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Darwiniana, nueva serie
versão impressa ISSN 0011-6793versão On-line ISSN 1850-1699
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BAKKER, María L. e ALVARADO, Patricia I.. Cuticular wax linear alkanes in leaves of Populus alba, Populus deltoides (Salicaceae), Robinia pseudoacacia (Fabaceae), Ulmus pumila (Ulmaceae) and Fraxinus americana (Oleaceae) from Tandil, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Darwiniana [online]. 2006, vol.44, n.1, pp.58-63. ISSN 0011-6793.
Mature leaves of adult individuals of Populus alba, Populus deltoides, Robinia pseudoacacia, Ulmus pumila and Fraxinus americana from the University Campus, Tandil, Buenos Aires, Argentina (37° 19S, 59° 08W) were collected on February 2004. The cuticular wax was extracted, purified, and the content and relative proportion of odd-carbon numbered n-alkanes (C23→C35) was quantified by capillary gas-liquid chromatography. Total concentration of n-alkanes (mg/kg DM) were P. alba (6935) > Robinia (1571) > P. deltoides (1379) > Ulmus (880) > Fraxinus (467). Most abundant n-alkanes in all species were C27 and C29 accounting for 10-51% and 35-76% of total, respectively, except Fraxinus where most abundant were C29 and C31 accounting for 31% and 41% of total, respectively. P. alba and P. deltoides differed not only in total concentration of all n-alkanes but also in relative proportion of C27 and C29, being C29 the most abundant in the latter species (76%) as well as in Robinia (75%). The occurrence of even-carbon numbered n-alkanes was either undetectable or very low in all species in general, except for C26, C28 and C30, the latter being prominent in Fraxinus.
Palavras-chave : Populus; Robinia; Ulmus; Fraxinus; linear alkanes; cuticular wax.