifuga racemosa shows no marked peculiarity. 6. The embryo sac of C. racemosa is of the usual type, having eight nuclei. It is rhombic in shape as seen in longitudinal section. 7. The endosperm of C. racemosa in its early stages consists of free nuclei lining the wall of the embryo sac. Wall formation occurs about these free nuclei and the endosperm finally fills the embryo sac. It contains oil but no starch. 8. The embryo of C. racemosa is similar to that of M. grandiflora in its development, consisting at first of a globular mass of undifferentiated cells. The cotyledons arise from the distal end as independent structures. There is a massive suspensor at the base of the embryo. 9. Development of the embryos of M. grandiflora and Cimicifuga racemosa corresponds to what has been found in other species of the Magnoliaceae, Ranunculaceae, and also of the Berberidaceae. 10. The embryology of the Ranales as a whole seems to conform to a general type in the early stages, closely resembling the condition found in many monocotyledons; in its later stages it is thoroughly dicotyledonous in the Magnoliaceae, Berberidaceae, and Ranunculaceae. 11. There seems to be some basis for the suggestion that the Nymphaeaceae and Ceratophyllaceae be placed in the Monocotyledonae.