Cotyledon areoles in subtribe Kennediinae (Leguminosae: Phaseoleae)
James A. LackeySmithsonian Institution, Department of Botany, NMNH MRC-166, PO Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012, USA. Email: lackeyj@si.edu
Australian Journal of Botany 56(3) 265-271 https://doi.org/10.1071/BT07184
Submitted: 5 October 2007 Accepted: 15 January 2008 Published: 21 May 2008
Abstract
Cotyledon areoles are reported for the first time in Phaseoleae subtribe Kennediinae. All three genera, Kennedia, Hardenbergia and Vandasina, have cotyledon areoles in mature dormant seeds. The remarkably uniform seeds also consistently have an adaxial palisade layer in cotyledons and a greatly expanded middle endosperm layer, which appears to consist primarily of normal legume cell-wall galactomannan.
Acknowledgements
Yasuhiko Endo kindly reviewed his dissection of K. coccinea and provided a seed sample. Charles R. ‘Bob’ Gunn reviewed a draft of this paper. Joe Kirkbride graciously allowed generous use of the BARC seed collections, and he and Harold Robinson engaged me in thoughtful discussion. Scott Whittaker and Stanley Yankowski’s technical expertise, guidance, and support were much needed and appreciated. John Kress and Warren Wagner generously made available resources of the US National Herbarium.
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