01237nas a2200133   4500008004100000245014600041210006900187260001200256300001400268490000800282520074800290100002401038856004101062       1989                        eng d00aFlower and fruit development in the Macaronesian endemic Ceballosia fruticosa (syn. Messerschmidia fruticosa, Boraginaceae, Heliotropioideae)0 aFlower and fruit development in the Macaronesian endemic Ceballo  c1989///  a119 - 1290 v1663 aThe ontogeny of the flower and the fruit of the Macaronesian endemicCeballosia were investigated morphologically and anatomically by SEM and LM. The fruit does not break into four mericarps, but splits into two two-seeded carpids. Exo- and mesocarp wither after fruit-ripening and the endocarp constitutes the remaining outer wall. Within the stony endocarp tubular parenchymatic isles develop which are linked with the mesocarp. Subsequent disintegration pretends additional locules in the mature fruit. Similar pericarp formations are also found in someHeliotropium species but result from a different ontogeny. Therefore, although a close relationship ofCeballosia toHeliotropium is obvious, the taxon should be treated as a separate genus.1 aHilger, Hartmut, H.  uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00937880