Ontogeny, phylogeny and evolution of the vascular system of lianas

• Grant number: 12/01099-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Effective date (Start): April 01, 2012
• Effective date (End): September 30, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Botany - Plant Morphology
• Principal Investigator: Veronica Angyalossy
• Grantee: Marcelo Rodrigo Pace
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências (IB). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

One of the major goals of evolutionary developmental biology is to understand the processes involved in the generation of morphological diversity. One way to address this question is through ontogenetical comparison of the ontogeny of the species within a phylogenetic framework. In the present study, lianas belonging to three families: Celastraceae, Malpighiaceae and Sapindaceae were chosen for possessing a huge extent of anatomical diversity, generated by the present of cambial variants in their stems, and robust phylogenies recently published. Thus, a study of ontogeny and phylogeny aims to unravel the mechanisms involved on the diversification of the vascular system of lianas. We aim to describe the ontogeny of the cambial variants, how they evolved and the presence of evolutionary convergences in the development of their tissues. Collections will be made in natural populations, living collections or xylothecs. In addition, a global analysis of lianas involving species of other groups will be carried out to better understand the structural patter of the phloem in lianas, a part of the vascular system usually neglected, to search for convergences in their vascular system, something that has been extensively explored for the secondary xylem. Anatomical procedures will follow the standard techniques in plant anatomy; characters will be delimited according to their variation within the groups and subsequently will be mapped in the phylogenies to evaluate the evolutionary patterns acting in the diversification nowadays present in the vascular system of lianas. With this work we aim to better understand the evolution of the cambial variants and the secondary phloem of lianas as a whole. (AU)

Scientific publications

(9)

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

PACE, MARCELO R.; ANGYALOSSY, VERONICA. WOOD ANATOMY AND EVOLUTION: A CASE STUDY IN THE BIGNONIACEAE. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES, v. 174, n. 7, SI, p. 1014-1048, SEP 2013. (12/01099-8)

PACE, MARCELO R.; ZUNTINI, ALEXANDRE R.; LOHMANN, LUCIA G.; ANGYALOSSY, VERONICA. Phylogenetic relationships of enigmatic Sphingiphila (Bignoniaceae) based on molecular and wood anatomical data. Taxon, v. 65, n. 5, p. 1050-1063, OCT 2016. (12/01099-8, 13/10679-0, 11/50859-2, 12/50260-6)

AMORIM, ANDRE M.; MARINHO, LUCAS C.; PESSOA, CLEITON; PACE, MARCELO R.. A new Heteropterys (Malpighiaceae) from semideciduous forest, with notes on wood anatomy. PLANT SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION, v. 303, n. 2, p. 177-185, FEB 2017. (13/10679-0, 12/01099-8)

PACE, MARCELO R.; ACEVEDO-RODRIGUEZ, PEDRO; AMORIM, ANDRE M.; ANGYALOSSY, VERONICA. Ontogeny, structure and occurrence of interxylary cambia in Malpighiaceae. FLORA, v. 241, p. 46-60, APR 2018. (13/10679-0, 12/01099-8)

CABANILLAS, PABLO A.; PACE, MARCELO R.; ANGYALOSSY, VERONICA. Structure and ontogeny of the fissured stems of Callaeum (Malpighiaceae). IAWA Journal, v. 38, n. 1, p. 49-66, 2017. (13/10679-0, 12/01099-8)

PACE, MARCELO R.; ALCANTARA, SUZANA; LOHMANN, LUCIA G.; ANGYALOSSY, VERONICA. Secondary phloem diversity and evolution in Bignonieae (Bignoniaceae). ANNALS OF BOTANY, v. 116, n. 3, p. 333-358, SEP 2015. (12/01099-8)

PACE, MARCELO R.; LOHMANN, LUCIA G.; OLMSTEAD, RICHARD G.; ANGYALOSSY, VERONICA. Wood anatomy of major Bignoniaceae clades. PLANT SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION, v. 301, n. 3, p. 967-995, MAR 2015. (13/10679-0, 12/01099-8)

PACE, MARCELO R.; CUNHA NETO, ISRAEL L.; SANTOS-SILVA, LEYDE N. N.; MELO-DE-PINNA, GLADYS F. A.; ACEVEDO-RODRIGUEZ, PEDRO; ALMEIDA, RAFAEL F.; AMORIM, ANDRE M.; ANGYALOSSY, VERONICA. First report of laticifers in lianas of Malpighiaceae and their phylogenetic implications. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY, v. 106, n. 9, p. 1156-1172, SEP 2019. (13/10679-0, 12/01099-8, 17/17107-3)

PACE, MARCELO R.; ANGYALOSSY, VERONICA. WOOD ANATOMY AND EVOLUTION: A CASE STUDY IN THE BIGNONIACEAE. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PLANT SCIENCES, v. 174, n. 7, p. 35-pg., 2013-09-01. (12/01099-8)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

PACE, Marcelo Rodrigo. Evolução do sistema vascular em linhagens que contêm lianas. 2015. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Biociências (IBIOC/SB) São Paulo.