Cryptocarya
Creators: name: Moraes, Pedro Luís Rodrigues De
name: Ribeiro, Henrique Lauand
name: Neto, Carlos Alberto Moysés
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Laurales
Lauraceae
Cryptocarya

description: Key to the Brazilian species of Cryptocarya, based on leaf cuticle characters
1. Epidermal non-specialised cells with anticlinal walls straight to slightly curved adaxially, but never undulate...............................2
– Epidermal non-specialised cells with anticlinal walls variably undulate to sinuate adaxially, sometimes intermingled with straight and/or curved ones..............................................................................................................................................................................4
2. Epidermal non-specialised cells of almost equal size on both surfaces to larger abaxially, anticlinal walls strictly undulate abaxially, stomatal surface appearance type PD............................................................................................................................ C. botelhensis
– Epidermal non-specialised cells strictly of almost equal size on both surfaces, anticlinal walls straight to curved to undulate abaxially, stomatal surface appearance type AF to PC.......................................................................................................................3
3. Anticlinal walls straight to curved abaxially, stomatal surface appearance type AF ..................................................... C. citriformis
– Anticlinal walls curved to undulate abaxially, stomatal surface appearance type AF to PC............................................... C. saligna
4. Epidermal non-specialised cells strictly of almost equal size on both surfaces.................................................................................5
– Epidermal non-specialised cells of almost equal size on both surfaces to/or larger or smaller adaxially..........................................7
5. Anticlinal walls strictly undulate adaxially .................................................................................................................... C. sellowiana
– Anticlinal walls non strictly undulate adaxially .................................................................................................................................6
6. Anticlinal walls straight to curved to undulate adaxially, predominantly straight to curved abaxially .................... C. mandioccana
– Anticlinal walls undulate to sinuate adaxially, curved to undulate abaxially................................................................... C. moschata
7. Epidermal non-specialised cells of almost equal size on both surfaces to/or larger abaxially...........................................................8
– Epidermal non-specialised cells of almost equal size on both surfaces to larger adaxially ............................................ C. riedeliana
8. Epidermal non-specialised cells strictly larger abaxially ...................................................................................................................9
– Epidermal non-specialised cells non strictly larger abaxially ..........................................................................................................10
9. Anticlinal walls strictly undulate adaxially, stomatal ledge butterfly-shaped, stomatal surface appearance type PD......................... .................................................................................................................................................................................. C. subcorymbosa
– Anticlinal walls curved to undulate adaxially, stomatal ledge lip-shaped, stomatal surface appearance type AF to PC..................... ......................................................................................................................................................................................... C. wiedensis
10. Anticlinal walls strictly sinuate adaxially, curved to undulate to sinuate abaxially....................................................... C. guianensis
– Anticlinal walls not strictly sinuate adaxially, with a different degree of flange undulation abaxially ...........................................11
11. Anticlinal walls undulate to sinuate adaxially..................................................................................................................................12
– Anticlinal walls undulate to curved (to straight) adaxially ..............................................................................................................13
12. Anticlinal walls straight to curved abaxially, surface appearance of epidermal periclinal walls flat to protruding upward to papillose, stomatal surface appearance type AF to PD.................................................................................................................... C. micrantha
– Anticlinal walls undulate to curved abaxially, surface appearance of epidermal periclinal walls flat to protruding upward, stomatal surface appearance type PD............................................................................................................................................. C. velloziana
13. Anticlinal walls undulate to curved to straight adaxially, undulate to curved to straight abaxially.................. C. aff. aschersoniana
– Anticlinal walls undulate to curved adaxially, curved to undulate abaxially ........................................................... C. aschersoniana
description: Published as part of Moraes, Pedro Luís Rodrigues De, Ribeiro, Henrique Lauand & Neto, Carlos Alberto Moysés, 2022, Leaf cuticle in Brazilian species of Cryptocarya (Lauraceae), pp. 112-140 in Phytotaxa 571 (2) on pages 116-117, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.571.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/7284208