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(American Journal of Botany. 2000;87:176-181.)
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SEM studies on vessels in ferns. 17. Psilotaceae1

Edward L. Schneider2,1 and Sherwin Carlquist1

1 Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, 1212 Mission Canyon Road, Santa Barbara, California 93105 USA

ABSTRACT

Perforation plates are reported in aerial and subaerial axes of Psilotum nudum and in aerial axes of Tmesipteris obliqua. In Psilotum, both perforations lacking pit membranes and perforations with pit membrane remnants were observed. Perforation plates in Psilotum may consist wholly of one type or the other. In Tmespteris, perforations have threadlike pit membranes or consist of porose pit membranes. Wide perforations alternating with narrow pits, a conformation observed in various ferns, were observed in Psilotum (subaerial axes). In Psilotum, perforations are more common in metaxylem than in protoxylem; perforations in protoxylem consist of primary wall areas containing small circular porosities or relatively large circular to oval perforations. There are no modifications in the secondary wall framework of protoxylem or metaxylem in Psilotum or Tmesipteris that would permit one to distinguish presence of perforations or perforation plates with light microscopy, and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) is required for demonstration of porose walls or perforations. The tracheary elements of the Psilotaceae studied have no features not also observed in other ferns with SEM.

Key Words: perforation plates • pit membranes • Psilotaceae • Psilotum • Tmesipteris • tracheary elements • vessel elements • xylem




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