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2015
DOI: 10.15446/caldasia.v37n1.50815
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Sinopsis De Croton (Euphorbiaceae) en Los Andes De Mérida, Venezuela

Abstract: <p>Se realizó una sinopsis taxonómica del género Croton en los Andes de Mérida, Venezuela. Se analizaron caracteres vegetativos en 245 especímenes y se hizo un análisis de agrupamiento que resultó en la identificación de 21 grupos discretos a los cuales les fueron asignadas las identidades taxonómicas específicas más apropiadas. De estas 21 especies, C. pedicellatus representa un nuevo registro para Venezuela, C. fragilis, C. speciosus y C. redolens son nuevos registros para la región andina. Se proponen… Show more

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“…However, our results show that the use of anatomical characters could facilitate taxonomic delimitation at the species level in sections of Croton, and it is possible that using anatomical and morphological characters in combination could be even more useful for establishing species limits. There is a recent study establishing species limits in Croton occurring in a region of the northern Andes (Luján, León & Riina, 2015), but these authors only analysed vegetative morphological characters.…”
Section: Delimitation Of Groups and Taxonomic Implicationsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, our results show that the use of anatomical characters could facilitate taxonomic delimitation at the species level in sections of Croton, and it is possible that using anatomical and morphological characters in combination could be even more useful for establishing species limits. There is a recent study establishing species limits in Croton occurring in a region of the northern Andes (Luján, León & Riina, 2015), but these authors only analysed vegetative morphological characters.…”
Section: Delimitation Of Groups and Taxonomic Implicationsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…El género Croton Linnaeus, 1753 es predominantemente arbustivo, aunque también incluye hierbas, árboles y ocasionalmente lianas constituyendo elementos importantes de la vegetación secundaria (Berry et al 2005). En Venezuela, Croton es el género mejor representado de la familia Euphorbiaceae con 79 especies (Luján et al 2015). De acuerdo con nuestras observaciones, C. conduplicatus habita en ambientes periurbanos en un sistema sucesional de bosque estacionalmente seco entre los 1.180 y 1.590 msnm en suelos inclinados de textura franco arenosa.…”
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“…Croton is a genus in the Euphorbiaceae family with about 1,300 widely distributed species in tropical and subtropical regions, mainly in arid and semi-arid areas, with greater diversity in Brazil, Madagascar and the Caribbean (Luján et al, 2015). It is the second most numerous and diverse genus and encompasses herbs and trees with varied leaf forms, with glands at the base of the leaf or on the petiolo and female flowers with reduced or absent petals.…”
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“…It is the second most numerous and diverse genus and encompasses herbs and trees with varied leaf forms, with glands at the base of the leaf or on the petiolo and female flowers with reduced or absent petals. Most Croton species have secretory structures such as floral and extrafloral nectaries (Salatino et al, 2007;Luján et al, 2015) and have abundant compounds with biological activity, mainly diterpenoids and active alkaloids (Milanowski et al, 2002;Block et al, 2004). Taspine is a minor alkaloid found in the sap of mature trees (Perdue et al, 1979).…”
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confidence: 99%