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      Adaptações anatômicas em folhas de marmeleiro e velame da caatinga brasileira Translated title: Anatomical adaptations in leaves of the quince and velame of the Brazilian caatinga

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          A disponibilidade de água é o principal fator limitante para as espécies vegetais em ambientes áridos e semiáridos. Nessas plantas, uma combinação de características contribui para a economia hídrica, entre elas as anatômicas. Assim, estudos em folhas de marmeleiro (Croton blanchetianus) e velame (Croton heliotropiifolius), duas espécies comuns na caatinga e de importância apícola, foram realizados para verificar as características anatômicas adaptativas relacionadas à maior eficiência na utilização de água. As folhas de ambas as espécies possuem indumento denso, parede das células basais dos tricomas impregnadas com lipídios e compostos fenólicos nas células epidérmicas e parenquimáticas. Em plantas de ambientes áridos, os tricomas podem ajudar a reduzir o aquecimento e a transpiração foliar e também impedir o fluxo apoplástico da água devido à presença de lipídios nas paredes das células basais. Estas características anatômicas podem atuar na economia hídrica e ser, desta maneira, consideradas adaptações às condições de semiaridez da caatinga.

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          Water availability is the main limiting factor for plants in arid and semi-arid environments. In these plants, a combination of characteristics contributes to water economy, among them being anatomical features. Thus, studies in leaves of the quince (Croton blanchetianus) and the velame (Croton heliotropiifolius), two common species in the caatinga and of importance in beekeeping, were performed to verify adaptive anatomical characteristics which are related to a greater efficiency in water usage. The leaves of both species have a dense indumentum, the basal-cell walls of the trichomes are impregnated with lipids, and phenolic compounds are found in the epidermal and parenchymal cells. In plants from arid environments, the trichomes can help reduce heating and leaf transpiration and also prevent the apoplastic flow of water due to the presence of lipids in the walls of the basal cells. These anatomical features may act on the water economy, and can thus be considered as adaptations to the semi-arid conditions of the caatinga.

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                Journal
                rca
                Revista Ciência Agronômica
                Rev. Ciênc. Agron.
                Universidade Federal do Ceará (Fortaleza, CE, Brazil )
                0045-6888
                1806-6690
                March 2013
                : 44
                : 1
                : 192-198
                Affiliations
                [01] Fortaleza CE orgnameUniversidade Federal do Ceará orgdiv1Departamento de Biologia Brasil ileane.oliveira@ 123456gmail.com
                [02] Fortaleza CE orgnameUniversidade Federal do Ceará orgdiv1Departamento de Biologia Brasil arlete@ 123456ufc.br
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                S1806-66902013000100024 S1806-6690(13)04400124
                10.1590/S1806-66902013000100024
                28582ab5-b90d-4a1a-a79c-280a4077463f

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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                : 08 August 2012
                : 17 December 2010
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                Quince,Plantas e água,Croton,Plants caatinga,Plants and water,Plantas da caatinga,Marmeleiro

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