Ketjarun et al. Bot Stud (2016) 57:25 DOI 10.1186/s40529-016-0141-y
Micro-morphological study ofEvolvulusspp. (Convolvulaceae): the old world medicinal plants
Kanapol Ketjarun1, George W. Staples2, Sasivimon C. Swangpol1 and Paweena Traiperm1*
Background
The genus Evolvulus L. belongs to the family Convolvulaceae with two taxa (Evolvulus alsinoides (L.) L. and Evolvulus nummularius (L.) L.) that are used in Asian herbal medicine (Auddy et al. 2003; Chen 2007; Khare 2007; Ayyanar and Ignacimuthu 2011; Naikawadi et al. 2016), while Evolvulus glomeratus Nees & Martius subsp. grandiorus (Parodi) Ooststr. is a worldwide ornamental plant (Staples 2010). Some medicinal properties have been reported from E. alsinoides and E. nummularius.
Several substances were found in E. alsinoides, i.e., avonols, avonoids, alkaloids, cardiac glycosides, saponins, the alkanes pentatriacontane and triacontane, the phytosterol, -sitosterol, phenolics, and tannins (Austin 2008; Naikawadi etal. 2016) and the plant is used as brain and memory tonic herb (Naikawadi etal. 2016), an anti-asthmatic, for treating uterine bleeding (Khare 2007), insanity, epilepsy and nervous debility (Auddy etal. 2003), for antibacterial, antifungal, and antiulcer properties (Austin 2008). The most common uses for medicinal applications are from India and surrounding regions (Manandhar 1985; Auddy et al. 2003; Khare 2007; Ayyanar and Ignacimuthu 2011; Naikawadi etal. 2016), however uses from some other countries in Southeastern Asia were
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found such as Taiwan (Chen 2007), Vietnam, Thailand (Austin 2008), and Philippines (Quisumbing 1978). In the New World people also use E. alsinoides, but there are fewer reports than the Old. Moreover, weak sedative and anthelmintic properties were reported in E. nummularius (Khare 2007; Ayyanar and Ignacimuthu 2011). Because of all these attributed properties, two Evolvulus species have been sold commonly via the internet as a powder used for brewing medicinal tea. Therefore, a proper identication is needed to correctly identify herbal ingredients used in remedies sold for home use.
Plant anatomy is one of the alternative ways to dierentiate plant species (Stuessy 2009). Previous research on vegetative anatomy in Convolvulaceae has been reported to be useful for classication within several genera such as Argyreia Lour. (Sayeedud-Din 1953; Tayade and Patil 2012b; Staples etal. 2015), Calystegia R.Br. (Tayade and Patil 2012b), Cressa L. (Tayade and Patil 2012b), Evolvulus L. (Tayade and Patil 2012b; Harms 2014), Hewittia Wight & Arn. (Tayade and Patil 2012b), Hildebrantia Vatke (Tayade and Patil 2012b), Ipomoea L. (Sayeedud-Din 1953; Tayade and Patil 2012b), Merremia Dennst. (Pisuttimarn et al. 2013), and Quamoclit Mill., (Sayeedud-Din 1953) which is now treated as a synonym of Ipomoea (Staples 2010). However, only one species of Evolvulus, E. alsinoides, has been investigated (Metcalfe and Chalk 1950; Tayade and Patil 2012b). Metcalfe and Chalk (1950) provided some diagnostic characters for the genus, such as two-armed or Y-shaped hair, cruciferous stomata type and cotyledons with secretory cells.
