Morphoanatomy of the flower of Syagrus inajai (SPRUCE) Becc. (Arecaceae- Arecoideae- Attaleinae), Amazon.

Phylogenetic Analysis of Seven WRKY Genes across the Palm Subtribe Attaleinae (Arecaceae) Identifies Syagrus as Sister Group of the Coconut

BACKGROUND The Cocoseae is one of 13 tribes of Arecaceae subfam. Arecoideae, and contains a number of palms with significant economic importance, including the monotypic and pantropical Cocos nucifera L., the coconut, the origins of which have been one of the "abominable mysteries" of palm systematics for decades. Previous studies with predominantly plastid genes weakly supported American ances...

Leaflet anatomy verifies relationships within Syagrus (Arecaceae) and aids in identification

The current investigation was carried out to examine how palm anatomy may coincide with the current molecular analysis including the three recognized clades of Syagrus Mart. and to justify the splitting of acaulescent Syagrus species (e.g. Syagrus petraea (Mart.) Becc.) into several species. Free-hand cross-sections of leaflets were made and the comparison of these verifies the relationships su...

PART OF A SPECIAL ISSUE ON FLOWER DEVELOPMENT Floral structure and development in the monoecious palm Gaussia attenuata (Arecaceae; Arecoideae)

A new species of Anchylorhynchus Schoenherr (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from the Amazon, with a record of a new host palm for the genus.

Anchylorhynchus vanini sp. nov. from the Amazon is described, including the mouthparts and male genitalia. The new species is compared with similar species within the genus and the key to the species of Anchylorhynchus provided by Vaurie (1954) is modified to include the new species. Adult specimens were collected in flowers of the palm Syagrus vermicularis Noblick and additional collections in...

Key to Syagrus identification using leaflet margin anatomy: Supplement to “A revision of Syagrus (Arecaceae)”

Presented here is an alternative method of identification for species of the Neotropical palm genus Syagrus. It makes use of anatomical characters found in the leaflet margins and can be used for identification when few other vegetative or reproductive morphological characters are available. This anatomical study demonstrates the vast diversity found in a single palm genus and may also help to ...