Taxonomic Significance of Glume Morphology and Leaf Epidermal Characteristics in some Taxa of Tribe Aveneae (Poaceae)

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  • Adel EL-GAZZAR Faculty of Education at El-Arish, Suez Canal University, N. Sinai, Egypt (EG)
  • Monier El-GHANI Faculty of Science, Cairo University (EG)
  • Lamiaa SHALABI Faculty of Education, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt (EG)

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https://doi.org/10.15835/nsb528338

Abstract

The numerical classification of tribe Aveneae (Poaceae) is discussed regarding the glume morphology and silica skeleton morphologies. The present study dealt with 18 species belonging to 10 genera of the tribe to cover as many groups as possible within Aveneae. The total of 31 structural characters and 71 character states were scored comparatively. The resulted data matrix was analyzed under a combination of Euclidean distance measure and Ward’s clustering method included in the program package PC-ORD version 5. The resulted dendrogram separated the tribe into five basic sub-ordinate groups created from three major groups A, B and C. The taxonomic significance of these results was discussed. The results showed congruence between the clustering and PCA method, in suggesting three major groups and 5 sub-ordinate groups.

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Adel EL-GAZZAR, Faculty of Education at El-Arish, Suez Canal University, N. Sinai, Egypt

Department of Biological and Geological Sciences, Professor

Monier El-GHANI, Faculty of Science, Cairo University

Botany Department, Professor

Lamiaa SHALABI, Faculty of Education, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Department of Biological and Geological Sciences, Lecturer

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2013-05-28

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EL-GAZZAR, A., El-GHANI, M., & SHALABI, L. (2013). Taxonomic Significance of Glume Morphology and Leaf Epidermal Characteristics in some Taxa of Tribe Aveneae (Poaceae). Notulae Scientia Biologicae, 5(2), 144–155. https://doi.org/10.15835/nsb528338

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DOI: 10.15835/nsb528338

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