Differential metabolic specialization of foliar oil glands in Eucalyptus brevistylis Brooker (Myrtaceae)

Tree Physiology
Jason Q D GoodgerIan E Woodrow

Abstract

Trees and shrubs from the genus Eucalyptus are characterized by the presence of numerous foliar oil glands that generally house mono- and sesquiterpenes. In some species, glands are also known to house substantial quantities of unrelated secondary metabolites such as volatile, aromatic β-triketones. It is not known if these compounds are co-housed with terpenes or if they are produced in distinct, metabolically specialized glands. We showed that Eucalyptus brevistylis-a species with appreciable foliar quantities of both β-triketones and terpenes-contains two visually distinct gland types in leaves, one that is translucent and the other golden-brown. Gas chromatographic analyses of solvent extracts of the two gland types showed that the translucent glands contain sesquiterpene alcohol cubenols and cubebols (termed 'sesquiterpene glands'), whereas the golden-brown glands contain predominantly the β-triketone conglomerone with lesser amounts of sesquiterpene hydrocarbon caryophyllenes (termed 'triketone glands'). Analysis of leaves from trees of different ages, from young saplings through to advanced age trees, showed a gradual increase in the abundance of sesquiterpene glands relative to triketone glands as plants aged. Such onto...Continue Reading

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