The taxonomic value of leaf anatomy for species Byrsonima: a difficult genus of Malpighiaceae Juss.

ABSTRACT We studied the leaf anatomy of 15 species of Byrsonima and a single species of Diacidia as an outgroup to test the relevance of leaf anatomical characters to the complicated taxonomy of this genus. We present complete anatomical descriptions for petioles and leaf blades, together with an an...

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Main Authors: João Victor da Costa Santos, Maria de Fátima Vasconcelos de Oliveira, Francisco Soares Santos Filho, Leyde Nayane Nunes dos Santos Silva, Josiane Silva Araújo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Botânica do Brasil 2020-10-01
Series:Acta Botânica Brasílica
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-33062020000300570&tlng=en