Atlas of hairs for neotropical Melastomataceae

Related Titles

Series: Smithsonian contributions to botany, no. 63

By

Wurdack, John J.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

City of Washington, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1986

Notes

Hairs of 412 taxa representing 66 genera of New World Melastomataceae were examined by SEM. Representatives for each hair type are illustrated by SEM micrographs. Epicuticular waxes are illustrated. Unusual “stomatal” apertures on intersepalar hairs in the genera Pterolepis and Tibouchina were found. Parallel evolution of hairs in different genera and subgeneric divisions has occurred frequently. Hair diversity probably is the result of evolution for protection against arthropod predators.

Subjects

Anatomy , Atlases , Botany , Classification , Latin America , Melastomataceae , Trichomes , Ultrastructure (Biology)

Call Number

QK1 .S2747 no. 63

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.122493
LCCN: https://lccn.loc.gov/85600296
OCLC: 12946964
Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q51398971