Faculty Research & Creative Activity
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
January 2006
Abstract
Subtribe Oncidiinae comprises a vegetatively heterogeneous assemblage of species that has persistently been incapable of organization. Anatomy was considered to be a possible means to resolve the perplexity of relationships amongst the constituent taxa. The consistent occurrence of a foliar hypodermis, homogeneous mesophyll, conical silica bodies in stegmata, and ubiquitous fibre bundles in leaves provides a matrix for linking the taxa, as do the parenchymatous pith and O-thickened endodermal cell walls in roots. However, the strict consensus of the 40 genera studied was completely unresolved, suggesting that vegetative characters alone are insufficient to assess the relationships amongst these taxa, a conclusion also reached for the remainder of Maxillarieae.
Recommended Citation
Stern, William and Carlsward, Barbara, "Comparative vegetative anatomy and systematics of Oncidiinae (Maxillarieae, Orchidaceae)" (2006). Faculty Research & Creative Activity. 352.
https://thekeep.eiu.edu/bio_fac/352
https://works.bepress.com/barbara_carlsward/10/
