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Vascular Tissues

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Caryophyllales

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Vascular anatomy of the Caryophyllales provides an interesting database that has potential for phylogenetic analyses, given that several peculiar apomorphic features have been documented within the order. Chief among the structural oddities is anomalous secondary growth of roots and stems, wherein most secondary thickening of vascular tissues is produced by arcs of lateral meristems that are formed to the outside of the initial vascular cambium of the organ (Pfeiffer 1926; Esau 1965a). Even during the last century anatomists recognized that anomalous secondary thickening characterizes several closely related centrospermous families (Sanio 1863; de Bary 1884; Georghieff 1887; Solereder 1908), and this feature has been used for evaluating familial relationships (Eckardt 1976; Cronquist 1981; Thorne 1983; Gibson and Nobel 1986). Nonetheless, reporting on anomalous secondary thickening in stems and roots of different ages has been incomplete. Primary shoot vasculature of this order also includes some fascinating variations, e.g., the apparent occurrence of vascular bundles within pith (Wilson 1924; Dastur 1925; Joshi 1934; Metcalfe and Chalk 1950; Pant and Mehra 1961) and open and closed systems within the same family (Wilson 1924; Bisalputra 1962; Gibson 1976; Beck et al. 1982).

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Gibson, A.C. (1994). Vascular Tissues. In: Behnke, HD., Mabry, T.J. (eds) Caryophyllales. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78220-6_4

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