Meet OMOLOKUN KEHINDE THEOPHILUS, an Academic Staff of Lagos State University.
Plant Anatomy And Taxonomy
Lecturer II
Botany
At the Botany department office
Appointment on Visitation important
| # | Certificate | School | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ph.D (PLANT BIOLOGY) | DEPARTMENT OF PLANT BIOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN, ILORIN, NIGERIA | 2020 |
TAXIMETRIC EVALUATION OF SOME SPECIES OF LAMIACEAE FROM LAGOS, NIGERIA
INTRODUCTIONThe comparative leaf anatomy of four plant species namely Clerodendrum spendens, Ocimum gratissimum, Tectona grandis and Gmelina arborea were examined AIMThe aim was to reveal leaf epidermal features useful for taxonomic purposes. METHODOLOGYThe leaf epidermal layers of the studied species were isolated using the nail polish method. The epidermal layers were observed under the light microscope to determine the stomata features, epidermal cell and trichome types. RESULTSThe results showed that the studied species were hypostomatic in nature, except Ocimum gratissimum that was amphistomatic. Heterogenous stomatal complex types such as brachyparacytic, paracytic, paratetracytic, diacytic, staurocytic and anomocytic were observed among the species. The common anatomical features that classified the four species into the same family was brachyparacytic stomatal complex type. The diagnostic features observed for the studied species were presence of amphistomatic leaf nature, staurocytic and diacytic stomatal complex types; as well as peltate trichome on the adaxial surface of Ocimum gratissinum; the occurrence of paratetracytic and paracytic stomatal complex types on the abaxial surface of Clerodendrum splendens and polygonal epidermal cell shape in Clerodendrum splendens; the occurrence of round anticlinal cell wall pattern in Tectona grandis; as well as the presence of anomocytic stomatal complex types on the abaxial surface of Gmelina arborea; and rectangular epidermal cell shape on both surfaces of Gmelina arborea. CONTRIBUTION TO KNOWLEDGE The investigated species exhibit close inter-generic relationship in their leaf anatomical traits due to the similarity and variations in their anatomical attributes for effective classification and identification.
OMOLOKUN KEHINDE is a Lecturer II at the Department of Botany
OMOLOKUN has a Ph.D in PLANT BIOLOGY from DEPARTMENT OF PLANT BIOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN, ILORIN, NIGERIA
