How to translate text using browser tools
8 December 2020 Disentangling Leaf Morphology in Daustinia montana (Convolvulaceae)
Juliana Alencar, André Luiz Borba do Nascimento, Paulo Duarte-Neto, Maria Teresa Buril
Author Affiliations +
Abstract

Daustinia montana (Convolvulaceae) is the only species of the genus, and is notable for its wide leaf variability. To understand whether this plasticity is correlated with the distribution of the species, linear morphometric and leaf contour analyses were performed. Specimens from herbaria were photographed, and pre-established linear measurements were made. A multivariate analysis was then performed to test the strength of associations among morphological characteristics, climatic variables, and distribution of the species. Elliptic Fourier analysis based on 20 harmonics was used to generate shape descriptors, resulting in nine main components. With elliptic Fourier descriptors, a grouping tree was created that suggests the existence of six morphotypes in D. montana. Moreover, clustering analysis revealed two large groups distinguished mainly by leaf width. The present findings indicate that the morphotypes are strongly related to latitude and that other characteristics such as the type of indumentum are related to climatic variables.

© Copyright 2020 by the American Society of Plant Taxonomists
Juliana Alencar, André Luiz Borba do Nascimento, Paulo Duarte-Neto, and Maria Teresa Buril "Disentangling Leaf Morphology in Daustinia montana (Convolvulaceae)," Systematic Botany 45(4), 921-930, (8 December 2020). https://doi.org/10.1600/036364420X16033962925132
Published: 8 December 2020
KEYWORDS
Clinal variance
foliar polymorphism
morphotype
Plasticity
shape analysis
RIGHTS & PERMISSIONS
Get copyright permission
Back to Top