Plant leaves display abundant morphological richness yet grow to characteristic sizes and shapes. Beginning with a small number of undifferentiated founder cells, leaves evolve via a complex interplay ...

The laboratory work was developed in the Plant Physiology Laboratory of the Department of Biological Sciences (3°59’14.2 “S 79°11’52.5 “W) of the Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Loja, Ecuador.

The Plinia (ex Myrciaria) genus is a member of the Myrtaceae family and contains several species and hybrids such as Plinia peruviana, P. jaboticaba and P. cauliflora, among others, popularly known as ...