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Provedor de dados: 	Acta Amazonica	
País: 	Brazil	
Título: 	Importance of anatomical leaf features for characterization of three species of Mapania (Mapanioideae, Cyperaceae) from the Amazon Forest, Brazil	
Autores: 	Silva,Arthur de Lima; Alves,Marccus Vinícius da Silva; Coan,Alessandra Ike.	
Data: 	2014-12-01	
Ano: 	2014	
Palavras-chave: 	Aerenchyma; Cataphylls; Hypolytreae; Involucral bracts; Poales.	
Resumo: 	Mapania belongs to Mapanioideae, a quite controversial subfamily in Cyperaceae due to the existence of unusual characters in both reproductive and vegetative organs. The genus is represented by seven species in Northern Brazil but taxonomic valuable information related to the leaf organs is still unknown. The present study aimed the anatomical description of the leaf organs (either basal leaves or cataphylls and involucral bracts) of three representative Brazilian species of Mapania. Samples of cataphylls, basal leaves and involucral bracts were sectioned and stained for observations under light microscopy. The involucral bracts provide the most elucidative characters (ten) to distinguish the three species The basal leaves provides six distinguishing characters and are useful to M. macrophylla and M. pycnostachya, as they are absent in M. sylvatica. Mesophyll arrangement in the involucral bracts supports the circumscription of M. macrophylla and M. pycnostachya in M. sect. Pycnocephala and of M. sylvatica in M. sect. Mapania. Some features as thin-walled epidermal cells, stomata level and aerenchyma were considered to be adaptive to the humid environment in which the species occur. The translucent cells are here considered as aerenchyma precursors and a supportive function is assumed for the bulliform cells on the basal leaves and involucral bracts. No silica bodies were found which confirm it as a diagnostic character of Mapania among Hypolytreae genera.	
Tipo: 	Info:eu-repo/semantics/article	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Identificador: 	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0044-59672014000400006	
Editor: 	Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia	
Relação: 	10.1590/1809-4392201305953	
Formato: 	text/html	
Fonte: 	Acta Amazonica  v.44 n.4 2014	
Fonte: 	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess