Developmental patterns of leaves in Podostemaceae compared with more typical flowering plants: saltational evolution and fuzzy morphology
Developmental patterns of leaves in Podostemaceae compared with more typical flowering plants: saltational evolution and fuzzy morphology
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与更典型的开花植物相比,Podostemaceae 叶子的发育模式:突变演化和模糊形态
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1995
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R. Rutishauser
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R. Rutishauser
Leaves and stems of flowering plants have been widely accepted as clearly distinguishable structural categories. Evolution, however, can blur the stem–leaf (axis–appendage) distinction. Compound leaves with apical growth and three-dimensional branching may be seen as developmental mosaics sharing some growth processes with leafy stems (shoots). To cope with fuzzy boundaries between structural categories, fuzzy morphology is proposed as a complementary way of looking at higher plant architecture. Fuzzy morphology treats structural categories (e.g., leaves and stems) as concepts with fuzzy (not sharp) boundaries. The developmental morphology of compound leaves is described comparing Apium repens (Apiaceae) with less typical angiosperms ("misfits") of the rheophyte family Podostemaceae, especially Marathrum rubrum, Mourera fluviatilis, and Tristicha trifaria. In some taxa within the Podostemaceae, typical leaf characteristics may be replaced by new properties, e.g., 90° switch of symmetry plane of the leaf p...