Title
Characterization of leaf anatomy in species of Astrocaryum and Hexopetion (Arecaceae)
Other title
Caracterización de la anatomía foliar de especies de Astrocaryum y Hexopetion (Arecaceae)
Date Issued
01 April 2010
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Abstract
Leaf anatomy of 23 species of the genus Astrocaryum and of the two species of the genus Hexopetion is described. A total of 109 characters with at least one difference between species are reported from the lamina (83), main rib (11), petiole (9) and sheath (6). An identification key to species is given based on leaf anatomy. Distribution of the characters is discussed in order to evaluate their taxonomic relevance.
Start page
81
End page
94
Volume
17
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencias de las plantas, Botánica
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84861234247
Source
Revista Peruana de Biologia
ISSN of the container
15610837
Sponsor(s)
This work was supported by the agreement between San Marcos National University, Peru and IRD-Research Institute for Development (UMR DIAPC), France. Data were formerly presented by B. Millán in a doctoral dissertation at San Marcos National University, Lima, Peru. We thank J.-C. Pintaud and Kenneth Young for their helpful comments on the manuscript, and Nancy Rojas for the preparation of specimens for SEM.
1 Museo de Historia Natural. Uni- versidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (UNMSM). Av. Arenales 1256, Jesús María. Lima, Peru. Email Betty Millán: bmillans@unmsm.edu.pe 2 IRD, UMR188-DIAPC, DYNA-DIV, Casilla 18-1209, Lima, Peru. Email Francis Kahn: francis. kahn@ird.fr Trabajo presentado a la XVIII Reunión Científica del Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias Bioló-gicas Antonio Raimondi, “200 años del nacimiento de Charles Darwin y el 150 aniversario de la publicación de On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection”. Del 19 al 21 de agosto de 2009.
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