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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印度马哈拉施特拉邦西高止山脉Aristida L.不同种双叶硅片的变异及其系统和环境意义

植岩分析在禾草物种的分类划分中具有重要的意义，其依据是不同植岩形态类型的形态计量学和丰度。马兜铃属是禾本科马兜铃亚科马兜铃亚科的一个属，地理分布广泛，喜生长于温暖和干旱地区。本研究试图在印度马哈拉施特拉邦西高止山脉北部不同地点收集的Aristida的不同种类，根据BILOBATE硅形态的变化进行区分。我们认为具有长柄和凸端的双叶形可以被认为是Aristida属最重要的形态类型。本研究进一步揭示了BILOBATE亚形态如何帮助研究区羊茅属植物的分类分化，并将其与区域气候参数联系起来。

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Flora 生物-植物科学

CiteScore

3.30

自引率

10.50%

发文量

130

审稿时长

54 days

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