COMPARATIVE FOLIAR EPIDERMAL MORPHOLOGY OF THE WEST AFRICAN SPECIES OF THE GENUS AFZELIA SMITH (LEGUMINOSAE: AESALPINIOIDEAE)

The epidermal features of the leaves of the six West African species of Afzelia were examined and compared using light and scanning electron microscopy. The leaves are hypostomatic in all species and stomatal type is paracytic. Anticlinal walls may be undulate or straight-curved and stomatal index r...

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Autores principales:	Babalola Kadiri,Akeem, Dele Olowokudejo,James
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Universidad de Concepción 2008
Materias:	Afzelia stomata epidermal cell morphology taxonomy
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0717-664320080001000082009-01-30COMPARATIVE FOLIAR EPIDERMAL MORPHOLOGY OF THE WEST AFRICAN SPECIES OF THE GENUS AFZELIA SMITH (LEGUMINOSAE: AESALPINIOIDEAE)Babalola Kadiri,AkeemDele Olowokudejo,James Afzelia stomata epidermal cell morphology taxonomy The epidermal features of the leaves of the six West African species of Afzelia were examined and compared using light and scanning electron microscopy. The leaves are hypostomatic in all species and stomatal type is paracytic. Anticlinal walls may be undulate or straight-curved and stomatal index ranges from 17.48% in A. bella var. gracilior to 25.20% in A. bipindensis. Porrect and flattened scales distinguish the infra-specific taxa of A. bella while presence of unicellular trichomes separates A. pachyloba from other species. The leaf surface is entirely covered by epicuticular wax deposits and the stomata are either raised or sunken in the genus. Using these foliar epidermal characters, an artificial key has been prepared to facilitate identification of the species.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessFacultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Universidad de ConcepciónGayana. Botánica v.65 n.1 20082008-01-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-66432008000100008en10.4067/S0717-66432008000100008
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topic	Afzelia stomata epidermal cell morphology taxonomy
spellingShingle	Afzelia stomata epidermal cell morphology taxonomy Babalola Kadiri,Akeem Dele Olowokudejo,James COMPARATIVE FOLIAR EPIDERMAL MORPHOLOGY OF THE WEST AFRICAN SPECIES OF THE GENUS AFZELIA SMITH (LEGUMINOSAE: AESALPINIOIDEAE)
description	The epidermal features of the leaves of the six West African species of Afzelia were examined and compared using light and scanning electron microscopy. The leaves are hypostomatic in all species and stomatal type is paracytic. Anticlinal walls may be undulate or straight-curved and stomatal index ranges from 17.48% in A. bella var. gracilior to 25.20% in A. bipindensis. Porrect and flattened scales distinguish the infra-specific taxa of A. bella while presence of unicellular trichomes separates A. pachyloba from other species. The leaf surface is entirely covered by epicuticular wax deposits and the stomata are either raised or sunken in the genus. Using these foliar epidermal characters, an artificial key has been prepared to facilitate identification of the species.
author	Babalola Kadiri,Akeem Dele Olowokudejo,James
author_facet	Babalola Kadiri,Akeem Dele Olowokudejo,James
author_sort	Babalola Kadiri,Akeem
title	COMPARATIVE FOLIAR EPIDERMAL MORPHOLOGY OF THE WEST AFRICAN SPECIES OF THE GENUS AFZELIA SMITH (LEGUMINOSAE: AESALPINIOIDEAE)
title_short	COMPARATIVE FOLIAR EPIDERMAL MORPHOLOGY OF THE WEST AFRICAN SPECIES OF THE GENUS AFZELIA SMITH (LEGUMINOSAE: AESALPINIOIDEAE)
title_full	COMPARATIVE FOLIAR EPIDERMAL MORPHOLOGY OF THE WEST AFRICAN SPECIES OF THE GENUS AFZELIA SMITH (LEGUMINOSAE: AESALPINIOIDEAE)
title_fullStr	COMPARATIVE FOLIAR EPIDERMAL MORPHOLOGY OF THE WEST AFRICAN SPECIES OF THE GENUS AFZELIA SMITH (LEGUMINOSAE: AESALPINIOIDEAE)
title_full_unstemmed	COMPARATIVE FOLIAR EPIDERMAL MORPHOLOGY OF THE WEST AFRICAN SPECIES OF THE GENUS AFZELIA SMITH (LEGUMINOSAE: AESALPINIOIDEAE)
title_sort	comparative foliar epidermal morphology of the west african species of the genus afzelia smith (leguminosae: aesalpinioideae)
publisher	Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Universidad de Concepción
publishDate	2008
url	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-66432008000100008
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COMPARATIVE FOLIAR EPIDERMAL MORPHOLOGY OF THE WEST AFRICAN SPECIES OF THE GENUS AFZELIA SMITH (LEGUMINOSAE: AESALPINIOIDEAE)

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