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Carpological Analysis of Two Endemic Italian Species: Pimpinella anisoides and Pimpinella gussonei (Apiaceae)

This study aims to clarify the taxonomic doubts, which have varied over the centuries, on the only two endemic species of the genus Pimpinella growing in Italy: P. anisoides and P. gussonei. For this purpose, the main carpological characters of the two species were examined, analyzing the external m...

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Autores principales: Laface, Valentina Lucia Astrid, Musarella, Carmelo Maria, Tavilla, Gianmarco, Cambria, Salvatore, Maruca, Gina, Giusso del Galdo, Gianpietro, Spampinato, Giovanni
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10005084/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36903943
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants12051083
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author Laface, Valentina Lucia Astrid
Musarella, Carmelo Maria
Tavilla, Gianmarco
Cambria, Salvatore
Maruca, Gina
Giusso del Galdo, Gianpietro
Spampinato, Giovanni
author_facet Laface, Valentina Lucia Astrid
Musarella, Carmelo Maria
Tavilla, Gianmarco
Cambria, Salvatore
Maruca, Gina
Giusso del Galdo, Gianpietro
Spampinato, Giovanni
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description This study aims to clarify the taxonomic doubts, which have varied over the centuries, on the only two endemic species of the genus Pimpinella growing in Italy: P. anisoides and P. gussonei. For this purpose, the main carpological characters of the two species were examined, analyzing the external morphological traits and their cross-sections. Fourteen morphological traits were identified, obtaining datasets for the two groups using 40 mericarps (20 per species). The obtained measurements were subjected to statistical analysis (MANOVA and PCA). Our results highlight that at least 10 of the 14 morphological traits analyzed support the distinction between P. anisoides and P. gussonei. In particular, the following carpological characters are very significant ways to distinguish between the two species: monocarp width and length (Mw, Ml), monocarp length from base to maximum width (Mm), stylopodium width and length (Sw, Sl), length/width ratio (l/w) and cross-section area (CSa). In particular, the fruit of P. anisoides is larger (Mw 1.61 ± 0.10 mm) than that of P. gussonei (Mw 1.27 ± 0.13 mm), the mericarps of the first species are longer (Ml 3.14 ± 0.32 vs. 2.26 ± 0.18 mm) and the cross-section area (CSa) of P. gussonei is larger (0.92 ± 0.19 mm) than that of P. anisoides (0.69 ± 0.12 mm). The results also highlight the importance of the morphological traits of the carpological structures for the specific discrimination of similar species. The findings of this study contribute to an evaluation of the taxonomic significance of this species within the genus Pimpinella, and also provide valuable information for the conservation of these two endemic species.
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spelling pubmed-100050842023-03-11 Carpological Analysis of Two Endemic Italian Species: Pimpinella anisoides and Pimpinella gussonei (Apiaceae) Laface, Valentina Lucia Astrid Musarella, Carmelo Maria Tavilla, Gianmarco Cambria, Salvatore Maruca, Gina Giusso del Galdo, Gianpietro Spampinato, Giovanni Plants (Basel) Article This study aims to clarify the taxonomic doubts, which have varied over the centuries, on the only two endemic species of the genus Pimpinella growing in Italy: P. anisoides and P. gussonei. For this purpose, the main carpological characters of the two species were examined, analyzing the external morphological traits and their cross-sections. Fourteen morphological traits were identified, obtaining datasets for the two groups using 40 mericarps (20 per species). The obtained measurements were subjected to statistical analysis (MANOVA and PCA). Our results highlight that at least 10 of the 14 morphological traits analyzed support the distinction between P. anisoides and P. gussonei. In particular, the following carpological characters are very significant ways to distinguish between the two species: monocarp width and length (Mw, Ml), monocarp length from base to maximum width (Mm), stylopodium width and length (Sw, Sl), length/width ratio (l/w) and cross-section area (CSa). In particular, the fruit of P. anisoides is larger (Mw 1.61 ± 0.10 mm) than that of P. gussonei (Mw 1.27 ± 0.13 mm), the mericarps of the first species are longer (Ml 3.14 ± 0.32 vs. 2.26 ± 0.18 mm) and the cross-section area (CSa) of P. gussonei is larger (0.92 ± 0.19 mm) than that of P. anisoides (0.69 ± 0.12 mm). The results also highlight the importance of the morphological traits of the carpological structures for the specific discrimination of similar species. The findings of this study contribute to an evaluation of the taxonomic significance of this species within the genus Pimpinella, and also provide valuable information for the conservation of these two endemic species. MDPI 2023-03-01 /pmc/articles/PMC10005084/ /pubmed/36903943 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants12051083 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Laface, Valentina Lucia Astrid
Musarella, Carmelo Maria
Tavilla, Gianmarco
Cambria, Salvatore
Maruca, Gina
Giusso del Galdo, Gianpietro
Spampinato, Giovanni
Carpological Analysis of Two Endemic Italian Species: Pimpinella anisoides and Pimpinella gussonei (Apiaceae)
title Carpological Analysis of Two Endemic Italian Species: Pimpinella anisoides and Pimpinella gussonei (Apiaceae)
title_full Carpological Analysis of Two Endemic Italian Species: Pimpinella anisoides and Pimpinella gussonei (Apiaceae)
title_fullStr Carpological Analysis of Two Endemic Italian Species: Pimpinella anisoides and Pimpinella gussonei (Apiaceae)
title_full_unstemmed Carpological Analysis of Two Endemic Italian Species: Pimpinella anisoides and Pimpinella gussonei (Apiaceae)
title_short Carpological Analysis of Two Endemic Italian Species: Pimpinella anisoides and Pimpinella gussonei (Apiaceae)
title_sort carpological analysis of two endemic italian species: pimpinella anisoides and pimpinella gussonei (apiaceae)
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10005084/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36903943
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/plants12051083
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