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Leaf morphology and anatomy of Manilkara Adans. (Sapotaceae) from northeastern Brazil

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Aiming to complement the group’s taxonomy, the objective of this work is to describe and characterise, searching for morpho-anatomical patterns, the leaf anatomy of the Manilkara species occurring in the northeast region of Brazil. The leaves of all Manilkara species were analysed, using herbaria specimens and collections made in the field by the authors. The characterisation of the leaf blades was performed according to the usual protocols in vegetal anatomy. As diagnosed by anatomical characters, the Manilkara Adans. genus presents petioles with a thick cuticle, a uniseriate epidermis, a sclerenchymatous sheath involving the vascular bundle, and laticifers on the cortical and medullar regions. The anatomical data increase the M. elata and M. huberi synonymisation and show the importance of the anatomy as a complementary tool to the taxonomy based on external morphology.

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  1. Universidade Federal do Maranhão, São Luis, Maranhão, Brazil

    Eduardo Bezerra de Almeida-Jr.

  2. Universidade Estadual do Piauí, Corrente, Piauí, Brazil

    Josiane Silva Araújo

  3. Universidade Estadual do Piauí, Teresina, Piauí, Brazil

    Francisco Soares Santos-Filho

  4. Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil

    Carmen Silvia Zickel

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de Almeida-Jr., E.B., Araújo, J.S., Santos-Filho, F.S. et al. Leaf morphology and anatomy of Manilkara Adans. (Sapotaceae) from northeastern Brazil. Plant Syst Evol 299, 1–9 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00606-012-0697-2

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