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Jul, 2024;261 (4): 831-845.

Exploring floral morphoanatomy and embryology in wild populations of Chrysolaena flexuosa (Vernonia, Asteraceae): a contribution to understanding its ornamental potential.

Yanina de Jesús Pérez, Gisela Via Do Pico, Ana María González, María Betiana Angulo
Author Information
  1. Yanina de Jesús Pérez: Instituto de Botánica del Nordeste, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, Sargento Cabral 2131, CC 209, 3400, Corrientes, Argentina. yaninajperez@hotmail.com.ar. ORCID
  2. Gisela Via Do Pico: Instituto de Botánica del Nordeste, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, Sargento Cabral 2131, CC 209, 3400, Corrientes, Argentina. ORCID
  3. Ana María González: Instituto de Botánica del Nordeste, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, Sargento Cabral 2131, CC 209, 3400, Corrientes, Argentina. ORCID
  4. María Betiana Angulo: Instituto de Botánica del Nordeste, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, Sargento Cabral 2131, CC 209, 3400, Corrientes, Argentina. ORCID
PMID: 38421489 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-024-01937-y

Abstract

Chrysolaena flexuosa (Sims.) H. Rob. is a South American species in the tribe Vernonieae, with potential ornamental value: it has attractive inflorescences, is suitable for pot cultivation, and its cypselae are useful for dried flower arrangements. Apart from studies on the growth dynamics of this species under cultivation, chromosome number, DNA content, ploidy level, size, pollen viability, and the characterization of phenotypic and genetic variability, it is noteworthy that other aspects regarding the floral architecture, reproductive mode, and gametophyte formation of C. flexuosa have not yet been studied. For this reason, our study encompasses a floral morphoanatomical survey and a comprehensive assessment of gametophyte development in the species. As a result of this study, we report new floral morphotypes, confirming that the morphological variability of the species might be greater than speculated. The morphoanatomy of the androecium and gynoecium and the male and female gametophyte developmental characteristics are uniform in all the populations studied despite the different ploidy levels. Chrysolaena flexuosa has five tetrasporangiate stamens of the dicotyledonous type of development; all the populations studied displayed a unilocular inferior ovary with a single anatropous, unitegumented, and tenuinucellar ovule. Given that all the embryo sacs observed were of the Polygonum-type development regardless of the ploidy level, we infer that the populations analyzed are fertile and undergo sexual reproduction. Our results not only contribute further research in the field of breeding systems and propagation of this species, but also promote the successful introduction of C. flexuosa to the plant ornamental market.

Keywords

Gametophyte Morphoanatomy Ornamental breeding Vernonieae

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Flowers
Asteraceae
Pollen
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