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Leaf anatomy of Quesnelia (Bromeliaceae): implications for the systematics of core bromelioids

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Quesnelia is an endemic genus of the Atlantic Forest in Brazil. It features 21 species and three varieties that are distributed from Santa Catarina to Bahia, with diversity centers in the Rio de Janeiro coastal region and the rainforest of southern Bahia. It is divided into the subgenera Quesnelia subg. Quesnelia and Quesnelia subg. Billbergiopsis. In this study, the leaf anatomy of all species of Quesnelia is characterized and compared by multivariate analysis to determine whether leaf anatomy confirms this subgeneric division. The results demonstrate that leaf anatomy supports the existence of three distinct groups of species now classified under the genus Quesnelia. When compared to other species, the first group, which is represented by five Billbergiopsis taxa, is characterized by distinct anatomical arrangement, where the stomata are positioned at the same level as the epidermis, the water storage tissue is poorly developed, and extra-fascicular fiber strands are distributed throughout the mesophyll. The remaining groups support the subgenera Quesnelia and Billbergiopsis, which differ basically in terms of the contour of the leaf in transverse sections, size and cell type of the adaxial water storage tissue, and the presence of extra-fascicular fiber strands. Comparing with anatomical data available in the literature for Bromelioideae, these results indicate the similarity of Quesnelia with Aechmea, Canistrum and Billbergia, which corroborates morphological and molecular phylogenies, and thus support future taxonomic circumscriptions of these important genera from the core Bromelioideae.

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Acknowledgments

The authors wish to thank Andre Amorim and Elton Leme for making part of the samples used here available, as well as Jorge Nessimian for assistance with statistical analysis; and Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq), Coordenadoria de Aperfeiçoamento do Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) and Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ) for fellowships.

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    André Mantovani, Anna Karla Lima da Venda & Rafaela Campostrini Forzza

  2. Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Quinta da Boa Vista, São Cristóvão, Rio de Janeiro, 20940-040, Brazil

    Valquíria Rezende Almeida & Andrea Ferreira da Costa

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Mantovani, A., da Venda, A.K.L., Almeida, V.R. et al. Leaf anatomy of Quesnelia (Bromeliaceae): implications for the systematics of core bromelioids. Plant Syst Evol 298, 787–800 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00606-012-0590-z

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