Hallier (1893) separated Convolvulaceae into two informal, non-taxonomic groups based on pollen type; Echinoconieae (grains with spines) and Psiloconiae (grains without spines, appearing smooth). However, Erdtman (1952) used dierent terms to separate Convolvulaceae pollen into two types: Ipomoea type and other types. Meanwhile, pollen morphology of some groups of Convolvulaceae has been studied such as Convolvulaceae in southern new world (Tellera and Daners 2003), Bonamia Thouars (Lewis 1971), Convolvulus L. (Perveen etal. 1989; Menemen and Jury 2002), Cuscuta L. (Hamed 2005; Costea etal. 2008; Welsh etal. 2010; Dettke etal. 2014), Ipomoea (Hsiao and Kuoh 1995; Rajurkar et al. 2011; Robertson 1982), Odonellia K.R. Robertson (Robertson 1982) and Stylisma Raf. (Lewis 1971). A recent study of South American Convolvulaceae pollen classied Evolvulus pollen into microechinate-microgranulate pollen (Tellera and Daners 2003) and E. alsinoides has oval and tricolpate type (Singh and Dhakre 2010).
Seeds also oer useful taxonomic data. Convolvulaceae seeds provided some taxonomically signicant characters to construct keys to some species in Egypt (Abdel Khalik and Osman 2007) and also some Ipomoea species (Rao
and Leela 1993). The seed characters used to construct a key to species are shape, seed ornamentation, anticlinal boundaries and epidermal cell shape (Gunn 1969; Rao and Leela 1993; Abdel Khalik and Osman 2007). Seed morphology of Cuscuta and Ipomoea were studied by several researchers (Rao and Leela 1993; Abdel Khalik 2006; Hamed 2005; Abdel Khalik and Osman 2007).
In this study, leaf and stem micromorphological characters of three taxa in the genus Evolvulus are investigated and compared. In addition, seed and pollen morphology were investigated to support taxonomic identication because some medicinal preparations use the whole plant thus pollen and/or seeds could be present as well as leaves and stems. This approach maximizes the capacity for making an identication of any plant parts obtained from herbal medicaments. Furthermore, this research highlights the need for anatomical and micromorphological investigation of Evolvulus in tropical America, where about 100 species are known to occur (Junqueira and Simo-Bianchini 2006). So far as we know, there has been no intensive anatomical study done for the neotropical taxa of Evolvulus.
Methods
Sample collection andherbarium specimen preparation
Fresh materials were collected and voucher specimens were prepared as a standard method for plant taxonomy (Bridson and Forman 1999), and deposited at the Forest Herbarium (BKF) and Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden Herbarium (QBG) (Table1).
Anatomical study (peeling andparaffin methods)
Leaf surfaces from ve leaves in each taxon were scraped by a razor blade, stained with 1% Safranin-O and dehydrated by concentration series of ethanol. Leaf epidermal slides were mounted in DePeX mounting media. At least ve leaves from each taxon were cut, dehydrated, inltrated, and embedded in paraffin using a protocol modied from Johansen (1940). Sections were cut by sliding microtome (Leica SM2000R). Plant tissues were stained by Safranin-O and counterstained with Fast green and mounted in DePeX. Permanent slides were investigated and photographed under light microscopy using an Olympus BX43 with Olympus DP11 digital camera attached. The anatomical terminology used follows Metcalfe and Chalk (1950), Chen et al. (2008) and Pisuttimarn etal. (2013).
Pollen morphological study
Anthers from dried ower buds were treated by standard acetolysis method (Erdtman 1960). For light microscopy (LM), pollen was preserved in silicone oil. At least fty grains of pollen were investigated randomly under LM. Pollen for scanning electron microscopy (SEM) was
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Table 1 List ofspecimens used inthis study
Plant species Localities Collector number Herbarium
Evolvulus alsinoides var. decumbens Thailand, Khon Kaen KK & PT 12 BKF, QBG
Thailand, Phetchaburi KK & PT 13 BKF, QBGE. glomeratus ssp. grandiorus Thailand, Bangkok KK & PT 11 BKF, QBG Thailand, Khon Kaen KK & PT 14 BKF, QBG
E. nummularius Thailand, Bangkok KK & PT 10 BKF, QBG Thailand, Khon Kaen KK & PT 15 BKF, QBG
dried in the air, and coated with platinum and palladium (Pt + Pd) by ion sputter (Hitachi E102). Photographs were taken under SEM (Hitachi S-2500). Pollen terminology according to an illustrated handbook (Hesse etal. 2009) was used to describe pollen features.
