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American Journal of Botany, Vol 85, 299, Copyright © 1998 by Botanical Society of America, Inc.

STRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT

Ovule and seed development of Lacandonia schismatica (Lacandoniaceae)

S Vázquez-Santana, EM Engleman, A Martínez-Mena and J Márquez-Guzmán

Ovule and seed development is described for Lacandonia schismatica, a species whose androecium is surrounded by the gynoecium. The ovule in each carpel is basal, anatropous, tenuinucellate, and bitegmic. The female gametophyte is formed by the micropylar megaspore cell, after a coenocytic stage of the four megaspore nuclei. The mature female gametophyte has the normal complement of seven cells and eight nuclei. We propose a new type of female gametophyte development on the basis of the coenocytic stage of the tetrad, the cellularization of the tetrad, and the survival of the micropylar spore. At seed dispersal time, the embryo has ~10-20 cells. Endosperm development is of the nuclear type. At maturity, endosperm cells show starch and protein inclusions as well as polysaccharides in their thick walls. The seed coat is formed from the outer integument; the inner one disappears. The exotesta contains tannin. The fruit (achene) wall is two-layered. The maturation of the fruits in a flower is synchronous, and they separate from the receptacle for dispersal.


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