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Niara Moura Porto1, Regina Célia Bressan Queiroz De Figueiredo, Antonio Fernando Morais Oliveira
1Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Laboratório de Ecologia Aplicada e Fitoquímica, 50.670-901, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil.
Abstract:
The morphological similarities among the species of Cissampelos are remarkable and the difficult to distinguish them as well. This article presents a comparative anatomical study of the leaves of common Northeastern Brazilian species of Cissampelos, carried out using light and scanning electron microscopy. The leaf epidermal was studied to obtain data on epidermal characteristics and to evaluate their taxonomic significance. As results, some micromorphological characters on the leaf epidermal like the cuticular waxes, the presence of papillae in epidermis and nonglandular trichomes, the anticlinal walls epidermal cells, the distribution, density and type of trichomes, and also the type and distribution of epicuticular wax proved to be the most useful characteristics to distinguish the species in taxonomic studies.
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