Passiflora morphology: a guide for the description of species/Morfologia de Passiflora: una guia para la descripcion de sus especies/Morfologia da Passiflora: Uma Guia para a descricao de especies

Passiflora are a group of plants that have use from pre-columbian periods by the taste of their fruits, however, in the past centuries have been found compounds of pharmaceutical importance for human health. From this perspective, knowing the species by their morphological characters will allow to e...

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Published in:Revista de Investigación Agraria y Ambiental Vol. 6; no. 1; p. 91
Main Authors: Morales, Miguel Macgayver Bonilla, Morales, Adriana Carolina Aguirre, Varela, Oscar Manuel Agudelo
Format: Journal Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia 01-01-2015
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Summary:Passiflora are a group of plants that have use from pre-columbian periods by the taste of their fruits, however, in the past centuries have been found compounds of pharmaceutical importance for human health. From this perspective, knowing the species by their morphological characters will allow to explore the variability from level intra and inter specific, and also define its economic importance for its potential use in future. Therefore, the objective of this research was to define and illustrate the morphological characters used in Passiflora L. for studies of diversity, characterization and taxonomy in Colombia. In this vein, the habit, root, stem, stipule, leaf, flower, inflorescence, fruit and seed were defined with their respective descriptions that relate the current taxonomy of Passiflora. Furthermore a component of pollination was added that determined the major floristic relations and pollinators such as insects, birds and mammals. It was concluded that the understanding of morphological structures in Passiflora will guide work of characterization of germplasm and taxonomic revisions as an axis to describe new species. Key-words: descriptor, diversity, Passifloraceae, taxonomy. Las pasifloras son un grupo de plantas que tienen uso desde periodos precolombinos por el sabor de sus frutos, sin embargo, en los ultimos siglos se han encontrado compuestos de importancia farmaceutica para la salud humana. Desde esta perspectiva, conocer las especies mediante sus caracteres morfologicos permitira explorar la variabilidad existente a nivel intra e inter especifico, y tambien definir a futuro su importancia economica por su uso potencial. Por tal motivo, el objetivo de esta investigacion fue definir e ilustrar los caracteres morfologicos mas utilizados en Passiflora L. para estudios de diversidad, caracterizacion y taxonomia en Colombia. De esta manera, se establecieron los items de habito, raiz, tallo, estipula, hoja, flor, inflorescencia, fruto y semilla con sus respectivas descripciones que relacionan la taxonomia actual de Passiflora. Adicional, se anadio un componente de polinizacion que determino las principales relaciones floristicas y polinizadores como insectos, aves y mamiferos. Se concluye que el entendimiento de las estructuras morfologicas en Passiflora servira de guia para trabajos de caracterizacion de germoplasma y revisiones taxonomicas como eje para describir nuevas especies. Palabras clave: descriptor, diversidad, Passifloraceae, taxonomia. Passiflora are a group of plants that have been used from pre-columbian periods by the taste of their fruits, however, in the past centuries have been found compounds of pharmaceutical importance for human health. A partir desta perspectiva, conhecendo as especies por caracteres morfologicos, permitira explorar a variabilidade intra e interespecifica, e definir o futuro da sua importancia economica devido ao seu uso potencial. Portanto, o objetivo desta pesquisa foi definir e ilustrar os caracteres morfologicos comumente usados em Passiflora L. para estudos de diversidade, caracterizacao e taxonomia na Colombia. Assim, foram estabelecidos, os itens de habito, raiz, caule, stipule, folha, flor, inflorescencia, fruto e semente com as descricoes que se relacionam com a taxonomia atual de Passiflora. Alem disso, acrescentou um componente de polinizacao, que identificou as principais relacoes floristica e polinizadores, como insectos, aves e mamiferos. Concluiu-se que a compreensao das estruturas morfologicas Passiflora, proporcionara orientacoes para trabalhar caracterizacao de germoplasma e revisoes taxonomicos, como o eixo, para descrever novas especies. Palavras-chave: descritor, diversidade, Passifloraceae, taxonomia.
ISSN:2145-6097