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Morphological diversity of glandular trichomes in Urticalean Rosids

Acta Botânica Brasílica, 2022
Glandular trichomes are epidermal structures that produce, store and release a variety of chemical compounds. Their high morphological diversity allows their taxonomic use at various levels. Therefore, their description and standardization of terminology
Isabel Cristina Nascimento, Flávia Maria Leme, Simone Pádua Teixeira   +2 more
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Development and Biomechanics of Grewia lasiocarpa E. Mey. Ex Harv. Trichomes Exudate

Plants, 2023
Grewia lasiocarpa E. Mey. Ex Harv., Malvaceae (forest raisin) is a tropical small tree or shrub valued for its ecological importance as well as its nutritional, antioxidant, antibacterial, and anti-cancer properties as well as its ecological and ...
Nneka Augustina Akwu, Yougasphree Naidoo, Moganavelli Singh, Yaser Hassan Dewir, Katalin Magyar-Tábori, Makhotso Lekhooa, Adeyemi Oladapo Aremu   +6 more
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Leaf trichomes affect caterpillar feeding in an instar-specific manner

Communicative & Integrative Biology, 2018
Leaf trichomes play well-established roles in defense against insect herbivores, both as a physical barrier that impedes herbivore movement and by mediating chemical defenses.
Rupesh R Kariyat, Sean B Hardison, Aisling B Ryan, Andrew G Stephenson, Consuelo M De Moraes, Mark C Mescher   +5 more
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Structure and distribution of glandular trichomes in three species of Bignoniaceae [PDF]

Acta Amazonica, 2015
Glandular trichomes play a major role in the morphological characterization of the Bignoniaceae. Due to their great diversity of forms and functions, this study aimed to inventory the glandular trichomes present in the aerial vegetative axis of ...
Fabíola Fernandes Paiva de Castro FRÓES, Thália do Socorro Serra GAMA, Ana Carla FEIO, Diego DEMARCO, Ana Cristina Andrade de AGUIAR-DIAS   +4 more
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Characteristics of the secretory structures in the flowers of Rosa rugosa Thunb.

Acta Agrobotanica, 2014
Due to the presence of secondary metabolites exhibiting pharmacological activity, the flowers of Rosa rugosa Thunb. have found application in traditional and folk medicine. The essential oil obtained from them is also considered to be a phytoncide.
Aneta Sulborska, Elżbieta Weryszko-Chmielewska   +1 more
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Carbon Transfer from the Host Diatom Enables Fast Growth and High Rate of N₂ Fixation by Symbiotic Heterocystous Cyanobacteria

Plants, 2020
Diatom−diazotroph associations (DDAs) are symbioses where trichome-forming cyanobacteria support the host diatom with fixed nitrogen through dinitrogen (N2) fixation.
Keisuke Inomura, Christopher L. Follett, Takako Masuda, Meri Eichner, Ondřej Prášil, Curtis Deutsch   +5 more
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The structure and distribution of glandular trichomes on the stems and leaves of drug eyebright (Euphrasia stricta D. Wolff ex J. F. Lehm.)

Acta Agrobotanica, 2012
Euphrasia stricta is a medicinal plant being one of the ingredients of "Herba Euphrasiae". Many studies have been devoted to the identification of biologically active substances in the herb of eyebright, but much less research has been done on the ...
Elżbieta Weryszko-Chmielewska, Anna Matysik-Woźniak, Dagmara Sadowska   +2 more
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Glandular and Non-Glandular Trichomes from Phlomis herba-venti subsp. pungens Leaves: Light, Confocal, and Scanning Electron Microscopy and Histochemistry of the Secretory Products

Plants, 2023
The purpose of this paper is to highlight the morphological peculiarities of glandular and non-glandular trichomes from leaves of Phlomis herba-venti subsp. Pungens using light, confocal, and scanning electron microscopy.
Irina Neta Gostin
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Floral Nectary and Trichome Structure of Hoya cagayanensis, Hoya lacunosa, and Hoya coriacea (Apocynaceae, Marsdenieae)

Horticulturae, 2022
Hoya R.Br. is a genus of ornamental plants with an attractive flower shape and unique scents. Anatomical studies are required to understand their structure that produces, and stores, the metabolites released by plants.
Syazwani Basir, Mohd Faiz Mat Saad, Mohamad Ruzi Abdul Rahman, Noraini Talip, Syarul Nataqain Baharum, Hamidun Bunawan   +5 more
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Trichomes that secrete substances of a mixed nature in the vegetative and reproductive organs of some species of Moraceae

Acta Botânica Brasílica
This study aimed to obtain new information about the distribution, morphology and content of secretory trichomes present in the vegetative and reproductive organs of four species of Moraceae: Artocarpus heterophyllus, Dorstenia cayapia, Maclura tinctoria
Bruna Noce Schnetzler, Simone Pádua Teixeira, and Cristina Ribeiro Marinho   +2 more
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