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ARE THERE SEED PEDESTALS IN LENTIBULARIACEAE?

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Author(s):
Plachno, Bartosz J. [1] ; Clivati, Debora [2] ; Oliveira de Miranda, Vitor F. [2] ; Swiatek, Piotr [3]
Total Authors: 4
Affiliation:
[1] Jagiellonian Univ, Dept Plant Cytol & Embryol, PL-31044 Krakow - Poland
[2] Univ Mogi das Cruzes, Herbarium Mogiense HUMC, Plant Systemat Lab, BR-08780911 Mogi Das Cruzes, SP - Brazil
[3] Univ Silesia, Dept Anim Histol & Embryol, PL-40007 Katowice - Poland
Total Affiliations: 3
Document type: Journal article
Source: ACTA BIOLOGICA CRACOVIENSIA SERIES BOTANICA; v. 51, n. 2, p. 115-118, 2009.
Web of Science Citations: 2
Abstract

The term ``seed pedestal{''} was introduced recently to describe a structure of placental origin connecting a seed with the placenta. Seed pedestals are widespread in Scrophulariaceae and a few adjacent families, but have not been found in Lentibulariaceae so far. Here their presence is reported for Utricularia reniformis from Brazil, and their formation during seed development is described. We observed that the formation of this structure was strictly associated with seed development; seed pedestals were not formed under aborted (unfertilized) ovules. (AU)