"MORPHOLOGY OF SEEDLINGS OF SPECIES OF TWO TRIBES OF LEGUMINOSAE (PAPILIONOIDEAE) IN A TAXONOMIC AND PHILOGENETIC CONTEXT"
Systematic; Phylogeny; Leptolobieae; Exostyleae; Post-seminal development.
The Papilionoideae comprises the largest number of Leguminosae taxa, with 28 tribes, about 502 genera and 14,000 species, with tribes Leptolobieae and Exostyleae currently recognized as monophyletic within Papilionoideae. Leptolobieae is composed of 29 species distributed in five genera, and Exostyleae has six genera and 21 species. The use of adult plant morphological information is not always sufficient to solve gaps about systematics and taxonomy, especially for taxa with high phenotypic plasticity and /or arising from processes of recent speciation. The seedling morphology of Leguminosae has a great systematic potential, even providing subsidies for solving phylogenetic relationships in certain clades using combined data, as well as assisting in the systematics of taxa. The objective of the project is to evaluate the relevance of using morphological characters from seedlings of two Papilionoideae tribes (Leptolobieae and Exostyleae) in a phylogenetic and taxonomic context, seeking to contribute to the understanding of the evolutionary relationship between the tribes' terminals, highlighting the potential incorporation of seedling morphological characters. The data will be obtained from at least one species of all genera of each tribe. Bibliographic surveys will be carried out in online journals, consultations on herbariums and virtual platforms to map the matrices and obtain information on the period of fruiting and feasibility of collections. Once the propagules are obtained, they will benefit and the seeds will be sown. Seedling will be considered when the eophyllum (s) is (are) fully formed (s) and then illustrated. Identification keys will be prepared for seedlings of the tribes' genera. For phylogenetic analysis, morphological and molecular data will be used to map the evolution of characters within the tribes.