Variability of Bilobate silicomorphs in different species of Aristida L. from Western Ghats part of Maharashtra, India and its systematic and environmental implications

IF 1.7 4区生物学 Q3 ECOLOGY Flora Pub Date : 2025-02-08 DOI:10.1016/j.flora.2025.152681

Manjuree Karmakar , Ranita Biswas , Madhab Naskar , Oindrila Biswas , Althaf Ahamed Kabeer K , Subir Bera

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Abstract

Phytolith analysis has gained immense importance in taxonomic demarcation of grass species based on the morphometry and abundance of distinctive phytolith morphotypes. Aristida, a genus belonging to the subfamily Aristidoideae under family Poaceae is distributed in wide geographical locations and prefers to grow in warm and arid regions.The present study attempts to distinguish different species of Aristida collected from various sites of northern Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India on the basis of variations in BILOBATE silico-morphotypes. We suggest that Bilobates having long shank with convex-convex ends can be regarded as the most significant morphotype for the genus Aristida. The present study further shows how BILOBATE sub-morphotypes aid taxonomic differentiation of Aristida species of the study area and correlates the grasses with the regional climatic parameters.

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Flora 生物-植物科学

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3.30

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10.50%

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130

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54 days

期刊介绍： FLORA publishes original contributions and review articles on plant structure (morphology and anatomy), plant distribution (incl. phylogeography) and plant functional ecology (ecophysiology, population ecology and population genetics, organismic interactions, community ecology, ecosystem ecology). Manuscripts (both original and review articles) on a single topic can be compiled in Special Issues, for which suggestions are welcome. FLORA, the scientific botanical journal with the longest uninterrupted publication sequence (since 1818), considers manuscripts in the above areas which appeal a broad scientific and international readership. Manuscripts focused on floristics and vegetation science will only be considered if they exceed the pure descriptive approach and have relevance for interpreting plant morphology, distribution or ecology. Manuscripts whose content is restricted to purely systematic and nomenclature matters, to geobotanical aspects of only local interest, to pure applications in agri-, horti- or silviculture and pharmacology, and experimental studies dealing exclusively with investigations at the cellular and subcellular level will not be accepted. Manuscripts dealing with comparative and evolutionary aspects of morphology, anatomy and development are welcome.