Colleters in 10 species belonging to three tribes of Rubiaceae: morphoanatomical diversity and potential as useful characters for taxonomy

Author:

Lopes-Mattos Karina Lucas Barbosa1,Otuki Sara Akemi Ponce1,Azevedo Aristéa Alves1,Pereira Zefa Valdivina2,Meira Renata Maria Strozi Alves1

Affiliation:

1. Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, 36570-000, Brazil.

2. Faculdade de Ciências Biológicas e Ambientais, Universidade Federal da Grande Dourados, Rodovia Dourados - Itahum, km 12, Vila Aurora, Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, 79804-970, Brazil.

Abstract

Colleters are common secretory structures in Rubiaceae. In this study, we describe colleter morphoanatomy and histochemistry in 10 species belonging to Chiococceae, Coussareae, and Psychotrieae tribes of Rubiaceae. Colleter morphoanatomy was analyzed by light and scanning electron microscopy. Microscopy analysis revealed that colleters were present on the stipule adaxial surface in all species. In the case of Palicourea marcgravii A.St.-Hil. and Chiococca alba Hitchc., colleters were also found on leaf primordia and at the stipule apex, respectively. Colleters were classified into three types: standard, bifurcated standard, and reduced standard. Further analysis showed that colleter epidermal cells are thin-walled and possess a thin cuticle, conspicuous nuclei located at the equatorial or basal region, and abundant cytoplasm. Intercellular spaces were found among epidermal cells in Chiococca alba, Coussarea triflora Müll.Arg., Coussarea verticillata Müll.Arg., Psychotria conjungens Müll.Arg., and Psychotria sessilis Vell. Crystalliferous idioblasts containing raphides were observed in the colleter central parenchymatous axis of all species, while crystal sand was found only in Chiococca alba. Histochemical tests revealed that colleter secretion is composed of a mixture of mucilage and protein. We conclude that colleter position, typological variation, presence of vascularization, and type of calcium oxalate crystals represent promising characters for future taxonomic and phylogenetic studies in Rubiaceae.

Publisher

Canadian Science Publishing

Subject

Plant Science,Ecology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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