PATRONES ESTRUCTURALES EN LAS PLANTAS VASCULARES: UNA REVISION STRUCTURAL PATTERNS IN VASCULAR PLANTS: A REVIEW

En las últimas décadas han surgido distintas aproximaciones al aspecto dinámico e integral del crecimiento de las plantas, que interpretan en forma variada su estructura. Estas formas de abordar el estudio de los patrones de crecimiento son: sistema de vástagos, forma de crecimiento, arquitectura vegetal, teoría de plantas clonales y tipología de las inflorescencias. En consecuencia, se ha generado una diversa terminología con distinto grado de precisión y detalle, en ciertos casos equivalente entre enfoques y en otros no. Esta revisión presenta los distintos enfoques y discute las relaciones existentes entre ellos, haciendo énfasis en el estudio del sistema de ramificación de vástagos de la plantaThe last few decades have seen the development of diverse schools of interpretation of the dynamic growth of plants, namely shoot system analysis, growth form analysis, plant architecture, clonal plant theory and inflorescence typology. This has given rise to a plethora of terminology with diverse degrees of precision and detail. In this review we present these different approaches and discuss the relationships among them, with special emphasis on the study of the branching system of shoot

The inflorescences structure of Cyperus L. section Luzuloidei Kunth (Cyperaceae)

In the present work the inflorescences of 12 species of Cyperus sect. Luzuloidei Kunth sensu Kükenthal were analyzed using the methodology and terminology of Troll's school. All the inflorescences studied are polytelic (indeterminate). The inflorescences are anthela-like or capitate, and can be terminal or pseudolateral. Below the main florescence a paracladial zone is present. In this zone three types of branching were observed, i.e. normal, accessory-axillar and prophyllar branching, whose position vary among the different species. In the paracladial zone a subzone of long paracladia and a subzone of short paracladia were observed. In the short paracladial subzone the spikelets are clustered in fascicles, which can be serial, prophyllar or mixed. Variation in length and position of pherophylls, length of prophyll, number and degree of branching were noticed. The systematic value of the inflorescences in the section Luzuloidei is discussed.Fil: Guarise, Nicolas Javier. Universidad Nacional del Litoral; ArgentinaFil: Vegetti, Abelardo Carlos. Universidad Nacional del Litoral; Argentin