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| Author(s): |
Andrea Macedo Correa
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | Campinas, SP. |
| Institution: | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Biologia |
| Defense date: | 2007-02-03 |
| Examining board members: |
Eliana Regina Forni Martins;
Maria Angelica Maciel Martinho Ferreira;
Sigrid Luiza Jung Mendaçolli;
Neiva Isabel Pierozzi;
João Semir
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| Advisor: | Eliana Regina Forni Martins |
| Abstract | |
The Rubiaceae (A. L. de Jussieu) family, order Gentianales, sub-clade Euasteride I, steride clade, is composed by plants of varied habit, comprising one of the largest Angiosperm amilies, with four subfamilies, 637 genera and approximately 10.700 species. The family is cosmopolitan, including species of considerable economic expression like coffee (C. arabica L. and C. canephora Pierre ex A. Froehner), as well as with pharmacological (Cinchona L.) and floristic interest (Gardenia J. Ellis, Ixora L. and Pentas Benth.). It is a great family showing a broad range of distribution, with considerable representation in the Brazilian Cerrado the ecosystem considered in this study. Chromosome analyses were carried out in some species of Rubiaceae belonged to subfamily Rubioideae that occur in areas of Cerrado on the states of São Paulo (Experimental station of Itirapina and Assis and Biological Reserve of Mogi-Guaçu) and Mato Grosso do Sul (Corumbá and Três Lagoas counties). Some chromosome counts were in agreement to literature, as 2n = 20 (Coccocypselum lanceolatum (Ruiz & Pav.) Pers.) and 2n = 22 (Coussarea hydrangeifolia (Benth.) Müll. Arg. and Psychotria hoffmannseggiana (Willd. Ex Roem. & Schult.) Müll. Arg.). On the other hand, new counts werw obtained for genus Rudgea Salisb. (2n = 44 Rudgea viburnoides (Cham.) Benth.), and for Manettia cordifolia Mart. (2n = 66), wich belongs to the Hedyotideae tribe. For Psychotria tribe, we present new data for species from three genera: Decleuxia fruticosa (R. & S.) Kuntze (2n = 20); Palicourea croceoides Ham., P. marcgravii St. Hil. and P. rigida H.B.K., 2n = 22 and Psychotria with 2n = 22 for Psychotria lupulina Benth., P .marginata Sw., P. tenerior (Cham ) M. Arg. and P. trichophora Müll. Arg.; 2n = 40 for Psychotria mapourioides DC. and 2n = 44 for Psychotria carthagenensis Jacq., P. gracilenta M. Arg., P. sessilis (Vell) M. Arg., P. suterella M. Arg. and P. vellosiana Benth. Inedit data of in situ hybridization with the 45S rDNA were obtained for eight species beloning to Psychotrieae tribe, being six for genus Psychotria (Psychotria carthagenensis subgenus Psychotria; Psychotria deflexa, P hoffmannseggiana, P.sciaphila, P. tenerior and P vellosiana, subgenus Heteropsychotria) one for genus Palicourea (Palicourea marcgravii) and one for genus Rudgea (Rudgea viburnoides). The number of rDNA 45S sites varied among species. No relation was observed between the number of rDNA sites and the ploidy level of the species. The in situ hybridization with 45S rDNA was also applied in two species of the Spermacoceae tribe, Borreria latifolia (Aubl.) K. Schum. and B. verticillata (L.) G. Mey. Both species present the same chromosome number and very similar ideograms, but different number of 45S rDNA sites made possible the Karyotype discrimination between the two species of Borreria (AU) | |