Comparison of Seed Images with Geometric Models, an Approach to the Morphology of Silene (Caryophyllaceae)

Autor: José Javier Martín-Gómez, José Luis Rodríguez-Lorenzo, Bohuslav Janoušek, Ana Juan, Emilio Cervantes
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Taxonomy, Vol 3, Iss 1, Pp 109-132 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2673-6500
DOI: 10.3390/taxonomy3010010
Popis: Seed morphological description is traditionally based on adjectives, which originated from the comparison with other shapes, including geometric figures. Nevertheless, descriptions based on this feature are not quantitative and measurements giving the percentage of similarity of seeds with reference figures are not available in the literature. Lateral views of Silene seeds resemble the cardioid and cardioid-derived figures. Dorsal views, nonetheless, resemble ellipses and derivatives, allowing seed shape quantification by comparison with defined geometric figures. In this work, we apply already-described models as well as new models to the morphological analysis of 51 Silene species. Our data revealed the existence of a link between lateral and dorsal models. Lateral models closed in the hilum region (models LM2 and LM4) were associated with those convex models of the dorsal seed views (DM1-DM4, DM10). Lateral models more open around the hilum region adjusted to seeds characterized as dorso canaliculata type better, i.e., to those geometric models with partial concavities in their dorsal views. The relationship between lateral and dorsal models, as well as between the models to their utility in taxonomy, is discussed.
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