Abstract
Tepfer, Sanford S. (U. Oregon, Eugene.) The shoot apex and early leaf development in Clematis. Amer. Jour. Bot. 47 (8): 655–664. Illus. 1960.—The high-domed shoot apex comprises a 2-layered tunica and shallow corpus. The rib meristem at times extends to within 5 cells of the summit. The cells of tunica and corpus are uniform cytologically, distinguishable only by the orientation of division planes. No zonation is visible within the corpus. No evidence was found of the existence of a méristème d'attente; mitotic figures appear frequently in the central region of the tunica and corpus. Decussately arranged leaf primordia arise high on the flanks of the apex. Periclinal divisions in the inner tunica and outermost corpus layers mark the site of initiation. Details of the growth and early differentiation of the leaf primordia follow the usual pattern of buttress formation, growth through apical and subapical initials. Apical growth continues beyond the early stages of leaf ontogeny; the blade-forming marginal meristems do not appear until after leaflet primordia are formed. There are 5 primary leaflets, pinnately arranged. Each leaflet is 3- to 5-lobed. In primordium P3 expansion of the adaxial-lateral margins occurs at the base, but not above. This marks the upper limits of the basal pair of lateral leaflets. In P4 the upper limits of the upper lateral leaflets become demarcated in similar fashion.
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