An Angiosperm Species Dataset Reveals Relationships between Seed Size and Two-Dimensional Shape
Datasets containing information on seed size have been published and are currently available. Nevertheless, there is a lack in the literature of a dataset dedicated to seed shape. We present a preliminary version for a dataset on seed morphology based on a comparison of seed shape with geometric fig...
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| author | Emilio Cervantes José Javier Martín Gómez Diego Gutiérrez del Pozo Luís Silva Dias |
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| description | Datasets containing information on seed size have been published and are currently available. Nevertheless, there is a lack in the literature of a dataset dedicated to seed shape. We present a preliminary version for a dataset on seed morphology based on a comparison of seed shape with geometric figures. Similarity of the outline of seed images with geometric models is considered as a basis to classify seeds according to the geometric figures they resemble (e.g., ellipse, oval, cardioid). This allows, first, the classification of plant species according to their geometric type of seed, and second, seed shape quantification. For each seed image, the percent of similarity of their outline with a geometric figure can be calculated as a J index. Similarity in absolute terms is considered only when the J index >90. This criterion is important to avoid ambiguity and increase discrimination. The dataset opens the possibility of studying the relationship between seed shape and other variables such as seed size, genome complexity, life form or adaptive responses. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8b59d6d5d650482e9b4026970efdf3b22022-12-21T19:27:45ZengMDPI AGHorticulturae2311-75242019-10-01547110.3390/horticulturae5040071horticulturae5040071An Angiosperm Species Dataset Reveals Relationships between Seed Size and Two-Dimensional ShapeEmilio Cervantes0José Javier Martín Gómez1Diego Gutiérrez del Pozo2Luís Silva Dias3IRNASA-CSIC, Cordel de Merinas, 40, E-37008 Salamanca, SpainIRNASA-CSIC, Cordel de Merinas, 40, E-37008 Salamanca, SpainDepartment of Wild Life Conservation and Magamenent, Amazon State University (UEA), Napo EC-150950, EcuadorDepartment of Biology, University of Évora, Ap. 94, 7002-554 Évora, PortugalDatasets containing information on seed size have been published and are currently available. Nevertheless, there is a lack in the literature of a dataset dedicated to seed shape. We present a preliminary version for a dataset on seed morphology based on a comparison of seed shape with geometric figures. Similarity of the outline of seed images with geometric models is considered as a basis to classify seeds according to the geometric figures they resemble (e.g., ellipse, oval, cardioid). This allows, first, the classification of plant species according to their geometric type of seed, and second, seed shape quantification. For each seed image, the percent of similarity of their outline with a geometric figure can be calculated as a J index. Similarity in absolute terms is considered only when the J index >90. This criterion is important to avoid ambiguity and increase discrimination. The dataset opens the possibility of studying the relationship between seed shape and other variables such as seed size, genome complexity, life form or adaptive responses.https://www.mdpi.com/2311-7524/5/4/71geometric curvesj indexmorphologyshapeseed |
| spellingShingle | Emilio Cervantes José Javier Martín Gómez Diego Gutiérrez del Pozo Luís Silva Dias An Angiosperm Species Dataset Reveals Relationships between Seed Size and Two-Dimensional Shape Horticulturae geometric curves j index morphology shape seed |
| title | An Angiosperm Species Dataset Reveals Relationships between Seed Size and Two-Dimensional Shape |
| title_full | An Angiosperm Species Dataset Reveals Relationships between Seed Size and Two-Dimensional Shape |
| title_fullStr | An Angiosperm Species Dataset Reveals Relationships between Seed Size and Two-Dimensional Shape |
| title_full_unstemmed | An Angiosperm Species Dataset Reveals Relationships between Seed Size and Two-Dimensional Shape |
| title_short | An Angiosperm Species Dataset Reveals Relationships between Seed Size and Two-Dimensional Shape |
| title_sort | angiosperm species dataset reveals relationships between seed size and two dimensional shape |
| topic | geometric curves j index morphology shape seed |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2311-7524/5/4/71 |
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