Nectarios en Macroptilium erythroloma (Fabaceae)

Abstract

MACROPTILIUM ERYTHROLOMA (BENTH.) URBAN HAS THREE NECTARY TYPES: A) A FLORAL NECTARY AT THE BASE OF THE OVARY B) EXTRAFLORAL NECTARIES DUE TO ABORTION OF FLOWER BUDS AND DEVELOPMENT OF NECTARIES IN THE INFLORESCENCE RACHIS, AND C) GLANDULAR NECTARY TRICHOMES SPREAD THROUGHOUT STEMS, LEAVES AND INFLORESCENCE PEDUNCLE, BUT GROUPED IN THE STIPELS. THESE NECTARIES WERE STUDIED THROUGH EXTERNAL MORPHOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS, ANATOMICAL OBSERVATIONS, AND SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY.