Use of Fruits and Infructescense Characters in the Identification of the Acacia Mill. (Leguminosae) Species in Nigeria

Fruits and infructescence characters of 31 Acacia Mill, taxa are described in this study. Three species, Acacia auriculiformis A. Cum.ex Benth. A. auricularis A. Cunn. ex. Benth. and A. schweinfurthii Brenan. & Exell., represent new records for Nigeria while three taxa, denoted as Acacia specie...

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Autori principali: Jayeola, A. A., Folorunso, A. E.
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description Fruits and infructescence characters of 31 Acacia Mill, taxa are described in this study. Three species, Acacia auriculiformis A. Cum.ex Benth. A. auricularis A. Cunn. ex. Benth. and A. schweinfurthii Brenan. & Exell., represent new records for Nigeria while three taxa, denoted as Acacia species unidentified A, Acacia species unidentifed B. Acacia unidentified C cannot be determined reliably using the available flora and resources of the herbarium. Mophometric variants were observed in A. gourinaensis A. Chev., A. sieberiana and A. dudgeoni, with the morphs identified temporarily as A. gourinaensis A. Chev. variant a and A. gourinaensis A. Chev. variant c, A sieberiana DC var. villosa A. Chev. variant a and A. dudgeoni Gaib. ex Hall variant a, respectively. What is not known from this study, however, is if the variation is genecological or not. Presence or absence of trichomes on the fruits and peduncle; fissure, vein and constriction patterns all provided stable characters. Migrations arising from nomadic culture may have accounted for the new additions to the flora. A taxonomic key based on the characters of the fruits and infructenscences is included.
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spelling oai:ir.oauife.edu.ng:123456789-33912023-05-13T11:09:19Z Use of Fruits and Infructescense Characters in the Identification of the Acacia Mill. (Leguminosae) Species in Nigeria Jayeola, A. A. Folorunso, A. E. Acacia Variants Fruits Infructenscences Morphometric Fruits and infructescence characters of 31 Acacia Mill, taxa are described in this study. Three species, Acacia auriculiformis A. Cum.ex Benth. A. auricularis A. Cunn. ex. Benth. and A. schweinfurthii Brenan. & Exell., represent new records for Nigeria while three taxa, denoted as Acacia species unidentified A, Acacia species unidentifed B. Acacia unidentified C cannot be determined reliably using the available flora and resources of the herbarium. Mophometric variants were observed in A. gourinaensis A. Chev., A. sieberiana and A. dudgeoni, with the morphs identified temporarily as A. gourinaensis A. Chev. variant a and A. gourinaensis A. Chev. variant c, A sieberiana DC var. villosa A. Chev. variant a and A. dudgeoni Gaib. ex Hall variant a, respectively. What is not known from this study, however, is if the variation is genecological or not. Presence or absence of trichomes on the fruits and peduncle; fissure, vein and constriction patterns all provided stable characters. Migrations arising from nomadic culture may have accounted for the new additions to the flora. A taxonomic key based on the characters of the fruits and infructenscences is included. 2014-08-07T14:38:24Z 2018-10-29T11:03:48Z 2014-08-07T14:38:24Z 2018-10-29T11:03:48Z 2010 Article Jayeola, A. A. and Folorunso, A. E. (2010). Use of Fruits and Infructescense Characters in the Identification of the Acacia Mill. (Leguminosae) Species in Nigeria. Nigerian Journal of Botany, 23(1). http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/3391 en PDF application/pdf Nigeria
spellingShingle Acacia
Variants
Fruits
Infructenscences
Morphometric
Jayeola, A. A.
Folorunso, A. E.
Use of Fruits and Infructescense Characters in the Identification of the Acacia Mill. (Leguminosae) Species in Nigeria
title Use of Fruits and Infructescense Characters in the Identification of the Acacia Mill. (Leguminosae) Species in Nigeria
title_full Use of Fruits and Infructescense Characters in the Identification of the Acacia Mill. (Leguminosae) Species in Nigeria
title_fullStr Use of Fruits and Infructescense Characters in the Identification of the Acacia Mill. (Leguminosae) Species in Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed Use of Fruits and Infructescense Characters in the Identification of the Acacia Mill. (Leguminosae) Species in Nigeria
title_short Use of Fruits and Infructescense Characters in the Identification of the Acacia Mill. (Leguminosae) Species in Nigeria
title_sort use of fruits and infructescense characters in the identification of the acacia mill leguminosae species in nigeria
topic Acacia
Variants
Fruits
Infructenscences
Morphometric
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