Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad

ISSN: 1870-3453
falvarez@ib.unam.mx
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
México

Zamora-Natera, Juan Francisco; Terrazas, Teresa

Anatomía foliar y del pecíolo de cuatro especies de Lupinus (Fabaceae)
Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, vol. 83, núm. 3, septiembre, 2012, pp. 687-697
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Distrito Federal, México

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Abstract
The aims of this study were to describe and compare the foliar and petiole anatomy of 4 species of Lupinus (L. aschenbornii
S.Schauer, L. exaltatus Zucc., L. montanus Kunth, and L. reflexus Rose) distributed in an elevation gradient at Parque Nacional
Nevado de Colima. Leaves were fixed in the field and prepared using the paraffin embedding technique. In addition, part of the
blades was dehydrated to describe leaf surface through the scanning electron microscope. The 4 species shared a papillose
epidermis with undulated anticlinal walls in different degrees, stomata anomocytic, simple unicellular trichomes, and bifacial
mesophyll. Leaflets of L. montanus are glabrous on the abaxial surface, whereas cells with a striate cuticle at the base of the
trichomes are a shared trait of L. montanus and L. reflexus. Differences found on blade and mesophyll thickness as well as the
abundance of epicuticular waxes could be an environmental effect. The petiole of the 4 species differed in the number and
distribution of vascular bundles, and could be useful to distinguish them if these results are confirm by studying a larger number of
species of Lupinus.

Keywords
Lupinus montanus, Lupinus reflexus, papillose cells, petiole vascular bundles, trichomes, cuticular striations, leaflets.

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