Title: The course of resin canals in the shoots of conifers
Abstract: Resin canal patterns in the Pinaceae differ significantly from those in other conifers. In this paper, Pinus type, Picea type and Larix type are defined.Pinus has the Pinus type pattern, in spite of the possession of a system of peripheral canals in some members. The patterns inAbies, Picea, Cedrus, Keteleeria andPseudotsuga are varied. Both Pinus and Picea types are usually observed, although many other types are also seen in these five genera.Larix andPseudolarix have the Larix type pattern, andTsuga has a modified Torreya type pattern. From the data obtained in the present series of studies (Suzuki, 1979a, b), two main evolutional trends of resin canal patterns are suggested. In the Pinaceae, the patterns probably evolved from the complicated type to the simple type. In the other families, they evolved from the simple type to the complicated type. Moreover, it is to be considered likely that the patterns have evolved independently in each family. Patterns of resin canals are very similar to the primary vascular patterns. The similarity is probably not fundamental, but superficial, because most of the conifer species, of which resin canal patterns are varied, have but a single type of the primary vascular system.
Publication Year: 1979
Publication Date: 1979-12-01
Language: en
Type: article
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