Abstract
Foliar epidermal studies were conducted on ten species in the family Sterculiaceae in search of stable taxonomic characters that could be employed in order contribute to their classification and identification. In spite of the remarkable morphological differences, the results indicated that the species are relatively uniform in their quantitative macromorphological characters except for the leaf shape and base which varied from elliptic, lanceolate to palmate and leaf base from cordate, obtuse to cunneate. The epidermal characters such as number of cells, anticlinal wall pattern, cell wall thickness and the stomata size varied among the species. The epidermal cells varied from polygonal to irregular while the anticlinal walls varied from straight to straight\curve and slightly curved. All the species except Cola nitida (Vent) Schott, Malachanta alnifolia (Bak) Pierre, Mansonia altissima (A.Chev) R.Capuron, Theobroma cacao Linn and Waltheria indica Linn are amphistomatic. Stomata types included anisocytic in T. cacao, laterocytic in C. hispida, anomocytic in C. millenni Schum, Staurocytic in C. nitida and paracytic in W. indica, M. altissima and Malacantha alnifolia.
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Claim · model-written summary
Sterculiaceae species were relatively uniform in quantitative macromorphological traits, except leaf shape and base.
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e0“the species are relatively uniform in their quantitative macromorphological characters except for the leaf shape and base which varied from elliptic, lanceolate to palmate and leaf base from cordate, obtuse to cunneate.”
t0“Sterculiaceae Species”
Claim · model-written summary
Epidermal cell number, anticlinal wall pattern, cell wall thickness and stomata size varied among species.
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e0“The epidermal characters such as number of cells, anticlinal wall pattern, cell wall thickness and the stomata size varied among the species.”
t0“Sterculiaceae Species”
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Epidermal cells ranged from polygonal to irregular, and anticlinal walls from straight to curved.
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e0“The epidermal cells varied from polygonal to irregular while the anticlinal walls varied from straight to straight\curve and slightly curved.”
t0“Sterculiaceae Species”
Claim · model-written summary
All examined Sterculiaceae species except five named species were amphistomatic.
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e0“All the species except Cola nitida (Vent) Schott, Malachanta alnifolia (Bak) Pierre, Mansonia altissima (A.Chev) R.Capuron, Theobroma cacao Linn and Waltheria indica Linn are amphistomatic.”
t0“Sterculiaceae Species”
Claim · model-written summary
T. cacao had anisocytic stomata.
- Taxon
- T. cacao
Theobroma cacaoe0 - Outcome
- anisocytice0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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e0“anisocytic in T. cacao”
t0“Sterculiaceae Species”
Claim · model-written summary
C. hispida had laterocytic stomata.
- Taxon
- C. hispidaCola hispidae0
- Outcome
- laterocytice0
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e0“laterocytic in C. hispida”
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C. millenni Schum had anomocytic stomata.
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e0“anomocytic in C. millenni Schum”
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C. nitida had Staurocytic stomata.
- Taxon
- C. nitida
Cola nitidae0 - Outcome
- Staurocytice0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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e0“Staurocytic in C. nitida”
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W. indica, M. altissima and Malacantha alnifolia had paracytic stomata.
- Taxon
- W. indica, M. altissima and Malacantha alnifoliaMalacantha alnifolia
Waltheria indica
Mansonia altissimae0 - Outcome
- paracytice0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“paracytic in W. indica, M. altissima and Malacantha alnifolia”