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Microscopy and chemical analyses reveal flavone-based woolly fibres extrude from micron-sized holes in glandular trichomes of Dionysia tapetodes.
Matthieu Bourdon, Josephine Gaynord, Karin H Müller, Gareth Evans, Simon Wallis, Paul Aston, David R Spring, Raymond Wightman
Jul 28, 2021
Background
Dionysia tapetodes, a small cushion-forming mountainous evergreen in the Primulaceae, possesses a vast surface-covering of long silky fibres forming the characteristic "woolly" farina. This contrasts with some...
Cell Wall vacuole Flavone Wool Glandular trichome Farina Dionysia Hydroxyflavone Primulaceae Flavones Microscopy Microscopy Electron Trichomes
Published by: BMC plant biology