Epidermal Properties of Aloe vacillans Forsskal Leaf and Its Taxonomical Significance in Classifying its Two Forms
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Abstract
About 14 leaf epidermal characters (6 epidermal cell properties and 8 stomatal properties) of two forms (red-flowered and yellow-flowered forms) of Aloe vacillans Forsskal (Endemic Species to South West of Arabian Peninsula) were investigated. Only two epidermal cell properties and three stomatal properties show high significance in distinguishing between the two forms of A. vacillans. Moreover; 12 epidermal quantitative characters were subjected to numerical analysis (UPGMA), and the resulted dendrogram segregated the two examined forms at a relatively high similarity level (93.53%). This confirms that the two forms (red form and yellow form) of A. vacillans are two different infra-specific taxa under A. vacillans, which were described as A. audhalica Lavranos and Hardy and A. dhalensis Lavranos.
Keywords
Aloe vacillans,
A. audhalica,
A. dhalensis,
Epidermal characters, Taxonomy.
Authors’ Contribution
HMI and ANAA designed the study. HMI and ARA performed the experiments. HMI analyzed data, wrote and revised the paper.
How to cite
Ibrahim, H.M., Alshaibani, A.R., Al-Gifri, A.N.A., 2021. Epidermal Properties of Aloe vacillans Forsskål Leaf and Its Taxonomical Significance in Classifying its Two Forms. PSM Biol. Res., 6(3): 76-83.
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