Determining relevant petiole anatomy characters to delimit eupolypods i families

Issue Date

6-2020

Abstract

The delineation of the families under eupolypods I has been quite challenging. With that, characters that are stable and taxonomically significant are necessary. The study attempted to use petiole anatomy characters to study the taxonomy of the e upolypods I families. Fresh eupolypods I representatives were collected from the field and were fixed with formalin-acetic acid alcohol (FAA). The petioles were cut and processed into permanent mounts using alcohol dehydration series and following standard microtechnique protocols. The petiole anatomy characters of the 21 representative species of eupolypods I were first studied of their stabil ity and subjected to multiple correspondence analysis (MCA) to determine the most taxonomically relevant character. The MCA bi plot showed that four petiole anatomy characters were useful to describe and delineate families of eupolypods I. These petiole anatomy characters included, xylem shape, vascular bundle shape, and number of vascular bundles.

Source or Periodical Title

Biodiversitas

ISSN

1412-033X

Volume

21

Issue

6

Page

2721-2726

Document Type

Article

Physical Description

illustrations, graph, table, references

Language

English

Subject

Eupolypods I, Multiple correspondence analysis, Petiole anatomy, Stable characters

Identifier

DOI:10.13057/biodiv/d210647.

Digital Copy

yes

En – AGROVOC descriptors

EUPOLYPODS I; MULTIPLE CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; PETIOLE ANATOMY; STABLE CHARACTERS

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