Structural changes in <i>Nelumbo</i> flower petals during opening and closing
Petals opened and closed repeatedly as they elongated, primarily in their basal region. Cells in the basal region of the petal on the adaxial and abaxial sides periodically fluctuated in size, increased during flower opening and decreased during closing, but differences in these patterns were observed between the two sides, suggesting that one of the driving forces behind the opening and closing of flowers of Nelumbo species is the increase and decrease in the size of the petal cells.
Authors
- Shin‐ichi Arimura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9537-1626)
- Nobuhiro Tsutsumi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2610-6837)
- Hideki Takanashi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2251-8508)
- Fumiko Ishizuna (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0936-7098)
- Toshihiro Aono (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4397-6292)
- Naoki Yoshimura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9061-8722)
- Atsushi SHIRAI
- Ukin Yo
Institutions
- The University of Tokyo (JP)
- Tokyo Kasei Gakuin University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- American Journal of Botany
- Published
- 2024-11-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.16433
- Primary Topic
- Plant Parasitism and Resistance
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00