PALINOTAXONOMIA DE ESPÉCIES BRASILEIRAS DETONTELEAAUBL. (HIPPOCRATEACEAE JUSS.)

A pollen taxonomy study of 20 Brazilian species of Tontelea Aubl. (Hippocrateaceae ]uss) was conducted, with the objective of contributing to a better characterization of .the genus. Polliniferous samples were acetolized, measured, and studied by optical microscopy and SEM. The optical microscopy r...

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Main Authors: Vania Gonçalves-Esteves, Therezinha Sant Anna Melhem
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Published: Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas 1998-05-01
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Online Access:https://polibotanica.mx/index.php/polibotanica/article/view/633
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author Vania Gonçalves-Esteves
Therezinha Sant Anna Melhem
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description A pollen taxonomy study of 20 Brazilian species of Tontelea Aubl. (Hippocrateaceae ]uss) was conducted, with the objective of contributing to a better characterization of .the genus. Polliniferous samples were acetolized, measured, and studied by optical microscopy and SEM. The optical microscopy results were used to prepare a pollen key. Pollen turned out to be provide good diagnostic characters at a specific level. Tontellea pollen grains are predominantly small and microreticulate with a prominent apertural area. The type of aperture, exine sculpture, shape and size classes proved to be constant for each species, based on the examination of several specimens of each. It was possible to distinguish the different species of Tontelea, based on pollen, except: T. corymbosa (Huber) A.C.Sm. from T. martiana (Miers) A.C.Sm.; T. congestiflora A. C. Sm. from T. laxiflora (Benth.) A.C.Sm., T. cylindrocarpa (A.C.Sm.) A.C.Sm. and T. riedeliana (Peyr.) A.C.Sm.; thus also T. scandens Aubl. from T. tenuicula (Miers) A.C.Sm. The present work concludes that Tontelea is palynologically a more or less heterogenous group.
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spelling doaj-art-e9413dac0bca4fb5810363aebfbf413f2025-08-20T02:39:48ZengEscuela Nacional de Ciencias BiológicasPolibotánica1405-27682395-95251998-05-017PALINOTAXONOMIA DE ESPÉCIES BRASILEIRAS DETONTELEAAUBL. (HIPPOCRATEACEAE JUSS.)Vania Gonçalves-EstevesTherezinha Sant Anna Melhem A pollen taxonomy study of 20 Brazilian species of Tontelea Aubl. (Hippocrateaceae ]uss) was conducted, with the objective of contributing to a better characterization of .the genus. Polliniferous samples were acetolized, measured, and studied by optical microscopy and SEM. The optical microscopy results were used to prepare a pollen key. Pollen turned out to be provide good diagnostic characters at a specific level. Tontellea pollen grains are predominantly small and microreticulate with a prominent apertural area. The type of aperture, exine sculpture, shape and size classes proved to be constant for each species, based on the examination of several specimens of each. It was possible to distinguish the different species of Tontelea, based on pollen, except: T. corymbosa (Huber) A.C.Sm. from T. martiana (Miers) A.C.Sm.; T. congestiflora A. C. Sm. from T. laxiflora (Benth.) A.C.Sm., T. cylindrocarpa (A.C.Sm.) A.C.Sm. and T. riedeliana (Peyr.) A.C.Sm.; thus also T. scandens Aubl. from T. tenuicula (Miers) A.C.Sm. The present work concludes that Tontelea is palynologically a more or less heterogenous group. https://polibotanica.mx/index.php/polibotanica/article/view/633
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PALINOTAXONOMIA DE ESPÉCIES BRASILEIRAS DETONTELEAAUBL. (HIPPOCRATEACEAE JUSS.)
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title PALINOTAXONOMIA DE ESPÉCIES BRASILEIRAS DETONTELEAAUBL. (HIPPOCRATEACEAE JUSS.)
title_full PALINOTAXONOMIA DE ESPÉCIES BRASILEIRAS DETONTELEAAUBL. (HIPPOCRATEACEAE JUSS.)
title_fullStr PALINOTAXONOMIA DE ESPÉCIES BRASILEIRAS DETONTELEAAUBL. (HIPPOCRATEACEAE JUSS.)
title_full_unstemmed PALINOTAXONOMIA DE ESPÉCIES BRASILEIRAS DETONTELEAAUBL. (HIPPOCRATEACEAE JUSS.)
title_short PALINOTAXONOMIA DE ESPÉCIES BRASILEIRAS DETONTELEAAUBL. (HIPPOCRATEACEAE JUSS.)
title_sort palinotaxonomia de especies brasileiras detonteleaaubl hippocrateaceae juss
url https://polibotanica.mx/index.php/polibotanica/article/view/633
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