Seed morphology
Mature seeds were xed in 70 % ethanol and cleaned by sonicator. Samples were xed on a stub, coated with platinum and palladium (Pt + Pd) by ion sputter (Hitachi E102) and investigated by SEM (Hitachi S-2500).
Descriptions follow Abdel Khalik and Osman (2007) and Juan etal. (1999).
Results
Leaf andstem anatomy
Leaf epidermal cell shapes were polygonal with sinuous or straight to curved anticlinal walls (Fig.1ac, gi). Anisocytic, anomocytic, and paracytic stomatal types were found on both leaf surfaces, especially on the abaxial side (Fig.1gi). Y-shaped hairs were present on both leaf surfaces of E. alsinoides collected from Khon Kaen and E. glomeratus, and the abaxial side of E. alsinoides from Phetchaburi (Fig.1d, e, hk). However, the hairs were absent in E. nummularius (Fig.1c, f, i, l). Capitate glands were also present on both surfaces (Fig.1e, f, jl). The glands are composed of one small base cell, a single short stalk cell and two to four apical cells in a spheroidal or ellipsoid head (Fig.1j, k).
Leaf
Blades in transverse section presented a single epidermal layer on both sides. Tanniniferous epidermal cells were detected only on the adaxial epidermis of E. alsinoides from Phetchaburi (Fig. 2a). Isobilateral mesophyll type was detected in E. alsinoides and E. glomeratus, while dorsiventral mesophyll type was restricted to E. nummularius (Fig.2df). Leaf thickness is between 70140m, except in E. glomeratus: its leaves are thicker than the others with approximately 200240 m thickness (Fig.2df). Vascular bundles at the midrib of all species are bicollateral type consisting of the sclerenchyma arch
(Fig. 2ac). Leaf margins are rounded to slightly acute (Fig.2gi). Leaf characters of all species are summarized in Table2.
Stems
As seen in transverse sections stems in all species are composed of a single epidermis with one to four layers of chlorenchyma cells. Evolvulus alsinoides is the only species that possesses the tanniferous cells in the epidermis. Cortex was restricted by one to seven parenchyma cell layers. Vascular tissues are the bicollateral bundle type with cylindrical xylem (Fig. 2jo). Pith was observed at the center. All stem anatomical characters are summarized (Table2).
Pollen morphology
All species share some common pollen characters i.e., monads, medium size and 15-pantocolpate apertures (5 polar 5 equatorial 5 polar arrangement of the colpi) (Fig.3ai). The length of polar axis (P) is between 2745 m, whereas 2847 m in equatorial axis (E). Therefore, the P/E ratio is calculated to be a spheroidal shape. Evolvulus alsinoides and E. nummularius have similar size; 2733 m in polar axis and 2833 m in equatorial axis: however E. glomeratus diers from the other two species by having 3945 m polar axis and 4147m equatorial length. Pantocolpate apertures and microechinate ornamentation were recorded in all species (Fig.3jl) (Table3).
Seed morphology
Seeds of two species studied (the seeds of E. glomeratus were not available) varied from 12 mm in length and 11.5 mm in width with yellow, orange, red or brown seed coat (Table3). The seeds are glabrous. Seed shape was trigonous-ovoid with glabrous surface. Epidermal cell shapes were irregular or polygonal in both species with undulate and raised anticlinal boundaries. Periclinal cell walls were attened to concave in E. nummularius and folded in E. alsinoides. All seed features are summarized in Table3 (Fig.4).
