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Annals of Botany 39: 611-619, 1975
© 1975 Annals of Botany Company

RESEARCH-ARTICLE

Structure and Histochemistry of Stomata and Epidermal Cells in Five Species of Polypodiaceae

J. D. PATEL, E. C. RAJU, R. L. FOTEDAR, I. L. KOTHARI and J. J. SHAH

Department of Botany, Sardar Patel University Vallabh Vidyanagar, 388 120, India

Received: 1 May 1974   

The epidermal structure of the five species of ferns, Arthromeris wallichiana (Spr.) Ching., Drymoglossum piloselloides (Prest.), Drynaria quercifolia (L.) J. Smith, Lepisorus nudus (Hook.) Ching. and Pyrrosia nuda (Gies.) Ching., has been investigated. Fifteen types of stomatal structures have been identified of which copolo-desmocytic and coperi-desmocytic are new types. Four more possible stomatal structures: ccpolo-peri-, codesmo-polo-, codesmo-peri- and duplodesmocytic, are suggested. Localization of starch, insoluble polysaccharides, protein and lipids has been examined histochemically in the guard cells, subsidiary cells and epidermal cells. In Drynaria starch plastids and plastids containing both starch and protein are present in guard cells. Starch plastids are present in the subsidiary cells of all species except in Arthromeris, whereas, they are present in epidermal cells of only Drymoglossum and Lepisorus. Granular or amorphous insoluble polysaccharides (other than starch) are present in guard cells of all the species, in the subsidiary cells of Arthromeris, Drynaria and Pyrrosia, and in the epidermal cells of Pyrrosia. Except in Pyrrosia lipids are present in the guard cells. Subsidiary cells of Drynaria and the epidermal cells of Arthromeris and Drynaria show lipid bodies. The presence of plasmodesmata and ectodesmata is demonstrated in the epidermal cells of Drymoglossum.


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