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Révision du genre Digitaria Haller (Poaceae) au Sénégal : proposition d’une clé de détermination pour une meilleure identification des espèces
- Source :
- International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences. 10:58
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- African Journals Online (AJOL), 2016.
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Abstract
- Le genre Digitaria Haller (Poaceae) constitue l’un des genres les plus diversifies des Poaceae du Senegal avec 19 especes. Bien qu’il y ait une monographie mondiale du genre, la determination des especes reste difficile et repose essentiellement sur les caracteres de l’appareil reproducteur. Ce travail, qui est une revision du genre Digitaria au Senegal, est entrepris afin de rechercher des caracteres pertinents sur l’appareil vegetatif et d’ameliorer l’identification des especes. Pour ce faire, une description detaillee des differents organes des specimens etudies est realisee a l’aide d’une loupe binoculaire. Les resultats de l’etude montrent que la pubescence de l’epillet est un caractere essentiel pour l’identification des especes. De plus, les longueurs relatives de la glume superieure et de la lemma inferieure sont tres interessantes pour la discrimination d’especes affines. Toutefois, l’etude supplementaire des organes vegetatifs de la plante adulte montre que certains caracteres vegetatifs pourraient contribuer considerablement a l’amelioration de l’identification des especes. Il s’agit du cycle biologique, de la pubescence de la ligule, de la marge du limbe, des noeuds et des entre-noeuds du chaume qui sont des caracteres plus faciles a observer. Une cle de determination basee sur des caracteres vegetatifs et reproducteurs des especes est ainsi elaboree. © 2015 International Formulae Group. All rights reserved. Mots cles: Digitaria , Poaceae, revision, cle de determination, Senegal English Title: Review of Digitaria Haller (Poaceae) genus in Senegal: suggestion of a determination key for a better identification of species English Abstract The genus Digitaria Haller (Poaceae) is one of the most diversified genera of Poaceae in Senegal with 19 species. Although it has a worldwide monograph of the genus, the identification of species remains difficult and mainly based on the characteristics of the reproductive system. This work, which is a review of the genus Digitaria in Senegal, is undertaken in order to search relevant characteristics on the vegetative system and to improve the identification of species. To do this, a detailed description of the various organs of the studied specimens is carried out using a binocular microscope. The results of the study show that the pubescence of the spikelet is an essential characteristic for the identification of species. Moreover, the relative lengths of the upper glume and lower lemma are very interesting for the discrimination of species closely related. However, the additional study of vegetative organs of the adult plant shows that some vegetative characteristics could contribute considerably to the improvement of the identification of species. It is the biological cycle, the pubescence of the ligule, the margin of the leaf blade, nodes and internodes of the thatch which are characteristics easier to observe. A key of determination based on vegetative and reproductive characteristics of species is thus worked out. © 2015 International Formulae Group. All rights reserved. Mots cles: Digitaria , Poaceae, review, key of determination, Senegal
- Subjects :
- biology
Genus
Digitaria
Botany
Leaf blade
Poaceae
biology.organism_classification
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Details
- ISSN :
- 1997342X and 19918631
- Volume :
- 10
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Biological and Chemical Sciences
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........ec0862db89044a109388f43f77b31843
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.4314/ijbcs.v10i1.6