Trimeniaceae 43 claims

Claim · model-written summary

Four genera have apocarpous berries of the Schisandra type.

Taxon

Austrobaileya, Trimenia, Kadsura, and SchisandraAustrobaileyaSchisandraKadsuraTrimeniae0

Outcome

apocarpous berries of the Schisandra typee0

Verbatim

e0

“The fruits of Austrobaileya, Trimenia, Kadsura, and Schisandra are determined to be apocarpous berries of the Schisandra type”

Claim · model-written summary

Persistent nucellar tissue surrounds Trimenia endosperm.

Taxon

TrimeniaTrimeniat0

Organ / stage

nucellar tissuee0

Outcome

surrounds the endosperme0

Verbatim

t0

“Seed development in Trimenia”

e0

“A persistent layer of nucellar tissue surrounds the endosperm but does not contain stored nutrients and does not function as a perisperm.”

Claim · model-written summary

The nucellar tissue does not store nutrients or function as perisperm.

Taxon

TrimeniaTrimeniat0

Organ / stage

nucellar tissuee0

Outcome

does not contain stored nutrients and does not function as a perisperme0

Verbatim

t0

“Seed development in Trimenia”

e0

“A persistent layer of nucellar tissue surrounds the endosperm but does not contain stored nutrients and does not function as a perisperm.”

Claim · model-written summary

The nutrient-storing and embryo-nourishing tissue in Trimenia seeds is endosperm.

Taxon

TrimeniaTrimeniae0

Organ / stage

seedse0

Outcome

nutrient-storing and embryo-nourishing tissue in Trimenia seeds is an endosperme0

Verbatim

e0

“The nutrient-storing and embryo-nourishing tissue in Trimenia seeds is an endosperm, as is the case in all other members of the Austrobaileyales studied to date.”

Claim · model-written summary

The authors suggest that absent perisperm and typical endosperm in Trimeniaceae may be ancestral for angiosperms.

Taxon

TrimeniaceaeTrimeniaceaee0

Outcome

ancestral condition for angiospermse0

Qualifier

may represente0

Verbatim

e0

“The absence of a perisperm and the presence of a typical nutrient-storing and embryo-nourishing endosperm in Trimeniaceae may represent the ancestral condition for angiosperms.”

Claim · model-written summary

Trimenia diploid endosperm biology differs markedly from that of Nymphaeales.

Taxon

TrimeniaTrimeniae0

Organ / stage

diploid endosperme0

Outcome

developmental and functional biologye0

Direction

differs markedlye0

Comparator

diploid endosperm of Nymphaealese0

Verbatim

e0

“the developmental and functional biology of the diploid endosperm of Trimenia (and other Austrobaileyales) differs markedly from the diploid endosperm of Nymphaeales, and is fundamentally similar to the triploid endosperms of most other angiosperms.”

Claim · model-written summary

Trimenia diploid endosperm biology is fundamentally similar to triploid endosperms of most other angiosperms.

Taxon

TrimeniaTrimeniae0

Organ / stage

diploid endosperme0

Outcome

developmental and functional biologye0

Direction

fundamentally similare0

Comparator

triploid endosperms of most other angiospermse0

Verbatim

e0

“the developmental and functional biology of the diploid endosperm of Trimenia (and other Austrobaileyales) differs markedly from the diploid endosperm of Nymphaeales, and is fundamentally similar to the triploid endosperms of most other angiosperms.”

Claim · model-written summary

Multiple female gametophytes initiate at the base of each Trimenia ovule.

Taxon

TrimeniaTrimeniae0

Outcome

multiple female gametophytes are initiated at the base (chalazal end) of each ovulee0

Verbatim

e0

“In contrast with most other flowering plants, in Trimenia, multiple female gametophytes are initiated at the base (chalazal end) of each ovule.”

Claim · model-written summary

Female gametophytes grow from their tips and compete to reach the fertilization site.

Taxon

TrimeniaTrimeniat0

Outcome

Female gametophytes grow from their tips and competee0

Value

hundreds of micrometerse0

Verbatim

e0

“Female gametophytes grow from their tips and compete over hundreds of micrometers to reach the apex of the nucellus and the site of fertilization.”

t0

“Trimenia moorei”

Claim · model-written summary

Central ovule tissue contains starch and other carbohydrates.

Taxon

TrimeniaTrimeniae0

Organ / stage

central tissue within the ovulese0

Outcome

contains starch and other carbohydratese0

Verbatim

e0

“the central tissue within the ovules of Trimenia, through which the embryo sacs grow, contains starch and other carbohydrates similar to the pollen tube transmitting tissues in the styles of most flowers.”