Quantitative morpho-anatomical features of leaves of nine Clematis taxa (C. alpina ‘Pamela Jackman’, C. macropetala ‘Maidwell Hall’, C. integrifolia ‘Aljonushka’, C. ispahanica ‘Zvezdograd’, C. fargesii ‘Paul Farges’, C. texensis ‘Princess Diana’, C. tibetana, C. viticella, and C. heracleifolia) were determined with the aim to analyze their adaptation to the environmental conditions.Among investigated clematises, there were plants with hypostomatic (C. viticella, C. fargesii ‘Paul Farges’, C. heracleifolia, C. texensis ‘Princess Diana’, C. macropetala ‘Maidwell Hall’, and C. alpina ‘Pamela Jackman’), and amphistomatic leaves (C. ispahanica ‘Zvezdograd’ and C. tibetana). In C. integrifolia ‘Aljonushka’ leaves were hypostomatic, but few solitary stomata were also present on the adaxial surface. In the leaves of investigated taxa, the palisade coefficient ranged from 27.3% (C. alpina ‘Pamela Jackman’) to 49.9% (C. tibetana). The leaves also differed significantly in size. In particular, leaves of C. integrifolia ‘Aljonushka’ were almost ten times smaller than such of C. heracleifolia.As a result of UPGMA clustering, the plants that can survive in severe windy weather in open rocky areas, Clematis tibetana and C. ispahanica ‘Zvezdograd’, were joined in a separate cluster. The second cluster combined C. alpina ‘Pamela Jackman’ and C. macropetala ‘Maidwell Hall’ – cultivars blooming in the spring, during a period of significant difference in daily temperatures. A relatively small leaf area in plants from these two clusters may indicate an adaptation by reducing the transpiration area and general windage. The third cluster united the rest of investigated taxa, mostly – the mesophytic plants with a relatively large leaf area. However, due to similar morpho-anatomical structure of the leaf, the third cluster also comprised C. integrifolia ‘Aljonushka’ with the smallest leaves.
Clematis is a medicinal plant and a promising culture for introduction into urbophytocenoses. In order to ensure optimal growing conditions, it is necessary to take into account the ecological needs of plants, a key place among which is water supply. The experiments were carried out with cultivars and species of the genus Clematis: Clematis alpina ‘Pamela Jackman’, C. macropetala ‘Maidwell Hall’, C. integrifolia ‘Aljonushka’, C. ispahanica ‘Zvezdograd’, C. fargesii ‘Paul Farges’, C. taxensis ‘Princess Diana’, C. tibetana, C. viticella and C. heracleifolia. Ecological peculiarities of studied plants cause differences in the anatomical tissues structure and dynamic of physiological processes. The lowest content of dry matter in the leaves was found in C. alpina ‘Pamela Jackman’ (16,3 %) and C. macropetala ‘Maidwell Hall’ (18,3), indicating their potentially lowest drought resistance. The highest value of this index was identified in C. heracleifolia (27.5 %) and C. integrifolia ‘Aljonushka’ (23.4 %), that characterizes them as the most drought resistant among studied plants. A function describing the process of cutted leaves wilting at the temperature +60 °C was defined: f(x) = y0 + ae–bx. A significant correlation was found between the parameter y0 and the dry mass (0.99), water content (0.86) in the leaves and their weight before drying (0.91); the parameter a and the mass index of leaves before wilting (0.99), the water content (1.00) and dry matter (0.83), as well as the density (0.86) and the area of stomatas (0.81) on the adaxial surface of leaves. Parameter b correlated with the values of dry mass (—0.75), its fraction in the total leaf mass (—0.84), the water fraction (0.83) and the width of spongy mesophyll cells (0.76). The peculiarities of anatomical structure and dynamic of leaves water loss process among investigated plants indicate the difference in their potential drought resistance. Obtained results allow to choose the optimal conditions for growing of investigated plants of the genus Clematis and planning additional care measures.
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