Affiliation:
1. Programa de Pós‐Graduação em Biologia Vegetal, Centro de Biociências, Departamento de Botânica Universidade Federal de Pernambuco Recife Brazil
2. Programa de Pós‐Graduação em Biodiversidade, Departamento de Biologia, Área de Botânica Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco Recife Brazil
Abstract
AbstractMorphoanatomical studies can provide useful and relevant information to support taxonomic groupings. Jacquemontia evolvuloides shows great morphological variability, which has led to numerous taxonomic classifications. To determine if anatomical characters can be used to recognize operational taxonomic units within populations of that species, we analyzed the leaves and stems of 22 populations using light and scanning electron microscopy. The variability of the analyzed characters allowed the grouping of these populations into five morphotypes. The presence of paracytic stomata, laticiferous canals, and stellate trichomes can be considered diagnostic characters of J. evolvuloides. The presence and types of epicuticular waxes, as well as a layer similar to palisade parenchyma in the petioles and stems, the classifications of glandular trichomes, and new types of stomata (anomocytic, anomotetracytic, and brachyparatetracytic) are reported here for the first time for Jacquemontia. The results discussed here help clarify the classification of this species complex and contribute to the taxonomy of Jacquemontia—a genus that has historically been difficult to define due to its wide morphological variation at the species level.Research Highlights
Seven types of epicuticular waxes were identified among J. evolvuloides specimens: granules, threads, entire platelets, coiled rodlets, fissured layers, membranous platelets, and tubules.
Six types of trichomes were observed among J. evolvuloides populations: stellate, malpighiaceous, sessile peltate glandular, short pedunculate glandular, stipitate‐glandular, and capitate glandular.
We observed that six populations of Jacquemontia evolvuloides located in the Brazilian Caatinga domain have unprecedented sessile peltate trichomes restricted to the main leaf midrib, which were only observed under light microscopy.
Funder
Fundação de Amparo à Ciência e Tecnologia do Estado de Pernambuco
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
Subject
Medical Laboratory Technology,Instrumentation,Histology,Anatomy
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