COMPARATIVE MORPHO-ANATOMY OF Urospatha SCHOTT INFLORESCENCE (ARACEAE) OCCURRING IN THE STATE OF AMAPÁ, BRAZIL

• Autor(a) principal: Leoncio Tostes, Luciedi Cassia
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Palheta Miranda, Zenaide, Veiga Carim, Marcelo de Jesus, Ferreira de Almeida Lins, Alba Lúcia, Silva Guimarães, Jose Renan, Santos Gaspar, Renato Patrick, Oliveira Barros, Mônica Patrini, Brito Gonçalves, Matheus
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Biota Amazônia
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unifap.br/index.php/biota/article/view/4673
• topic: Araceae; Urospatha; anatomy; morphology; inflorescence

The genus Urospatha Schott, an aquatic and perennial herb occurring in “várzea” and “igapó” areas. Describe the inflorescence morpho-anatomy of the species found in the state of Amapá, to identify the present types of secretory structures and to verify the chemical nature of the secretion. Adult and fertile Urospatha specimens were collected in the Bailique Archipelago; in the municipalities of Calçoene; Mazagão; Porto Grande and Macapá. There were performed morpho-anatomical studies, using scanning electron microscopy techniques and also histochemical tests. Urospatha species present terminal inflorescence with flowering throughout the whole year; the spadix has hermaphrodite, tetramerous flowers. The tepals have uniseriate and heterodimensional epidermis, with thick-walled cells with thin and striated cuticle, secretory papillae and stomata. The androecium in adaxial and abaxial regions and right below epidermis occurs in parenchymal cells, and in lower regions occurs the presence of idioblasts carriers of raphides and druses that are more typical in the region close to the anthers. The ovary has/ an uniseriate epidermis with two or three anatropous ovules. The stigma has simple epidermis, papillose and parenchyma with raphides idioblasts. In the adaxial region of the spathe occurs uniseriate epidermis with heterodimensional cells with lignified walls and thin cuticle, and uniseriate hypodermis. The peduncle presents an uniseriate epidermis with lignified walls, thin cuticle, lenticels, stomata, and collenchyma just below the epidermis, with collateral vascular bundless and aerenchyma. The results of this work, especially the morphological and anatomical data, cannot differentiate Urospatha species found in the state of Amapá, because they present the same morpho-anatomical pattern for their floral structure.Keywords: Araceae, anatomy, inflorescence, morphology, Urospatha.