Aristideae C. E. Hubbard 1960
Creators: name: Maasoumi, Zahra
name: Pakravan, Maneezheh
name: Hamzee, Behnam
name: Zarei, Roghaieh
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Liliopsida
Poales
Poaceae

description: Identification key based on anatomical and micromorphological traits in Aristida and Stipagrostis species of Iran
1- Leaf U or open U shaped in transverse section ..................................................................................................................................2
- Leaf circle shaped in transverse section .............................................................................................................................................9
2- Leaf U shaped.....................................................................................................................................................................................3
- Leaf open U shaped............................................................................................................................................................................8
3- The cells of inner bundle sheaths are larger than the outer cells........................................................................................................4
- The cells of inner bundle sheaths are smaller than the outer cells .....................................................................................................6
4- Saddle shaped silica bodies absent .......................................................................................................................... Aristida abnormis
- Saddle shaped silica bodies present....................................................................................................................................................5
5- Abaxial epidermis without papilae.................................................................................................................... Aristida coerulescens
- Abaxial epidermis with papilae ......................................................................................................................... Aristida adscensionis
6- Leaf without kranz anatomy system................................................................................................................. Stipagrostis paradisea
- Leaf with kranz anatomy system........................................................................................................................................................7
7- Papilae presents on abaxial epidermis. Leaf without saddle shaped silicabodies ................................................ Stipagrostis cliliata
- Papilae absents on abaxial epidermis. Leaf with saddle shaped silica bodies.............................................. Stipagrostis pogonoptila
8- Papilae presents on abaxial epidermis................................................................................................................ Stipagrostis karelinii
- Papilae absents on abaxial epidermis .................................................................................................................. Stipagrostis barbata
9- Papilae presents on abaxial epidermis..............................................................................................................................................10
- Papilae absents on abaxial epidermis .................................................................................................................. Stipagrostis pennata
10- Sclerenchyma absents from abaxial side of median vascular bundle.................................................................... Stipagrostis obtusa
- Hood shaped sclerenchyma presents on abaxial side of median vascular bundle............................................................................11
11- Saddle shaped silica bodies are present on abaxial epidermis .......................................................................... Stipagrostis raddian a
- Saddle shaped silica bodies are absent on abaxial epidermis.............................................................................. Stipagrostis plumosa
description: Published as part of Maasoumi, Zahra, Pakravan, Maneezheh, Hamzee, Behnam & Zarei, Roghaieh, 2023, Leaf micromorphology and anatomy in the tribe Aristideae (Poaceae) in Iran and its systematic implications, pp. 75-92 in Phytotaxa 578 (1) on page 89, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.578.1.4, http://zenodo.org/record/7517664