Wood anatomy of the neotropical Sapotaceae. XXII, Pradosia

B.F. Kukachka

doi:10.2737/FPL-RP-373

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Wood anatomy of the neotropical Sapotaceae. XXII, Pradosia

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Authors:

B.F. Kukachka

Year:

1981

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Forest Products Laboratory

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/FPL-RP-373

Source:

Res. Pap. FPL-373. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, 1981: 10 pages

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Abstract

As constituted here, the genus Pradosia consists of a group of closely related species including the species attributed to Glycoxylon and Neopometia. The members of Pradosia are readily separable anatomically from other American Sapotaceae by the presence of silica in the wood rays and of microcrystals (crystal sand) in the axial parenchyma. Although Podoluma does share these features with Pradosia, it has much larger pores arranged in a clustered echelon arrangement.

Keywords

Sapotaceae, neotropical trees, wood anatomy

Citation

Kukachka, B.F. 1981. Wood anatomy of the neotropical Sapotaceae. XXII, Pradosia. Res. Pap. FPL-373. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, 1981: 10 pages