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Issue: Vol. 606 No. 4: 1 Aug. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-08-01
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.606.4.1
Page range: 237-258
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Taxonomic implications of leaf epidermal characteristics in subfamily Caesalpinioideae (Leguminosae)

CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow-226001, Uttar Pradesh, India. Government Autonomous postgraduate College Datia-475661, Madhya Pradesh, India.
CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow-226001, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Department of Botany, Lucknow University, Lucknow-226007, Uttar Pradesh, India. Post Graduate Department of Botany, RD and DJ College, University of Munger, Munger-811201, Bihar, India.
Department of Botany, Lucknow University, Lucknow-226007, Uttar Pradesh, India. Directorate of Environment, Department of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow-226010, India.
Department of Botany, Lucknow University, Lucknow-226007, Uttar Pradesh, India.
CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow-226001, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Department of Botany, Lucknow University, Lucknow-226007, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Department of Botany, Lucknow University, Lucknow-226007, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Eudicots Micromorphology leaf epidermis stomata trichomes Caesalpinioideae

Abstract

This paper deals with the foliar epidermal anatomy of 25 species belonging to 14 genera (i.e., Bauhinia, Caesalpinia, Cassia, Delonix, Guilandina, Hardwickia, Libidibia, Lysiphyllum, Parkinsonia, Peltophorum, Phanera, Saraca, Senna and Tamarindus) of subfamily Caesalpinioideae (Leguminosae) using light microscopy (LM). The target species were collected from different regions (Terai Region, Gangetic Plain, Vindhyan Region and Semiarid region) of Uttar Pradesh, India. Several leaf micromorphological characters such as anticlinal wall pattern, epidermal cells shape, stomatal complex andtrichomes were assessed in the present study. Both quantitatively and qualitativelystudy revealed that species understudy mostly consisted of polygonal epidermal cells with straight anticlinal walls, were amphi stomatic with paracytic stomata, non-glandular and unicellular trichomes. An attempt was also made to establish phylogenetic relationships in members of Caealpinioideae growing in Uttar Pradesh on the basis of these characters.

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