Host preference, orientation and morphological-anatomical features of Pleopeltis minima (Polypodiaceae) in an urban environment
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Pleopeltis, epiphytes, anatomy, ferns, PolypodiaceaeAbstract
Hernández, M. A.; R. O. Varela; L. C. Terán; M. Mata. 2012. “Host preference, orientation and morphological-anatomical features of Pleopeltis minima (Polypodiaceae) in an urban environment”. Lilloa 49 (2). P. minima is an epiphytic, dissecation tolerant fern of the Polypodiaceae Family of wide latitudinal distribution in South America. This study analyzes the preference of P. minima for host species and orientation and describes the morphological and anatomical xeromorphic structures of the frond and stem of P. minima in all the trees of San Miguel de Tucumán and Yerba Buena. The presence and orientation of P. minima on the trunk and lateral branches up to 4 meters height was observed in all the trees in the Mate de Luna and Aconquija Avenues (9,5 Km long). Eight species were hosts to P. minima. Handroanthus impetiginosa (“lapacho rosado”) and Jacaranda mimosifolia (“jacarandá”) were the mean hosts and the most abundant species in the Avenues. The absolute proportion of host trees was greater in Enterolobium contortisiliquum (“pacará”) and similar to Ceiba chodatii (“palo borracho”), H. impetiginosa and J. mimosifolia. The south-facing branches showed significantly higher frequency of P. minima. The scales in the petiole, together with the opening and closing of the wings, and the subepidermic sclerenchymatic ring are considered mechanisms of control of the procesees of hidratation and water loss. These findings are the first in their type for ferns of the Polypodiaceae Family
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