DISTINGUISHING Campa guianensis Aubl. FROM Campa procera D.C. (MELIACEAE) BY MORPHOLOGY OF YOUNG SEEDLINGS

Seedling morphology was studied in Campa guianensisAubl. and Carapa proceraD. C. from germination to 90 days age. In both species germination is hypogeal and cryptocotylar. Both have rare albino seedlings. Though both species have compound leaves when adult, C, proceraputs out an average total of six simple leaves at germination, while leaves of C. guianensisare compound at all stages. This is the best diagnostic character for separation of the two species at the young seedling stage. Not diagnostic, but none the less useful, is the fact, that polyembryonic seeds are often found in C. procera,but not observed in C guianensis.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	FISCH,Simey Thury Vieira, FERRAZ,Isolde Dorothea Kossmann, RODRIGUES,William Antonio
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia 1995
Online Access:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0044-59671995000400193
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