Seedlings of Neuwiedia (Orchidaceae subfamily Apostasioideae) have typicalorchidaceous mycotrophic protocorms

Authors
Kristansen, KA Rasmussen, FN Rasmussen, HN
Citation
Ka. Kristansen et al., Seedlings of Neuwiedia (Orchidaceae subfamily Apostasioideae) have typicalorchidaceous mycotrophic protocorms, AM J BOTANY, 88(5), 2001, pp. 956-959
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
Journal title
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY
ISSN journal
00029122 → ACNP
Volume
88
Issue
5
Year of publication
2001
Pages
956 - 959
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9122(200105)88:5<956:SON(SA>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
Naturally occurring seedlings of Neuwiedia veratrifolia were found in three localities in Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia. Seedlings consisted of an irregular oblong protocorm and a terminal leafy rooted shoot. Protocorms contained m ycotrophic tissue of the kind typical of orchid mycorrhiza (tolypophagy). T his finding demonstrates an important synapomorphy between Neuwiedia and ot her orchids and strongly supports the monophyly of Orchidaceae in the broad sense, including apostasiod orchids.