INVESTIGADORES
VEGA Andrea Susana
artículos
Título:
OCCURRENCE AND PHYLOGENETIC SIGNIFICANCE OF LATEX IN THE MALPIGHIACEAE
Autor/es:
VEGA, A. S.; M. A. CASTRO; W. R. ANDERSON
Revista:
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY
Editorial:
American Journal of Botany
Referencias:
Lugar: St. Louis, Missouri; Año: 2002 vol. 89 p. 1725 - 1729
ISSN:
0002-9122
Resumen:
Latex and laticifers are reported for the first time in the genera Galphimia and Verrucularia (Malpighiaceae), with description and illustration of the leaf and stem anatomy of both genera. Those genera and the other two in which latex is known (Lophanthera and Spachea) constitute a single tribe, Galphimieae, that is at or near the base of the family´s phylogeny, which suggests that latex in the Malpighiaceae may indicate an ancestor shared with the Euphorbiaceae.
