Elsa Lattar,^1,*,** Stella Pire,^2,*** María Mercedes Avanza,^3,**** María Silvia Ferruccia<sup>1,*****

1</sup>aInstituto de Botánica del Nordeste (UNNE-CONICET), Casilla de Correo 209, 3400 Corrientes, Argentin
²bCentro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral (CONICET), Ruta 5, km. 2,5 cc: 291, 3400 Corrientes, Argent
³cUniversidad Nacional del Nordeste, Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Cátedra de Cálculo Estadístico y

^*Corresponding author. Email: elsilattar@gmail.com
^**ELSA CLORINDA LATTAR is a Research Fellow at the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) at the Instituto de Botánica del Nordeste, Corrientes, Argentina. She graduated from the Universidad Nacional del Nordeste with an MA in Biology in 2008. She has held the post of Assistant Professor of Morphology Vegetal and Palynology since 2008. She is currently a postgraduate student at the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Her research is focused on the morphology, anatomy and palynology of the Malvaceae.
^***STELLA MARIS PIRE was Assistant Professor of Genetics during 1985–1990 and Assistant Professor of Cell and General Biology at the Universidad Nacional del Nordeste during 2001–2002. Currently, she is editor of Pollen Flora of Northeastern Argentina. Her research is focused on palynology.
^****MARÍA MERCEDES AVANZA is a Research Fellow from the Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) at the Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, Corrientes, Argentina. She graduated with an Agronomist from Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, Corrientes in 2003. She received her Ph.D. degree in Natural Resources from Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, Corrientes in 2011.
^*****MARÍA SILVIA FERRUCCI is an Independent Researcher from Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET) at the Instituto de Botánica del Nordeste, Corrientes, Argentina. She graduated from the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba with a Professor in Biology in 1971; MA in Biology in 1975 and a BD from the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba in 2000. She is Professor of Vascular Plant Morphology and Vice-President of the Botanical Society of Argentina. She graduated with a Professor degree in Biology in 1971 and Ph.D. degree in Biology in 2000 from Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Her research is currently focused on the morphology, palynology and taxonomy of the Sapindaceae and Malvaceae.