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Fruit as diagnostic characteristic to recognize Brazilian species of Zornia (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae)

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Author(s):
Fortuna-Perez, Ana Paula [1, 2] ; Lewis, Gwilym Peter [3] ; Queiroz, Rubens T. [4] ; Santos-Silva, Juliana [5] ; Goulart De Azevedo Tozzi, Ana Maria [1] ; Rodrigues, Karina Fidanza [6]
Total Authors: 6
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Estadual Campinas, Inst Biol, Dept Biol Vegetal, BR-13083862 Campinas, SP - Brazil
[2] Univ Estadual Paulista, Inst Biociencias, Dept Bot, BR-18618000 Botucatu, SP - Brazil
[3] Royal Bot Gardens, Herbarium, Richmond TW9 3AB, Surrey - England
[4] Univ Fed Paraiba, Ctr Ciencias Exatas & Nat, Dept Sistemat & Ecol, BR-58051970 Joao Pessoa, Paraiba - Brazil
[5] Univ Estado Bahia, Dept Ciencias Humanas, BR-46400000 Caetite, Bahia - Brazil
[6] Univ Estadual Maringa, BR-87020900 Maringa, Parana - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 6
Document type: Journal article
Source: PHYTOTAXA; v. 219, n. 1, p. 27-42, JUL 7 2015.
Web of Science Citations: 1
Abstract

Articles of the lomentaceous fruits encountered in the thirty-six species of Brazilian Zornia species are described, illustrated and compared using scanning electron microscopy and stereomicroscopy. Macro-and micro-morphological characters of the fruit articles provide excellent diagnostic taxonomic characters (including fruit shape, fruit article surface, presence/absence of glands, presence/absence of bristles, and presence/absence of hairs) to distinguish among the Brazilian taxa. Results generally support the species recognised for Brazil although the micro-morphological characters have limited taxonomic value within some species complexes, in which taxa can be better differentiated using other morphological characteristics. The results of macro-morphological analyses show that the morphology of fruit articles is related to the geographical distribution pattern of each species and is a good source of morphological character to distinguish the species of Zornia. We present here an inedit identification key, based on the loment morphology, to distinguish the Brazilian species of Zornia. (AU)