RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AN EPIPHYLLOUS LIVERWORT AND HOST LEAVES
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AN EPIPHYLLOUS LIVERWORT AND HOST LEAVES
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DOI:
10.1093/oxfordjournals.aob.a085014
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发表时间:
1975-01-01
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影响因子:
4.2
通讯作者:
EZE, JMO
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作者:
BERRIE, GK;EZE, JMO
An investigation was carried out into certain aspects of the structural and physiological relationships between an epiphyllous liverwort,Radula flaccidaLbg. et G., and a variety of host leaves. Initial attachment of the epiphylla to the host leaf is aided by an adhesive secretion from the rhizoids of the epiphylla. Some rhizoids subsequently penetrate the leaf cuticle and intrude between epidermal cells. Penetration results in the death of some epidermal cells and rhizoids enter also through the gaps thus created.The presence of well-established epiphyllous colonies was closely associated with increased loss of water from leaves by evaporation. Leaves mechanically stripped of their epiphyllae showed a similarly high rate of water loss. It was shown that water and dissolved radioactive phosphate (salts) can pass from host leaf tissues into the epiphylla.It is concluded that, in traditional terminology, epiphyllousR.flaccidais a semi-parasite rather than a simple epiphyte. Some other aspects of the relationship are discussed.