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Table 2 Comparison ofthe leaf anatomy inthree taxa
Plant taxa E. alsinoides var. decumbens (KK & PT 12)
E. alsinoides var. decumbens (KK & PT 13)
E. glomeratus ssp. grandiorus
E. nummularius
Characters
Leaf epidermis
Adaxial surface
Cell shape Polygonal Polygonal Polygonal Polygonal
Anticlinal cell wall Sinuous or straight to curved Sinuous or straight to curved Sinuous or straight to curved Sinuous or straight to curved
Stomatal type Anisocytic, anomocytic and paracytic
Anisocytic, anomocytic and paracytic
Anisocytic, anomocytic and paracytic
Anisocytic, anomocytic and paracytic
Y-shaped hairs Present Absent Present Absent
Capitate gland Present Present Present Present Abaxial surface
Cell shape Polygonal Polygonal Polygonal Polygonal
Anticlinal cell wall Sinuous or straight to curved Sinuous or straight to curved Sinuous or straight to curved Sinuous or straight to curved
Stomatal type Anisocytic, anomocytic and paracytic
Anisocytic, anomocytic and paracytic
Anisocytic, anomocytic and paracytic
Anisocytic, anomocytic and paracytic
Y-shaped hairs Present Present Present Absent
Capitate gland Present Present Present Present Leaf transverse sectionEpidermal layer Single layer Single layer Single layer Single layer Parenchyma at midrib 24 layers 24 layers 45 layers 37 layers
Mesophyll Isobilateral Isobilateral Isobilateral Dorsiventral Midrib vascular bundle Bicollateral type Bicollateral type Bicollateral type Bicollateral type Leaf thickness (m) 70100 70100 200240 120140
Leaf margins Rounded to slightly acute Rounded to slightly acute Rounded to slightly acute Rounded to slightly acute Stem transverse sectionEpidermal layer Single layer Single layer Single layer Single layer Chlorenchyma layer 13 layers 24 layers 24 layers 24 layers
Cortex 13 layers 35 layers 57 layers 57 layers Vascular bundle Bicollateral type Bicollateral type Bicollateral type Bicollateral type
Pith Present Present Present Present
Discussion
This study provides for the rst time comprehensive micro-morphological information for three Evolvulus taxa. Leaf and stem anatomical characters basically coincide with the descriptions of other Convolvulaceae species previously studied by Metcalfe and Chalk (1950).
General diagnostic characters for Evolvulus leaves on surface view are the sinuous or straight to curved anti-clinal walls, anisocytic, anomocytic and paracytic stomatal types, the presence of Y-shaped hairs, and capitate trichomes. The presence of the anisocytic (or cruciferous) stomatal type corresponds to the previous report by Metcalfe and Chalk (1950). Most species have Y-shaped hairs on both sides of the leaves, except in E. nummularius. Furthermore, E. alsinoides from Phetchaburi has Y-shaped hairs on the abaxial surface only. The occurrence of Y-shaped hairs on both leaf surfaces was similar to the discovery of Metcalfe and Chalk (1950), and also matched with the study of Harms (2014) which recorded
Y-shaped hairs in three Evolvulus species found in Texas and New Mexico. The function of Y-shaped hairs might be functionally related to reduction in water loss for the plant because E. alsinoides is always found on limestone in a habitat which has intense insolation accompanied by low humidity and dry soils. These non-glandular trichomes cover up the guard cells in order to protect the plant from dessication. Metcalfe and Chalk (1950) mentioned the secretory cells found in the cotyledons of many genera including Evolvulus, but did not specify the type of cell. Capitate glandular trichomes were found in all three Evolvulus taxa, and here we describe this character in detail for the rst time.
