Structure and distribution of glandular trichomes in three species of Bignoniaceae

Glandular trichomes play a major role in the morphological characterization of the Bignoniaceae. Due to their great diversity of forms and functions, this study aimed to inventory the glandular trichomes present in the aerial vegetative axis of Amphilophium magnoliifolium, Martinella obovata and Stizophyllum riparium, analyze their structure and register the participation of ants in these plants. Fresh samples from the nodal region, petiole and from medium to apical regions of the leaflet blade were fixed and processed according to usual methods in light and scanning electron microscopies. The glandular trichomes found were: peltate, capitate, stipitate, and patelliform/cupular. Peltate trichomes are the most abundant ones and present the most uniform distribution. Patelliform/cupular trichomes occur at specific regions, such as prophylls, leaflet blade and nodal regions. Martinella obovata is the only species that presents capitate and stipitate trichomes, which are widely distributed along the entire aerial vegetative axis. Ants were found in all species, mainly at nodal regions. The occurrence of the capitate-type trichome is reported for the first time to the genus.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	FRÓES,Fabíola Fernandes Paiva de Castro, GAMA,Thália do Socorro Serra, FEIO,Ana Carla, DEMARCO,Diego, AGUIAR-DIAS,Ana Cristina Andrade de
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia 2015
Online Access:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0044-59672015000400347
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