Anatomía de órganos vegetativos en Solanum palinacanthum, S. sisymbrifolium y S. euacanthum (Solanaceae)

Abstract

THIS STUDY DEALS WITH THE VEGETATIVE ANATOMY IN SOLANUM PALINACANTHUM DUNAL, S. SISYMBRIIFOLIUM LAM., AND S. EUACANTHUM PHIL. ALL BELONGING TO SOLANUM SUBGEN. LEPTOSTEMONUM (DUNAL) BITT. (NEE, 1999). THE MOST IMPORTANT CHARACTERS FOR DIFFERENTIATION OF SPECIES WERE: EPIDERMAL CELL WALLS, TRICHOMES, STOMATA, AND INTERNAL STRUCTURE OF LEAVES AND STEMS. THE RESULTS ARE COMPARED WITH THOSE OBTAINED IN A SIMILAR RESEARCH IN S. ELAEAGNIFOLIUM CAV., S. JUVENALE THELL. AND S. HIERONYMI KUNTZE (SUBGEN. LEPTOSTEMONUM). THE OBTAINED DATA WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE DIFFERENTIATION OF SPECIES, AND IDENTIFICATION OF THEIR LEAF FRAGMENTS IN DIETS OF HERBIVORES.