Stellate Trichomes in Dionaea muscipula Ellis (Venus Flytrap) Traps, Structure and Functions

ABSTRACT: The digestive organs of carnivorous plants have external (abaxial) glands and trichomes, which perform various functions. Dionaea muscipula Ellis (the Venus flytrap) is a model carnivorous plant species whose traps are covered by external trichomes. The aim of the study was to fill in the gap regarding the structure of the stellate outer trichomes and their immunocytochemistry and to determine whether these data support the suggestions of other authors about the roles of these trichomes. Light and electron microscopy was used to show the trichomes’ structure. Fluorescence microscopy was used to locate the carbohydrate epitopes that are associated with the major cell wall polysaccharides and glycoproteins. The endodermal cells and internal head cells of the trichomes were differentiated as

SUBMITTER: Płachno B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9820793 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature