Morfologia da semente e desenvolvimento pós-seminal em cinco espécies de bromeliaceae

• Autor(a) principal: Stefanini, Lorraine [UNESP]
• Data de Publicação: 2013
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/108431
• topic: Bromeliacea; Angiosperma; Germinação; Botânica - Morfologia; Anatomia vegetal; Sementes; Germination

The aim of this study was to describe the morphology and the stages of germination of Aechmea blanchetiana (Baker) L.B.Sm. Aechmea bromeliifolia (Rudge) Baker, Neoregelia marmorata (Baker) L.B.Sm., Pitcairnia flammea Lindl. e Vriesea incurvata Gaudich. The species have epigeal and cryptocotylar germination, with different periods and germination rates. The embryos have axial position with short and cylindrical embryonic axes, the endosperm containing starch and the tegument has overlapping cells. The radicle shows ring- shaped pilosity before the issuance. The seeds of Aechmea and Neoregelia (Bromelioideae) presents mucilage that prevents drying out, Pitcairnia L'Hér. (Pitcairnioideae) has seeds with membranous wings and in Vriesea Lindl. (Tillandsioideae) the seeds show feathery appendages. In A. blanchetiana, A. bromeliifolia, N. marmorata (Bromelioideae) and Pitcairnia flammea (Pitcairnioideae) the post-seminal development starts with the emergence of primary root; to Vriesea incurvata (Tillandsioideae) we observed a haustorial cotyledon. The results obtained in this study are basis in the area of seed technology involving these species, as well as the taxonomy of Bromeliaceae