FOLIAR ANATOMY AND MICROMORPHOLOGY OF 11 SPECIES OF EUGENIA L (MYRTACEAE)

Citation
Gb. Fontenelle et al., FOLIAR ANATOMY AND MICROMORPHOLOGY OF 11 SPECIES OF EUGENIA L (MYRTACEAE), Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 116(2), 1994, pp. 111-133
Citations number
50
Categorie Soggetti
Plant Sciences
ISSN journal
00244066
Volume
116
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
111 - 133
Database
ISI
SICI code
0024-4066(1994)116:2<111:FAAMO1>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
The anatomy and micromorphology of eleven species of Eugenia found in the 'restinga' of Marica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, were studied and com pared. The characteristics found to be of most use in distinguishing t he species are: presence and types of trichomes persistent in the adul t material, form and arrangement of overlying cells (epidermal cells o ver secretory cavities), pattern of anticlinal walls of epidermal cell s (primary sculpturing), occurrence of epicuticular striae and folds ( secondary sculpturing) and presence of peristomatal folds. An analytic al key based on these characteristics is presented for the Eugenia spe cies studied.