Bromeliaceae display many water-use strategies, from leaf impounding tanks to
Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM) photosynthesis and absorbing trichomes. Recent …

Sapindales comprise nine families with a mainly tropical distribution and include numerous
species of high economic importance. Members of this order are known for the production of …

Secretory ducts in vegetative and reproductive organs of Anacardiaceae have long been
documented. However, despite the numerous studies on the anatomy and ultrastructure of …

Rhus typhina is a valuable plant used in the pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and food industries
due to the presence of biologically active substances accumulated in its organs, especially …

Fluctuations in cell densities are common in the secondary xylem of gymnosperms from the
lower Permian of Maranhão, northeastern Brazil, but they lack any distinct annual growth …

The modes of formation and release of secretion are complex processes that occur in
secretory ducts and their description has great divergence in some species. The use of …

The ripening of climacteric fruit like guava is a complex process that is highly coordinated
with its cellular backbone. In the present study, we combined microscopy …

Histochemical analysis is essential for the study of plant secretory structures whose
classification is based, at least partially, on the composition of their secretion. As each gland …

The secretory structures of Alismataceae have been described as secretory ducts, laticifer
ducts, laticifer canals or schizogenous ducts. However, these terms are not found in the …

Summary The genus Kielmeyera (Calophyllaceae) includes around 50 species distributed
mainly in Brazil. The complex evolutionary history of Kielmeyera is reflected in its great …