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The tapetum: Its form, function, and possible phylogeny inEmbryophyta

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It appears that the tapetum is universally present in land plants, even though it is sometimes difficult to recognize, because it serves mostly as a tissue for meiocyte/spore nutrition. In addition to this main function, the tapetum has other functions, namely the production of the locular fluid, the production and release of callase, the conveying of P.A.S. positive material towards the loculus, the formation of exine precursors, viscin threads and orbicules (= Ubisch bodies), the production of sporophytic proteins and enzymes, and of pollenkitt/tryphine. Not all these functions are present in all land plants:Embryophyta. Two main tapetal types are usually distinguished in theSpermatophyta: the secretory or parietal type and the amoeboid or periplasmodial type; in lower groups, however, other types may be recognized, with greater or lesser differences. A hypothetical phylogenesis of the tapetum is proposed on the basis of its morphological appearance and of the nutritional relations with meiocytes/spores. The evolutionary trends of the tapeta tend towards a more and more intimate and increasingly greater contact with the spores/pollen grains. Three evolutionary trends can be recognized: 1) an intrusion of the tapetal cells between the spores, 2) a loss of tapetal cell walls, and 3) increasing nutrition through direct contact in narrow anthers.

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    Ettore Pacini

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    G. G. Franchi

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    Michael Hesse

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Pacini, E., Franchi, G.G. & Hesse, M. The tapetum: Its form, function, and possible phylogeny inEmbryophyta . Pl Syst Evol 149, 155–185 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00983304

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