{"id":6665,"date":"2017-06-16T03:43:03","date_gmt":"2017-06-16T03:43:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rsoftsolution.com\/blog\/first-few-millimeters-of-the-leaf-margin-identify-palm-species-in-a-new-key-to-syagrus.html"},"modified":"2017-06-16T03:43:03","modified_gmt":"2017-06-16T03:43:03","slug":"first-few-millimeters-of-the-leaf-margin-identify-palm-species-in-a-new-key-to-syagrus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/first-few-millimeters-of-the-leaf-margin-identify-palm-species-in-a-new-key-to-syagrus.html","title":{"rendered":"First few millimeters of the leaf margin identify palm species in a new key to Syagrus"},"content":{"rendered":"

In fact, this tiny leaf slice carries enough information to identify the species to which it belongs. In a new key to the Neotropical palm genus Syagrus<\/em>, published in the open access journal PhytoKeys<\/em>, scientists demonstrate how this technique could be useful in species identification when other morphological characters fail to give definite answers.<\/p>\n

The manuscript not only demonstrates the benefits of using leaflet anatomy, but also teaches how to use simple leaflet-slicing or sectioning techniques that plant scientists can apply to their own species identification research.<\/p>\n

Leaf-slicing techniques are not new to botany and there is a number of ways to hand section leaflet margins, which neither require expensive hardware or use of chemicals and dyes, making the method accessible in almost all settings.<\/p>\n

In fact, what Dr. Larry R. Noblick from the Montgomery Botanical Center, Florida, USA, proposes in his paper is a technique using a small straight razor and a piece of carrot to obtain the palm leaflet slices used in his research.<\/p>\n

“One can easily and quickly access a lot of information from simple cross-sections that is helpful not only to identify species but to even show crude relationships within a group. We demonstrate the technique for palms from the Syagrus<\/em> genus, but we strongly believe it may be found useful in other plant groups as well,” explains the author.<\/p>\n

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