Análisis de variación morfológica de semillas y embriones de diez especies distribuidas en los bosques secos de la provincia de Manabí

Abstract

The aim of the study was to describe the external and internal morphology of seeds of T. chrysantha, T. castaneifolia, P. juliflora, C. angulata, C. lutea, L. leucocephala, M. acantholoba, P. sweet, G. ulmifolia, A. farnesiana to analyze the morphological variation of the seeds of 10 species of dry forest. Seeds dry forests of Manabi were collected, a sample of 50 seeds per species was analyzed. The largest seed in the study were: C. angulata and C. lutea, while the smallest was G. ulmifolia averaging: 3.03 mm long, 1.87mm wide, and 1.59 mm thickness. In embryos was the largest of the species C. angulata and the smallest of G. ulmifolia. The embryo was available predominant axial spatulate, appearing in: T. chrysantha, T. castaneifolia, P. juliflora, L. leucocephala, M. acantholoba, P. sweet, and A. farnesiana. Foleada axial arrangement: G. C. angulata and C. lutea ulmifolia and only basal lateral arrangement.