TARSILA MARIA DA SILVA MORAES1, CLAUDIA FRANCA BARROS2, SEBASTIÃO JOSÉ DA SILVA NETO3, VALDIRENE MOREIRA GOMES4, MAURA DA CUNHA1*
BIOCELL, Vol.33, No.3, pp. 155-165, 2009, DOI:10.32604/biocell.2009.33.155
Abstract Simira is a predominantly woody Neotropical genus comprising 41 taxa, 16 of which occur in Brazil and eight of them in the southeastern region of Brazil. Leaf blades of Simira eliezeriana Peixoto, S. glaziovii (K. Schum.) Steyerm., S. grazielae Peixoto, S. pikia (K. Schum.) Steyerm., S. rubra (Mart.) Steyerm., S. sampaioana (Standl.) Steyerm. were collected in the southeastern region of Brazil and fixed according to usual methods for light and electron microscopy. The leaf blades show typical characteristics of the Rubiaceae family as dorsiventral mesophyll and paracytic stomata. The presence of two bundle sheaths that extend to the upper epidermal… More >
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