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      Ontogeny and structure of the pericarp and the seed coat of Miconia albicans (Sw.) Triana (Melastomataceae) from " cerrado" , Brazil Translated title: Ontogenia e estrutura do pericarpo e do envoltório da semente de Miconia albicans (Sw.) Triana (Melastomataceae) do cerrado, Brasil

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          Miconia albicans fruit and seed coat ontogeny were described under light microscope. The samples were fixed in formalin-aceto-alcohol (FAA), neutral-buffered formaldehyde solution (NBF) and formalin-ferrous sulphate (FFS) solutions, embedded in plastic resin, sectioned at 10 µm and stained with Toluidine Blue. Specific dyes and/or reagents were used for the microchemical tests. The ovary is semi-inferior and the indehiscent, fleshy globose berries are originated mainly from the development of the inferior portion of the ovary. The immature pericarp is mainly parenchymatous with some sclereids, druse crystal and phenolic-like compounds idioblasts widespread in the mesocarp. In the mature pericarp, the endocarp cells are often collapsed, the mesocarp is thick with cells more or less turgid, and the sclereids, the druses and the phenolic-like compound idioblasts are almost absent. The ovules are anatropous, bitegmic and crassinucellate, and the zig-zag micropyle is formed by both the exostome and the endostome. The mature seed is pyramidal-elongated in shape, exalbuminous and testal. The raphal part occupies about 40% of the seed coat total length and had the mechanical layer derived from its inner layer. The antiraphal side is non-multiplicative and the exotesta, mesotesta and endotesta are differentiated into a sclerotic layer, with the exotesta being the mechanical one. The tegmen is absent.

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          A ontogenia dos frutos e das sementes de M. albicans foi descrita sob microscopia de luz. Os materiais foram fixados em soluções de formalina - ácido acético - álcool etílico 50% (FAA), formalina neutra tamponada (FNT) e sulfato ferroso em formalina (SFF), embebidos em resina plástica, seccionados a 10 µm de espessura e corados com Azul de Toluidina. Corantes e/ou reagentes específicos foram usados para os testes microquímicos. O ovário é semi-ínfero, e os frutos são bagas indeiscentes, originadas em sua maior parte a partir do desenvolvimento da porção ínfera do ovário. O pericarpo imaturo é principalmente parenquimático, com esclereídes, idioblastos cristalíferos e com compostos fenólicos no mesocarpo. No pericarpo maduro as células do endocarpo estão freqüentemente colapsadas, o mesocarpo é espesso, com células túrgidas, e as esclereídes e os idioblastos cristalíferos e com compostos fenólicos estão em pequena quantidade. Os óvulos são anátropos, bitegumentados e crassinucelados, e a micrópica, em zig-zag, é formada pelo exóstoma e pelo endóstoma. A semente madura é piramidal-alongada, exalbuminosa e testal. A porção rafeal ocupa aproximadamente 40% do comprimento total da semente e possui a camada mecânica derivada de suas camadas internas. A porção anti-rafeal é não-multiplicativa e possui a exotesta, a mesotesta e a endotesta diferenciadas em camada mecânica (esclerótica). O tégmen é ausente.

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                Journal
                rbb
                Brazilian Journal of Botany
                Braz. J. Bot.
                Sociedade Botânica de São Paulo (São Paulo )
                1806-9959
                March 2008
                : 31
                : 1
                : 71-79
                Affiliations
                [1 ] Universidade Estadual de Campinas Brazil
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                S0100-84042008000100008
                10.1590/S0100-84042008000100008
                c262a3d1-9936-4acc-be58-729dd5f8a3d9

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                PLANT SCIENCES

                Plant science & Botany
                anatomy,fruits,Melastomataceae,Miconia,ontogeny,anatomia,frutos,ontogenia
                Plant science & Botany
                anatomy, fruits, Melastomataceae, Miconia, ontogeny, anatomia, frutos, ontogenia

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