The characters of leaf transverse sections useful for species separation are as follows: the presence of tanniniferous epidermal cells; type of palisade mesophyll and leaf thickness. Evolvulus alsinoides from Phetchaburi is the only plant sample that presented a storage substance on the adaxial epidermal cells, coincident with Metcalfe and
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Table 3 Pollen andseed morphological characters inall taxa
Plant taxa E. alsinoides var. decumbens (KK & PT 12)
E. alsinoides var. decumbens (KK & PT 13)
E. glomeratus ssp. grandiorus
E. nummularius
Characters
Pollen morphology
Pollen unit Monad Monad Monad MonadSize polar axis (P) (m) 2932 2733 3945 2833Size equatorial axis (E) (m) 2831 2933 4147 2833Shape Spheroidal Spheroidal Spheroidal Spheroidal Aperture 15-pantocolpate 15-pantocolpate 15-pantocolpate 15-pantocolpate Ornamentation Microechinate Microechinate Microechinate Microechinate Seed morphologyShape Ovoid Ovoid No material available Broadly elliptic Size 11.5 11.5 11.5 11.5 No material available 1.52 11.5
Color Yellow/orange/red/brown Yellow/orange/red/brown No material available Yellow/brown Surface Glabrous Glabrous No material available Glabrous Epidermal cell shape Irregular, polygonal Irregular, polygonal No material available Irregular, polygonal Anticlinal boundaries Undulate Undulate No material available UndulatePericlinal cell wall Folded Folded No material available Flattened to concave
Chalk (1950) treatment. Thai Evolvulus taxa showed both isobilateral and dorsiventral mesophyll types. Isobilateral type was found in E. alsinoides and E. glomeratus, while the dorsiventral type occurs in E. nummularius. Tayade and Patil (2012b) described a dorsiventral mesophyll for E. alsinoides from India, which is not congruent with our ndings. The reason might be the dierences between two populations of E. alsinoides from India and Thailand in terms of variability of anatomical features. It is also possible that Tayade and Patil (2012b) had another species entirely: there were no voucher specimens cited for the plants they studied, and thus we cannot be certain that our results are comparable with their ndings.
According to the monograph by van Ooststroom (1934), E. alsinoides was separated into 15 varieties. It is possible that E. alsinoides collected from Phetchaburi might not be the same variety as the plant from Khon Kaen province as suggested by the dierences of Y-shaped hairs as well as the storage epidermal cells and the mesophyll arrangement. Another possibility would be the environmental dierences in two populations of E. alsinoides because E. alsinoides (KK & PT 12) came from limestone area but E. alsinoides (KK & PT 13) was collected from weedy place. The occurrence of Y-shaped hairs and dorsiventral mesophyll can clearly be used to separate E. nummularius from the others, while the other two species can be identied by leaf thickness. Evolvulus alsinoides has thinner leaves (70100m) than E. glomeratus (200240m). With sufcient fertilizer and water, cultivated plants are usually bigger than wild plants of the same species (Lau and Stephenson 1994) almost in all aspects as shown in leaf thickness from this study. Thus, a key to the species provided
here has to be used with caution because the anatomical characters might be dierent from wild species. Presence of Y-shaped hair was also useful to distinguish the species of Evolvulus as was proposed recently by Harms (2014).
Stem anatomical characters are similar in all species; however, the stem diameter in E. glomeratus is bigger than the other two species. The presence of tanniferous and chlorenchyma cells in the stem has never been described previously. A bicollateral bundle is the typical type for the family Convolvulaceae as was formerly reported by Metcalfe and Chalk (1950) and Tayade and Patil (2012a).
Pollen characters of all taxa are quite similar in all aspects; therefore pollen morphology has low taxonomic value to identify Evolvulus taxa. The only one quantitative datum that can be used to separate E. glomeratus from other taxa was the pollen size. Evolvulus glomeratus possessed the largest pollen with 3945m in polar axis (length) and 4147 m in equatorial axis (width). Pollen ornamentation and apertures are consistent with the investigation of Tellara and Daners (2003) which classied Evolvulus pollen into Type II with microechi-nate exine. In their study, three species of Evolvulus were examined i.e., E. arizonicus A. Gray, E. glomeratus Nees & Mart. and E. sericeus Sw., therefore this investigation conrms the exine pattern of Evolvulus by having studied two more species in the genus. However, this current study disagrees with the reproductive biological examination of medicinal plant by Singh and Dhakre (2010) which recorded E. alsinoides pollen as tricolpate apertures and reticulate ornamentation. The photos of live plants shown in their paper looked quite dierent from E. alsinoides collected from Thailand. Sarma etal. (2007) have
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suggested that the pollinator of E. nummularius in India is a Graceful Awl snail (Lamellaxis gracile) on rainy days, while a honey bee (Apis cerana indica) is the pollinator on a sunny day. However, E. nummularius is not a native species in India. Therefore, the pollination relationships may not be typical for the native habitat in South America. Singh and Dhakre (2010) mentioned the honey bee as one of nine insect pollinators of E. alsinoides. From plant morphology, a snail should not be a pollinator for E. alsinoides and E. glomeratus because their ower position is not located close to the soil surface as it is for E. nummularius. Therefore, the honey bee and ies might be the pollinators of E. alsinoides and E. glomeratus.
