Leaf Epidermal Analysis for Diagnosis of Enigmatic Strychnos Species in Nigeria

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dc.contributor.authorOduoye, O.T.
dc.contributor.authorOgundipe, O.T.
dc.contributor.authorOlowokudejo, J.D.
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-16T12:46:49Z
dc.date.available2019-09-16T12:46:49Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractTen species of Strychnos were collected from Oban group of Forest (Cross River State, Nigeria) without their inflorescence which hindered their complete identification. Their leaves sizes, shapes, stems coloration and other morphological characters show considerable variations. Anatomical results of their leaf epidermal structures were used to delimit these sterile species. The epidermal cell shapes are polygonal and irregular. Their anticlinal wall patterns are straight, curved or undulate. The epidermal cell numbers are between 87 and 280. Epidermal cell lengths are between 7μm and 38μm. Stomata types are generally paracytic and their indices vary between 5.8 and 11.3. Their trichomes are simple unicellular with lengths between 12μm and 155μm. Both cluster analysis and scatter plots revealed that SID1 and SID2 are very similar species; 94 % similarity. Principal component analysis revealed that epidermal cell number, length, width; trichome; stomata number and indices formed the major components delimiting these species among the 36 characters observed. There are 3 clusters formed which corresponded to 3 sections in Strychnos classifications.en_US
dc.identifier.citationOduoye, O. T., Ogundipe, O. T. and Olowokudejo, J. D. (2013). Leaf Epidermal Analysis for Diagnosis of Enigmatic Strychnos Species in Nigeria. The International Journal Of Engineering And Science 2(7): 109 - 119en_US
dc.identifier.issn2319 – 1813
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.unilag.edu.ng/handle/123456789/5586
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherThe International Journal of Engineering & Scienceen_US
dc.subjectAnatomyen_US
dc.subjectStrychnosen_US
dc.subjectEnigmaticen_US
dc.subjectObanen_US
dc.subjectClassificationen_US
dc.subjectvariationsen_US
dc.titleLeaf Epidermal Analysis for Diagnosis of Enigmatic Strychnos Species in Nigeriaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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