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Se estudió el indumento y la morfología de los tricomas del envés de las hojas y del endocarpo de 9 especies del género Mortoniodendron (Tiliaceae). Se establece el tipo de indumento y de tricomas según la forma, simetría, tamaño y densidad, mediante microscopía electrónica de barrido y óptica. En las hojas y endocarpo se definen 2 categorías para el tipo de indumento. Para las hojas, el axilar se presenta en 7 especies y glabrescente en 9 y para el endocarpo glabrescente en 5 especies y el resto glabras. Con relación a la forma, simetría y tamaño se reconocen 4 tipos de tricomas: simples de un brazo, fasciculados de 2 a 5 brazos, estrellados de 3 a 18 brazos y capitados uni y multicelulares. Los tricomas simples y fasciculados predominan en M. costaricense, M. hirsutum y M. vestitum. Los estrellados están presentes en todas las especies y se distinguen 4 categorías según el tamaño y número de brazos. Sólo en M. palaciosii y M. ruizii se encuentran tricomas capitados. En el endocarpo predominan los tricomas estrellados, excepto en M. vestitum con tricomas fasciculados largos. Se discute la importancia taxonómica de los resultados y se elabora una clave para identificar las especies.The indument and trichome morphology in leaves and endocarp for 9 species of Mortoniodendron (Tiliaceae) were studied. The distribution and the type of trichomes were established according to their form, symmetry, size, and density using scanning electron and optical microscopy. Two categories for the distribution of trichomes were defined in the leaves and the endocarp. In the case of the leaves, 7 species have axillar indument and it is glabrescent in 9, while in the endocarp 5 species show glabrescent and others glabrous. Four types of trichomes were recognized: acicular with a single arm, fasciculate with 2-5 arms, stellate with 3-18 arms, and uni or multicellular capitate. Acicular and fasciculate trichomes prevail in M. costaricense, M. hirsutum and M. vestitum. Stellate trichomes are present in all the species, but 4 categories are distinguished according to size and number of arms. Only M. palaciosii and M. ruizii possess capitate trichomes. In the endocarp stellate trichomes prevail, except for M. vestitum with long fasciculate trichomes. The taxonomic usefulness of the results is discussed and a key to identify the species is provided.

The genus Mortoniodendron is distributed from southeastern Mexico to Colombia and contains about 18 species of trees and shrubs. The main goal of this study is to describe and compare the leaf architecture and the anatomy of 11 species of Mortoniodendron using cleared leaves and paradermal and transverse leaf sections. All of the species of Mortoniodendron share a simple lamina with an entire margin. The differences among the species include the venation pattern, the relative thickness and course of the secondary veins, the presence or absence of the intersecondary veins, the tertiary vein pattern, the number of branches in veinlets, and the marginal ultimate venation. The leaf anatomy is similar to other species of the Malvaceae s.l.: for example, mucilage cells are common in Mortoniodendron. There are unique attributes of the leaf architecture and anatomy, such as the eucamptodromous venation pattern of M. guatemalense, which facilitates the identification of the species. The species M. palaciosii, M. pentagonum, M. ruizii, M. uxpanapense, and M. sp. nov. share features that suggest that they are closely related. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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