Seed characters have taxonomic signicance and can be used to construct a key to species. Periclinal walls dier between two taxa: folded in E. alsinoides and at to concave in E. nummularius. The testal periclinal cell wall corresponded to that described by Abdel Khalik and Osman (2007).
Conclusions
From leaf anatomical characters, there are some taxonomic aspects to distinguish these three Evolvulus taxa, therefore a key to taxa based on leaf anatomy was constructed.
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Seed characters have taxonomic signicance and can be used to construct a key to species.
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This data serves as a base line to be used in other subjects such as taxonomy, horticulture, pharmaceutical botany and organic chemistry in terms of species identication, ornamental plant improvement and medicinal plant identication, respectively.
Authors contributions
KK collected the plants, analyzed the data and drafted the manuscript. GWS planned the study, guided a taxonomic identication, provided important taxonomic literatures, revised the manuscript and polished the English. SCS guided lab work, revised the manuscript. PT suggested the study topic, collected the plants, planned the study, guided all lab work, revised and developed the manuscript, prepared the manuscript for submission. All authors read and approved the nal manuscript.
Author details
1 Department of Plant Science, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Rama VI Road, Ratchathewi, Bangkok 10400, Thailand. 2 Herbarium, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 3AE, UK.
Acknowledgements
The rst author would like to thank the Science Achievement Scholarship of Thailand (SAST) and all members of the Plant Anatomy Laboratory, Department of Plant Science, Mahidol University. Special thanks to Mr. Sittinut Soonthornkalump for his kindness in allowing the authors to collect the samples from his land. Anja Buijsen, Botanical Library, Naturalis Biodiversity Centre, provided literature critical for this study. Traiperm wishes to acknowledge the TRF-RSA5880022 and the Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, for supporting this research.
Competing interests
The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
Received: 30 July 2016 Accepted: 21 September 2016
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Abstract
Background
Several medicinal properties have been reported for plants in the genus Evolvulus, such as a brain tonic and antifungal from Evolvulus alsinoides, and a sedative and an anthelmintic from Evolvulus nummularius. Therefore, the correct identification of the source plants is critically important. The aim of this research was to investigate the micromorphology of two Evolvulus taxa used for herbal medicines compared with one worldwide ornamental species by using peeling, paraffin embedding, acetolysis, and SEM methods in order to support species identification.
Results
Our findings indicate that all taxa share several common features, such as a single layer of epidermis on both sides of leaf surfaces, sinuous anticlinal epidermal cell walls, anomocytic, paracytic or laterocytic stomata, and capitate glandular trichomes. Y-shaped hairs were found in two species but not in E. nummularius. Similarly, isobilateral mesophyll occurs in both E. alsinoides and Evolvulus glomeratus, but a dorsiventral mesophyll is present in E. nummularius. Stems consist of a single layer of epidermis, one to four chlorenchyma layers, one to seven layers of cortical cells and a bicollateral bundle with pith in the center. The seed coat epidermal cell shapes were irregular or polygonal with raised and undulated anticlinal boundaries, and folded or flattened to concave periclinal walls. Pollens of all taxa are monads, spheroidally shaped with 28-47 µm diameter, and 15-pantocolpate apertures type with microechinate ornamentation.
Conclusions
An identification key to species is constructed based on leaf anatomy and seed coat characters. This data can be used in other subjects such as pharmaceutical botany, organic chemistry, taxonomy and horticulture, in terms of species identification. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT] Erratum DOI: licenses/by/4.0/
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